3.5 stars 
 Anytime any book has Jane Austen in it, you know I'd be reading it (except, you know, if it also comes with zombies). I'm a sucker for anything Pride & Prejudice-esque, so I knew I had to read it. 
 It took some reflection, but there were some Pride & Prejudice parallels.(view spoiler)[ 
 -Ezra was Darcy: the strong, silent type, whose first impressions were often misconstrued as being aloof and mean. 
 -There was that scene where Ezra emerges from the pool, though not as gracefully, as Darcy did from the lake in P & P. 
 -Ezra wrote a letter explaining things, just as Darcy did. 
 -Devon was Lizzy: though witty and personable, she makes quick judgment on people and was quite oblivious to things around her 
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 For a character who had qualms about how Austen writes about first kiss, hers was lackluster -- I felt robbed! Still, my heart swooned at the dialogue between the two leads leading up to the kiss. 
 There were minor characters that were very likeable but we didn't get too much of them. Foster, Lindsay, Jordan, Marabelle were all great, but I would have liked to have seen them developed more. Some I thought were just thrown in there, like Alex and Sophie, and Grace and Gwin, but they were inconsequential to the plot.(view spoiler)[Jordan was awesome but who was it that he was pining for? Who is the father of Marabelle's baby? 
 Some closure is needed too: what did Devon end up writing her college essay on? What did she select as her major? Did she triumph over mediocrity? Did she get into Reeding? Will she be roommates with Lindsay? What about Cas? Did he end up with Lindsay? (hide spoiler)] 
 I loved seeing how Foster and Devon's relationship grew as they bonded and came to accept and embrace each other as family. 
 Though I wished the story and the characters were developed more to achieve closure, it was a cute story and the characters were easy to love, and I loved it even more that it drew on Austen's works.