{"id":1746,"date":"2018-02-03T17:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T01:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=1746"},"modified":"2018-02-03T16:43:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T00:43:28","slug":"review-book-julia-sonneborn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/02\/03\/review-book-julia-sonneborn\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: By the Book &#8211; Julia Sonneborn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bookreview\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/35297218.jpg?w=1280\" alt=\"Review: By the Book &#8211; Julia Sonneborn\" title=\"Review: By the Book &#8211; Julia Sonneborn\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignright\"><strong>By the Book<\/strong><br>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/authors\/julia-sonneborn\/\">Julia Sonneborn<\/a> <br><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/publishers\/gallery-books\/\">Gallery Books<\/a> <br><strong>Publication Date:<\/strong> February 6, 2018 <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/genres\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 384 <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><br><p>I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.<\/p>My rating: <span class=\"ubb-buy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/llama-40.png?fit=31%2C40&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One Star\"><\/span><br><br><br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>An English professor struggling for tenure discovers that her ex-fianc\u00e9 has just become the president of her college\u2014and her new boss\u2014in this whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen\u2019s classic <i>Persuasion<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Anne Corey is about to get schooled.<\/p>\n<p>An English professor in California, she\u2019s determined to score a position on the coveted tenure track at her college. All she\u2019s got to do is get a book deal, snag a promotion, and <i>boom!<\/i> She\u2019s in. But then Adam Martinez\u2014her first love and ex-fianc\u00e9\u2014shows up as the college\u2019s new president.<\/p>\n<p>Anne should be able to keep herself distracted. After all, she\u2019s got a book to write, an aging father to take care of, and a new romance developing with the college\u2019s insanely hot writer-in-residence. But no matter where she turns, there\u2019s Adam, as smart and sexy as ever. As the school year advances and her long-buried feelings begin to resurface, Anne begins to wonder whether she just might get a second chance at love.<\/p>\n<p>Funny, smart, and full of heart, this modern ode to Jane Austen\u2019s classic explores what happens when we run into the demons of our past...and when they turn out not to be so bad, after all.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><center><span class=\"ubb-buy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1501175181\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/amazon.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Amazon\"><\/a> \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/by-the-book\/id1273755291?mt=11\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/apple.png?w=1280\" alt=\"Apple\"><\/a> \u00a0<a 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\/><\/a><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/center><br>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2018-02-04T01:00:03+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\r\\n\\r\\nI'm unapologetically a huge Jane Austen fan, and while P&amp;P will always be my favorite, Persuasion is a close second, because I absolutely adore second-chance romances. \\u00a0While this isn't \",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Llama Reads Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\\\/blog\\\/index.php\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/03\\\/review-book-julia-sonneborn\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"By the Book\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Julia Sonneborn\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"1501175181\"\t},\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"ReadingLlama\",\n\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\\\/blog\\\/\"\t},\n\t\"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\"ratingValue\": 5,\n\t\t\"bestRating\": \"5\"\n\t}\n}\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<hr \/>\n<p>I&#8217;m unapologetically a huge Jane Austen fan, and while <em>P&amp;P<\/em> will always be my favorite, <em>Persuasion<\/em> is a close second, because I absolutely adore second-chance romances. \u00a0While this isn&#8217;t my favorite Austen retelling, or even my favorite <em>Persuasion<\/em> one, this was a quite enjoyable and really well done modern version. \u00a0This is going to be pretty spoilerific, because I&#8217;m assuming anyone reading this knows the basic plot of Persuasion. \u00a0While it&#8217;s certainly not a requirement to have read Persuasion to enjoy this book, I think you&#8217;d miss a lot of the fun.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHow could I explain to her that this\u2014this office filled with books, this job at Fairfax, this life of the mind\u2014had cost me more than I\u2019d ever expected? I hadn\u2019t dated anyone in years, my student debt was the size of a mortgage, and my job could easily be eliminated at a moment\u2019s notice.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anne, is, perhaps, not exactly happy with her life. \u00a0While she&#8217;s a professor at a small liberal arts college in southern California, she&#8217;s got a ridiculous amount of student debt, an uncertain career future if she can&#8217;t get her manuscript published, screwed-up family relationships, and a nonexistent love life. \u00a0Still, the start of a new school year is something to be happy about &#8211; until she finds out that the new college president is her ex-fianc\u00e9 Adam. \u00a0Adam seems to have it all together &#8211; a prestigious job that caps off a so-far excellent career, handsome looks, and a cute dog &#8211; while Anne, well, &#8220;she was only Anne,&#8221; to quote Austen. \u00a0Hurt by his seeming inability to recognize her,\u00a0Anne takes up with the charming Rick, a writer-in-residence. \u00a0The reader, of course, knows the relationship is doomed, but I was amused by the ways Ms. Sonneborn found to display his unworthiness, including the fact that he specifically tells Anne that he doesn&#8217;t like Austen &#8211; he calls her books &#8220;oldfashioned chick lit,&#8221; while Anne&#8217;s favorite book is <em>Persuasion. \u00a0<\/em>I found this a bit tongue-in-cheek but it gave the characters permission to use some of the more out of the modern vernacular lines.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Anne&#8217;s romantic life, there&#8217;s a few other subplots: her BFF Larry&#8217;s on-the-down-low romance with an up and coming actor (in a Jane Eyre with zombies movie, no less), her and her sister&#8217;s attempts to cope with her father&#8217;s worsening health, her rocky relationship with her father and sister, and her need to get her manuscript published so she can get tenure. \u00a0I thought all the subplots worked amazingly well to reinforce the points of the main plot, though I will admit that I adored Larry and any scene he was in. \u00a0There&#8217;s some particularly hilarious emoji conversations that I absolutely died over. \u00a0I mean, look at this scene from early in the book, when they&#8217;re discussing Adam:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c&#8217;Boo. That\u2019s too bad. I don\u2019t like it when people are too perfect. What is it with this guy? He\u2019s got the fancy degrees, the high-powered CV, and he\u2019s good-looking,\u00a0too! I mean, why do some people get all the cookies? I want some cookies, too!&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;Larry, you\u2019ve got plenty of cookies on your own,&#8217; I said, rolling my eyes. &#8216;I mean, give me a break, you\u2019re a tenured professor with a PhD from Harvard. What more could you want?&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;Oh, a personal life, maybe. Or some more hair would be nice,&#8217; Larry said, pretending to pout. &#8216;I just want more cookies.&#8217;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I adored the setting of this quasi-New England college town in southern California, the ridiculousness of departmental meetings and alumni fundraising (GO WOLVERINES!!!), and all the other details that go along with being a professor a small liberal arts college. \u00a0What I really loved, though, was the ways Ms. Sonneborn found to modernize <em>Persuasion<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In the original novel, Anne was persuaded against marrying Capt. Wentworth because he had no money and no family connections, and therefore wasn&#8217;t a suitable match for someone of her stature. \u00a0In this novel, Anne&#8217;s persuaded against the marriage, partially, by her respected advisor, who in a sort of annoying backwards view of feminism makes her believe that if she marries, she&#8217;ll have to give up her dreams of graduate school and being a professor, and settle instead for &#8211; GASP &#8211; being a <em>mother<\/em> or <em>kindergarten teacher<\/em>. \u00a0I thought this was a masterful way of updating the reasons against the relationship, because I&#8217;m sure any woman alive today can sympathize with the dueling desires of having a career and a family, and feeling like they&#8217;re making a mediocre showing at both. \u00a0I also adored the updated version of the reconciliation, with Adam overhearing Anne talking about not giving up on love, even when a relationship is in the trash, and the letter Adam writes her where he finally declares his feelings for her. \u00a0I&#8217;ll certainly admit to crying when he breaks out the famous &#8220;I have loved none but you&#8221; line.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still crunching over the fact that they made Adam, basically, an illegal immigrant &#8211; his mother moved them to America from Guatemala when he was a child &#8211; so he is, in essence a DREAMer. \u00a0It felt a bit too politically on-the-nose, but I do admit that it&#8217;s a genius way to try to portray the differences in standing between the two families that would have been more easily understood in regency England.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c&#8217;I keep wishing I could go back in time and change things\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. that maybe everything would have turned out differently if I\u2019d just paid attention more, listened, understood the signs. Do you know what I mean?&#8217;<br \/>\n&#8216;I do,&#8217; Adam said. He looked troubled.<br \/>\n&#8216;I don\u2019t know why I do this,&#8217; I said, laughing bitterly. &#8216;I can\u2019t help myself. I must be a masochist.&#8217;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My one big complaint was that in the original novel, when they meet again, Capt. Wentworth is still angry with Anne for the broken proposal years ago. \u00a0In this version, it&#8217;s obvious &#8211; to the reader, at least &#8211; that Adam still has feelings for Anne, and things just conspire against them having it all out in a conversation. \u00a0I think there was still a satisfactory amount of tension without that, and I can understand why Ms. Sonneborn would chose to change that &#8211; the way it works in the original book always made me feel that Anne needed to &#8220;earn&#8221; Capt. 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