{"id":4214,"date":"2019-04-23T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/?p=4214"},"modified":"2019-04-26T10:52:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T17:52:44","slug":"review-the-austen-playbook-lucy-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.llamareadsbooks.com\/blog\/index.php\/2019\/04\/23\/review-the-austen-playbook-lucy-parker\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Austen Playbook – Lucy Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Review:The Austen Playbook (London Celebrities, #4)<\/strong>
by Lucy Parker<\/a>
Series:<\/strong> London Celebrities #4<\/a>
Also in this series:<\/strong> Making Up<\/a>
Publisher:<\/strong> Carina Press<\/a>
Publication Date:<\/strong> April 22, 2019
Genres:<\/strong> Romance<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 400
Source:<\/strong> NetGalley<\/a>

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: \"One\"One\"One\"One<\/span>



\n In which experienced West End actress Freddy Carlton takes on an Austen-inspired play, a scandal at a country estate, an enthusiastic search for a passion outside of acting\u2026and the (some people might say icy*) heart of London\u2019s most feared theater critic.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n


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*if those people were being nice<\/em>
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Freddy Carlton knows she should be focusing on her lines for The Austen Playbook<\/em>, a live-action TV event where viewers choose the outcome of each scene, but her concentration\u2019s been blown. The palatial estate housing the endeavor is now run by the rude (brilliant) critic who\u2019s consistently slammed her performances of late. James \u201cGriff\u201d Ford-Griffin has a penchant for sarcasm, a majestic nose and all the sensitivity of a sledgehammer.<\/p>\n

She can\u2019t take her eyes off him.<\/p>\n

Griff can hardly focus with a contagious joy fairy flitting about near him, especially when Freddy looks at him like that<\/em>. His only concern right now should be on shutting down his younger brother\u2019s well-intentioned (disastrous) schemes\u2014or at the very least on the production (not this one) that might save his family home from the banks.<\/p>\n

Instead all he can think of is soft skin and vibrant curls.<\/p>\n

As he\u2019s reluctantly dragged into her quest to rediscover her passion for the stage and Freddy is drawn into his research on a legendary theater star, the adage about appearances being deceiving proves abundantly true. It\u2019s the unlikely start of something enormous\u2026but a single revelation about the past could derail it all.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>

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