By the Book e-bog

In this clever YA rom-com debut perfect for fans of Kasie West and Ashley Poston, a teen obsessed with nineteenth-century literature tries to cull advice on life and love from her favorite classic heroines to disastrous resultsespecially when she falls for the schools resident Lothario.Mary Porter-Malcolm has prepared for high school in the one way she knows how: an extensive review of classic literature to help navigate the friendships, romantic liaisons, and overall drama she has come to expect from such an esteemed institution.When some new friends seem in danger of falling for the same tricks employed sincethe days of Austen and Tolstoy, Mary swoops in to create the Scoundrel Survival Guide, using archetypes of literatures debonairbad boys to signal red flags. But despite her best efforts, she soonfinds herself unable to listen to her own good advice and falling for a supposed cadthe same one she warned her friends away from.Without a convenient rain-swept moor to flee to, Mary is forced to admit that real life doesnt follow the same rules as fiction and that if she wants a happy ending, shes going to have to write it herself.