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Made in Manhattan
Made in Manhattan | Lauren Layne
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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Central Park Pact comes a reverse My Fair Lady for the modern era about a pampered and privileged Manhattan socialite who must teach an unpolished and denim-loving nobody from the Louisiana Bayou how to fit in with the upper crust of New York City. Perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Sally Thorne. Violet Townsend has always been a people pleaser. Raised in the privileged world of Upper East Side Manhattan, she always says the right things, wears the right clothes, and never rocks the boat. Violet would do anything for the people closest to her, especially her beloved grandmother. So when she asks Violet to teach the newly-discovered grandson of her friend how to fit in with New York City’s elite, Violet immediately agrees. Her goal? To get Cain Stone ready to take his place as heir to his family company…but to say he’s not exactly an eager student is an understatement. Born and raised in rural Louisiana and now making his own way in New Orleans, Cain Stone is only playing along for the paycheck at the end. He has no use for the grandmother he didn’t know existed and no patience for the uppity Violet’s attempts to turn him into a suit-wearing, museum-attending gentleman. But somewhere amidst antagonistic dinner parties and tortured tux fittings, Cain and Violet come to a begrudging understanding—and the uptight Violet realizes she’s not the only one doing the teaching. As she and Cain begin to find mutual respect for one another (and maybe even something more), Violet learns that blindly following society’s rules doesn’t lead to happiness…and that sometimes the best things in life come from the most unexpected places.
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BayouGirl85
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The gruff banter between Duchess and Cain was such a treat.

March Book 6/25 #LitsyLove #bookspinbingo

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TheAromaofBooks
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Okay, last post for now!! We had a fabulous couple of snow days and it's been absolutely delightful to just sit around and read. I can't remember the last time I just sat and read an entire book in an afternoon and this one was just perfect for that. Like most of Layne's books, this is fun and romance-y. It wasn't my favorite of her stories because I felt like the two main characters spent a little too long in the antagonistic/arguing part ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) of their relationship, and I also think this story would have WAY benefitted from hearing something from Cain's perspective. With such a narrow third-person narrative, it might as well have just been Violet's first-person thoughts. Cain is a complex and layered person with a lot of interesting background stuff... that we basically don't learn about at all. I really did enjoy this one, though, even if it wasn't a new classic for me. 2y
Roary47 I love that you got some time to just read! Life can be so busy. 💛 2y
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Suet624 What @Roary47 said. 2y
TheAromaofBooks @Roary47 @Suet624 - It really has been such a relaxing weekend. Sometimes being snowed in is super nice!!! 2y
Clwojick woohoo! Way to go! 2y
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kimmypete1
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Read this in one sitting. It was quick, engaging and I liked both Violet and Cain. They grew a lot and their coming together made perfect sense.

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sebrittainclark
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3.5/5

This is a gender-swapped My Fair Lady inspired romance. I found both characters pretty difficult to like early on. Violet, as the Henry Higgens-type character, is a snob and Cain, as the Eliza Doolittle stand in, was unnecessarily rude in the early part of the book, but as the story went on both characters grew on me. I liked the journey that both characters went on to make themselves over internally to have the life they wanted.

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sebrittainclark
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Violet Victoria Townsend was plenty aware that she was the very epitome of a stock character for snob.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

AnnieBooks15 Hi have you read the midnight library? 2y
sebrittainclark @AnnieBooks15 no I haven't read that one yet 2y
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