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Rules for Hookups: A Modern Pride and Prejudice Adaptation
They were in college for heaven's sake. Heaven help it if you caught feelings. Hookups were permitted, even encouraged, lest you become desperate, but dating and relationships, no way! College was the time for you.
Lizzie Bennet is a part-time barista, full-time student, and devoted sister. She has no time for relationships, almost no time for hookups. She is focused on getting through school while living at home with her single mother and three sisters. Each sister inevitably had some need that distracts Lizzie from school, though with her older sister Jenna it often means attending parties with her (only to be forever abandoned).
But Lizzie runs into the new student, Will Darcy, at a party and goes home with him. He has always been surly in the mornings when he orders coffee (and so what if her co-worker lusts after him), it was just sex. And they are going to follow The Rules.
Will Darcy changed schools to look after his sister Giana since it is just the two of them. His mother is a distant figure. His father is a businessman whose business is more of a family to him than his children. But the eccentric barista in the school’s Memorial Union catches his eye. He can’t always be studying, and besides, a little sex helps him to focus again on his studies.
But can you keep playing by The Rules and keep it casual? How do two people keep each other at a distance without getting to know the other as a person with a past and with common interests? Could their relationship be building into more than a hookup, say, dating partners? What if they grow into being girlfriend and boyfriend? Are there rules for that?
Lizzie Bennet is a part-time barista, full-time student, and devoted sister. She has no time for relationships, almost no time for hookups. She is focused on getting through school while living at home with her single mother and three sisters. Each sister inevitably had some need that distracts Lizzie from school, though with her older sister Jenna it often means attending parties with her (only to be forever abandoned).
But Lizzie runs into the new student, Will Darcy, at a party and goes home with him. He has always been surly in the mornings when he orders coffee (and so what if her co-worker lusts after him), it was just sex. And they are going to follow The Rules.
Will Darcy changed schools to look after his sister Giana since it is just the two of them. His mother is a distant figure. His father is a businessman whose business is more of a family to him than his children. But the eccentric barista in the school’s Memorial Union catches his eye. He can’t always be studying, and besides, a little sex helps him to focus again on his studies.
But can you keep playing by The Rules and keep it casual? How do two people keep each other at a distance without getting to know the other as a person with a past and with common interests? Could their relationship be building into more than a hookup, say, dating partners? What if they grow into being girlfriend and boyfriend? Are there rules for that?
404 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 6, 2019
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About the author
Anne Morris
9 books17 followersAnne Morris writes everywhere, adapting to her current environment, be it a coffee shop, in the school pick-up line, or even whilst out walking - with a voice recorder, of course! Safety first.
She draws inspiration from real-world stories and events just as much as from fictional tales ranging from YA to manga and beyond.
Her favourite authors are Kerstin Gier, Jonathan Stroud, Marissa Meyer, Rick Riordan, and Scott Westerfeld.
She would like to write a science-fiction epic, perhaps similar to Lord of the Rings but set in space.
Other than writing, she enjoys designing and sewing art quilts, for which she draws inspiration from existing art or current news events.
Anne lives in California with her husband and teenage children.
She draws inspiration from real-world stories and events just as much as from fictional tales ranging from YA to manga and beyond.
Her favourite authors are Kerstin Gier, Jonathan Stroud, Marissa Meyer, Rick Riordan, and Scott Westerfeld.
She would like to write a science-fiction epic, perhaps similar to Lord of the Rings but set in space.
Other than writing, she enjoys designing and sewing art quilts, for which she draws inspiration from existing art or current news events.
Anne lives in California with her husband and teenage children.
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April 7, 2021
Didn't like the characters, Lizzy was suppose to be snarky but she just seemed angry and rude. The whole Hookup Rules were very immature. Got bored at about 30%, skimmed to the end to see if it gets interesting (it doesn't).
June 24, 2025
3.5 Stars
An interesting read. I liked what the author did with the Bennet family and how Wickham, though a minor character, was introduced.
An interesting read. I liked what the author did with the Bennet family and how Wickham, though a minor character, was introduced.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews