From wild woman into a lady - to catch one unpleasant, arrogant guy?
Well, what could go wrong?

A lot of stuff could go wrong, actually.
This is going to be honest (read: not pleasant) review, so be forewarned.

I very much liked the idea to use the vintage tips in modern life. I am a big fan of "vintage" movies like "My Fair Lady" and I think everyone could use a dose of genuine self-love and a bit of true elegance in their life.
But this book just butchered this idea of funny transformation of one woman into a butch of clichés. Jess is as unrealistic as can be - supposedly smart and capable writer just behaving unbelievably stupidly and then more. Another British author Sophie Kinsella can do that and her heroines are lovably even if messing around, but this is not the case. Honestly, if there is a girl like Jess in the circle of my friends, I would sit down with her and talked about visiting a psychologist (even psychiatrist), as her messing around (namely sleeping around without any rational thought about the possible consequences) indicates serious internal troubles. And Jess sure have them - and these thoughts are the only saving grace of the book, as these issues are the only thing that rings true.
And the other characters are even more flat and one-dimensional - a grandmother behaving like someone from 18th century, an unbelievably shy and sweet American companion (and a bit dim for somebody having the courage to live abroad for several years), a Darcy character of a man (even if he is truly hot, I must admit), a casual lover turning into a true friend, and a beautiful bad friend. And Jess is messing up and everybody is set to understand her.
The plot is a string of similar clichés, too.
What a waste of truly funny, good idea!