This is Jenny Lee's debut novel based on Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina.'
The story centers around the titled character Anna K. who is beautiful, rich, sociable and a quite reliable teenager unlike others in her life. She is half Korean and takes pride in being the perfect girlfriend, daughter and student. However, her true love and time is spent on her dogs and horses.
Anna's life spins out of control when she unexpectedly meets Alexi 'Count' Vronsky a gorgeous rich playboy while helping his mother. Both are taken back by each others beauty and the story continues about their trials of trying to be together despite all odds, which leads to tradegy. They learn that love is powerful and sometimes for you to become a better person you must go through the unthinkable.
There are other characters that are key in this story and the author gave an insight to them as well as their relationships because they intertwined with Anna's.
The story itself is written in 3 parts. There are a lot of film references in the book, which I liked. At the beginning of the book, there's a list of the main characters that helps you the reader. At the back there's author's notes when Jenny met Anna, which gives you a better understanding of the story behind Anna K.
I found the story appealing because it reminded me of the TV show 'Gossip Girl.' However, there were some acronyms that I didn't quite understand so I feel a younger adult reader would find it more relatable. I don't think it's suitable for under 18s because of the adult content.
The story centers around the titled character Anna K. who is beautiful, rich, sociable and a quite reliable teenager unlike others in her life. She is half Korean and takes pride in being the perfect girlfriend, daughter and student. However, her true love and time is spent on her dogs and horses.
Anna's life spins out of control when she unexpectedly meets Alexi 'Count' Vronsky a gorgeous rich playboy while helping his mother. Both are taken back by each others beauty and the story continues about their trials of trying to be together despite all odds, which leads to tradegy. They learn that love is powerful and sometimes for you to become a better person you must go through the unthinkable.
There are other characters that are key in this story and the author gave an insight to them as well as their relationships because they intertwined with Anna's.
The story itself is written in 3 parts. There are a lot of film references in the book, which I liked. At the beginning of the book, there's a list of the main characters that helps you the reader. At the back there's author's notes when Jenny met Anna, which gives you a better understanding of the story behind Anna K.
I found the story appealing because it reminded me of the TV show 'Gossip Girl.' However, there were some acronyms that I didn't quite understand so I feel a younger adult reader would find it more relatable. I don't think it's suitable for under 18s because of the adult content.