Megan McKnight prefers to be on a soccer field, scoring a winning goal, than participating in a debutante season in Dallas. When her mother secretly enters her into the season anyway, Megan is angry, but soon, she realizes exactly what being in the season means for her family. As she attends parties, fails at social graces, and catches the eye of sweet and charming Hank Waterhouse, she discovers she's in for a wild ride that she won't forget.

Jonah Lisa Dyer and Stephen Dyer's THE SEASON is a hilarious contemporary retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Megan is a college student who loves soccer, and the last place she ever thought she would find herself is on the dance floor in a ball gown. The characters touch on some of the bigger personality traits of their equals in the original, but the plot structure is primarily what harkens back. Megan is much more immature than Elizabeth Bennett, but her character growth is beautiful. She begins the story hating everything debutants stand for, but she slowly sees that there is benefit to knowing how to work society.

Hank (the Wickham) is more present in the story than Andrew (the Darcy) is, making the big romance a little flat, though still nice. However, the family dynamic more than makes up for that. Megan only has one sister, a twin, who enters the season with her, and the two clearly have each other's back. The mother is as passionate about society as expected, and it's no secret that she and her husband are struggling in their marriage. Even so, both are wonderfully complex, and their unorthodox pairing is still touching.

Readers looking for a good laugh with solid character development will find THE SEASON a perfect fit.