Emmett, L. C. Rosen
Emmett, L. C. Rosen
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Emmett

Author: L. C. Rosen

Narrator: Drew Caiden

Unabridged: 7 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2023


Synopsis

A modern-day gay Emma, with the spikey social critique of Austen plus the lush over-the-top romance of Bridgerton.

Emmett Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence and had lived nearly eighteen years in the world with very little to distress or vex him.
 
Emmett knows he’s blessed. And because of that, he tries to give back: from charity work to letting the often irritating Georgia sit at his table at lunch, he knows it’s important to be nice. And recently, he’s found a new way of giving back: matchmaking. He set up his best friend Taylor with her new boyfriend and it’s gone perfectly. So when his occasional friend-with-benefits Harrison starts saying he wants a boyfriend (something Emmett definitely does NOT want to be), he decides to try and find Harrison the perfect man at Highbury Academy, the candy-colored private school they attend just outside Los Angeles. 
 
Emmett’s childhood friend, Miles, thinks finding a boyfriend for a guy you sleep with is a bad idea. But Miles is straight, and Emmett says this is gay life – your friends, your lovers, your boyfriends – they all come from the same very small pool. That’s why Emmett doesn’t date – to keep things clean. He knows the human brain isn’t done developing until twenty-five, so any relationship he enters into before then would inevitably end in a breakup, in loss. And he’s seen what loss can do. His mother died four years ago and his Dad hasn’t been the same since. 
 
But the lines Emmett tries to draw are more porous than he thinks, and as he tries to find Harrison the perfect match, he learns that gifted as he may be, maybe he has no idea what he’s doing when it comes to love. 
 
Modern and very gay, with a charmingly conceited lead who is convinced he knows it all, and the occasional reference to the classic movie Clueless, Emmett brings you lush romance all while exploring the complexities of queer culture—where your lovers and friends are sometimes the same person, but the person you fall in love with might be a total surprise.

About L. C. Rosen

L. C. Rosen writes books for people of all ages, including Lavender House, which the New York Times says "movingly explores the strain of trying to pass as straight at a time when living an authentic life could be deadly" and was a best book of the year from Buzzfeed, Library Journal, Amazon, and Bookpage, among others. His novel, Camp, was also a best book of the year from places such as Forbes, Elle, and the Today show. He lives in New York City with his husband and a very small cat.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kai on November 02, 2023

Lev Rosen unabashedly shows up the publishing world by writing a retelling of one of the most famous books in the world and still managing to be more original than most books out there, all tea all shade.......more

Goodreads review by Marieke on August 20, 2023

I read and loved all of Lev AC Rosen’s books, from the YA contemporary Camp to his adult detective series Andy Mills and his YA Indiana Jones-like series Tennessee Russo. And, of course, I also love Emmett, based on Jane Austen’s Emma. In Emmett, Lev is back where he began with Jack of Hearts and Ca......more

Goodreads review by ancientreader on June 11, 2023

I requested this ARC because I (a) love Austen; (b) like Emma Woodhouse least of all Austen's protagonists; (c) wanted to know what a writer whose other YA books I've enjoyed would do with an overconfident teenage matchmaker. The short answer is that Rosen changes the focus, and successfully. Emma's......more

Goodreads review by Ben on April 10, 2025

rtc __ omg i'm in love with this cover !!!......more

Goodreads review by Lance on July 23, 2024

4.5 stars. Delightfully witty, charming in its retelling of the classic Austen story, and starring the kind of annoying, Type-A, "unlikable" queer protagonist I unabashedly love, Emmett is an example of why I continue coming back to queer YA contemporary even as an adult.......more


Quotes

“Stylish, bitingly funny and buckets of fun, Emmett is a wickedly sweet romantic romp that's as addictive as your latest Netflix obsession. I’ll never forget this charming, smart and modern take on Emma. And it’s queer, too! L.C. Rosen has truly blessed us with this book.”—Cale Dietrich, co-author of IF THIS GETS OUT