What if Life Wasn’t So “Light and Bright?” Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Author TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL: Variation TIME FRAME: Morning after the Netherfield Ball to almost a year later MAIN CHARACTERS: Elizabeth Bennet, […]
Genre: Mature Audiences
Undressing Mr. Darcy – Karen Doornebos
A Janeite Tour de Force Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Publisher With Definitely Not Mr. Darcy, author Karen Doornebos takes readers on a diverting and hilarious ride on the set of the fictitious reality dating […]
Longbourn – Jo Baker
Not Quite Jane Austen, Not Quite Downton Abbey Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: Giveaway Win! TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL: Minor Character, Retelling TIME FRAME: Covers the same timespan as Pride and Prejudice with a couple of months after […]
At the Edge of the Sea – Karen Cox
A Young Man’s Coming-of-Age Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Publisher Note: I know this book isn’t marketed or labeled an Austenesque novel, but I found it to be one. It isn’t a tradition retelling or modern-day […]
