More of a Lampoon Than a Retelling Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Publisher Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard, originally published as Prawn and Prejudice in 2009, is a diverting seaside retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and […]
Genre: Modern Adaptation
Prom and Prejudice – Elizabeth Eulberg
Pride and Prejudice Meets High School Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Amazon Vine Unlike the majority of girls who attend Longbourn Academy, an elite and expensive all-girl prep school, Elizabeth Bennet is not wealthy, not high society, and […]
Persuading Annie – Melissa Nathan
A Compelling and Clever Modernization of Persuasion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Library Sale Find When she thought she was pregnant, nineteen-year-old Annie Markham and her college sweetheart, Jake Mead, happily decided to elope to Paris. However, on the […]
The Three Weissmanns of Westport – Cathleen Schine + Giveaway!
Modernizing Sense and Sensibility is Currently All the Rage! Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Publisher With Cathleen Schine’s The Three Weissmann’s of Westport, Allegra Goodman’s The Cookbook Collector, and the recently released From Prada to […]