For Darkness Shows the Stars – Diana Peterfreund

For Darkness Shows the Stars – Diana Peterfreund

Post-Apocalyptic Jane Austen! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Purchased TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL: Persuasion Retelling, Young Adult, Sci-fi, Dystopian SETTING: A post-apocalyptic world, several generations after “The Reduction” MAIN CHARACTERS: Elliot North: Only member of the North family […]

The Trouble With Flirting – Claire LaZebnik

The Trouble With Flirting – Claire LaZebnik

Relevant and Fresh Takes on Jane Austen! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars! Source: Purchased To date, Claire LaZebnik has published four refreshing and clever Young Adult retellings of Jane Austen’s novels – Epic Fail (Pride and Prejudice), The Trouble With […]

Epic Fail – Claire LaZebnik

Epic Fail – Claire LaZebnik

Assumption and Avoidance Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Source: Purchased When it comes to contemporary Austen-inspired novels there seems to be as much written for Young Adult audiences as there is for general audiences – (a fact I am […]

Emmalee – Jenni James

Emmalee – Jenni James

Jane Austen Stories for Teens and Tweens! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Gift from Mom 🙂 For those of you not yet acquainted with The Jane Austen Diaries by Jenni James, it is a series of Jane Austen […]