Happy Memorial Day, readers! Today, Austenesque Reviews is paid a visit from an author who may be new to some of you – Sara Marks, who just recently published a Persuasion modern-day retelling titled Modern Persuasion! A new release that I’m […]

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Happy Memorial Day, readers! Today, Austenesque Reviews is paid a visit from an author who may be new to some of you – Sara Marks, who just recently published a Persuasion modern-day retelling titled Modern Persuasion! A new release that I’m […]
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 […]
Sand and Sailing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Purchased TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL: Persuasion Modern-Day Retelling SETTING: present-day summer in Old Lyme, Connecticut MAIN CHARACTERS: Hanna (Anne), Derick (Wentworth), Ella Musgrove (Louisa), Eli Williams (William Elliot), Charles and […]
Forgive the Past and Persuade Your Heart to Hope! Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars Source: Gift from Mom TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL: Persuasion Modern-day Adaptation SETTING: Tupelo, Mississippi present-day SERIES: Jane Austen Takes the South MAIN CHARACTERS: Lucy Crawford […]