The Boy Next Door and the Playboy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Purchased TYPE OF NOVEL: Modern Day Mansfield Park Adaptation, Young Adult THE PREMISE: Edie Price has known from a young age that you can’t trust love. Her […]
Tag: Young Adult
Interference – Kay Honeyman
A Splendidly Subtle and Sophisticated Tale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: Purchased TYPE OF NOVEL: YA Modern Adaptation of Emma THE PREMISE: A photo scandal and an unsuccessful congressional re-election forces Kate Hamilton’s family to retreat from Washington, […]
The Last Best Kiss – Claire LaZebnik
Persuaded By Peer Pressure and Fear of Social Suicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Purchased TYPE OF NOVEL: Persuasion Modern Adaptation, Young Adult SETTING: Los Angeles, Present-Day SYNOPSIS: When she was a freshman, Anna Eliot was secretly dating […]
Jane Austen: Her Heart Did Whisper – Manuela Santoni
An Illustrated Speculation of Jane Austen’s Relationship with Tom Lefroy Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Source: Review Copy from Publisher TYPE OF AUSTENESQUE NOVEL: Graphic Novel SYNOPSIS: A reimagining of Jane Austen’s life with a focus on her relationship […]
