Normally I run like my hair is on fire, far away from anything that is a retelling of or homage to or re-imagined Jane Austen fiction. But as far as that goes, this wasn't bad. It was clearly little bits and pieces of Austen fic & characters with the requisite drawing room romance and plot. The t...
I enjoyed Shades of Milk and Honey. I appreciated that Ms Kowal was trying to write in a similar vein to Jane Austen and, as far as I'm concerned, she pulled it off very well. Unfortunately, I felt some of the characters had a touch too much similarity to Austen's work. I was regularly reminded of t...
This book is like Jane Austen's works in the way that a genetically modified out-of-season greenhouse tomato is like a cherry. Sure, they're technically both classified as fruits. They're red. They're juicy-looking. They're attractive. The difference is that when you bite into said GMO tomato, it ta...
Well, that was fun. Much better than I expected from a Jane Austen fanfic. I'm not a fan of the many what if's written about Mr and Mrs Darcy, but add a little magic—er, glamour—into the mix and I'll read it. Disclaimer: No, actually I won't. I think Kowal filled my quota. Misses Jane and Melody...
3.5 stars, actually.When the Jane Austen Centre has a positive blurb on the front cover of a book, you know you've got something special.This is the story of Jane Ellsworth, a talented near-spinster in Regency England; her beautiful but otherwise prosaic sister, Melody; and their assorted family, ne...
Recommended by: Mary Robinette Kowal (on Writing Excuses) Recommended for: people who like Jane Austen Read from January 30 to February 11, 2014 Read count: 1 It was ok. I really wanted to like it, since I love Mary on Writing Excuses. Usually when the author narrates his/her own book, it is a di...
There are books we like and those we don’t. There are books we love; carefully shelving them where they can catch our eye, remind us of the happy times we spend with them, and are there ready for us to revisit our good friends. There are books we can’t stand: barely finishing them or labeling th...
Picture Jane Austen lite with the addition of magic called glamour because it’s an art whose purpose is to create beautiful illusions and you’ll have a good idea of what this lovely, airy novel is like. Set in an alternative Regency England it borrows Austen’s charming cads, lovesick girls, silly ma...
This book was so much fun! I loved it! It is along the same vein as some of my favorite books like the Mairelon the Magician series and the Kate and Cecilia books by Patricia Wrede. This book is very much Austenesque but it added what I always thought was missing from Jane Austen's books, magic. Jan...
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