by David Liss
The truth is that, when I'm reading for pleasure, a quiet corner of my brain counts off Goodreads stars. And for the first half of the book my starcount hovered around three. Prose: pleasant, a little too smug with its Austenite stylings. Plot: compelling, but a bit heavy-handed.But then it so happe...
This was an interesting--and unexpected--twist on Pride&Prejudice. Before the book even begins, the character based on Elizabeth dies, leaving her father and sisters at a loss. The Jane analog is thus coerced into marriage to pseudo Mr.Collins, and the Lydia analog's reputation is ruined when she ...
Now, this one is not strictly a Jane Austen retelling, I know. But it is set in Regency England, and it does use a certain Mary Crawford (of Mansfield Park) as a character, so I feel completely justified in including it here. I read a pretty early copy, which I think may have detracted from the book...
Everything about this book I should have been all over. Lord Byron, William Blake, a wealth of Jane Austeny vibes, magic use...but it really didn't work for me. The main character felt half baked and, to me, uninteresting. The whole book just fell flat.
Miss Lucy Derrick is a young woman in Regency England who is living with her uncle, who does not want her there. And trust me, she does not want to be there either, but she has no choice. While there, a particular ordinary day becomes extraordinary when a deranged young man arrives at her uncle's do...
Now this is what I call an inventive magical fantasy. This is the novel I wanted when I started The Magicians. Set in 1811 in Nottingham, the story follows Lucy Derrick, a young woman who has lost everything when her father died, leaving her penniless. Forced to live with a relation who resents h...
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