What Would Jane Austen Do?
by:
Laurie Brown (author)
When a modern woman goes back to Jane Austen's time, she needs to know how to tell a villain from a rake. Otherwise, she could fall into a most shocking scandal…
When a modern woman goes back to Jane Austen's time, she needs to know how to tell a villain from a rake. Otherwise, she could fall into a most shocking scandal…
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781402227370 (140222737X)
Publish date: May 1st 2009
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Edition language: English
Usually I´m not really a fan of time travel romances and avoid reading them most of the time. But I thought the premise of this book was interesting and I´ll give it a try. Regrettably I didn´t enjoy reading it as much as I hoped I would and MY prejudice was once again confirmed. Eleanor Pottinger...
This was what I would call a quintessential "eh" book. It was just average I could have lived not reading it, but I didn't feel as if it stole precious time from my life. I never felt myself connect with the main character Eleanor and most of the story is from her point of view. Shermont, Eleanor'...
Surprisingly good. Perhaps 4.5 stars. Regency speak not duplicated as well as possible, but in this context (a fun historical romance novel) that not a big deal, if you suspend disbelief and just let yourself enjoy the ride. Imaginative. Fun.
I'll tell you what she'd do: she'd put her own eyes out with a damn spoon, that's what.
Wow. I LOVED this book! I bought it with my birthday $$ (thanks J!) and had it in my TBR pile. I just kept putting it off, picking other books to read. It just wasn't "calling" me. I mean, I wanted to read it - I bought it. But I couldn't make myself pick it up. I should know by now those are the on...
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