Review by Jeffrey Ward Many readers may think a contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility the ‘lazy way’ to a debut novel. Just hang everything on the framework of the classic original since Jane Austen did all the work. Easy? Not! Can you imagine the adjustment difficulties in making the two-century quantum-leap in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Contemporary Fiction’
Northland Cottage: Where the Heart Comes Home, by A. P. Maddox – A Review
Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, tagged A. P. Maddox, Book Reviews, Books, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Sequels, Northland Cottage on 9 May 2012 | 18 Comments »
Echoes of Pemberley, by Cynthia Ingram Hensley – A Review
Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Contemporary Inspired Book Reviews, Young Adult Fiction Book Reviews, tagged Book, Book Review, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Sequels on 21 March 2012 | 13 Comments »
Review by Christina Boyd Debut author Cynthia Ingram Hensley presents Echoes of Pemberley, a contemporary Pride and Prejudice spin-off for young adults. The modern day residents of Pemberley estate are the descendants of Jane Austen’s very own Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. A fatal plane crash eight years previous orphaned Catherine Elizabeth Darcy and left [...]
Jane Austen Made Me Do It, edited by Laurel Ann Nattress – A Review
Posted in Book Reviews, Jane Austen Sequels Book Reviews, tagged Contemporary Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Historical Romance, Jane Austen, Jane Austen Made Me Do It, Paranormal, Short Story Anthology on 16 October 2011 | 29 Comments »
Guest review by Christina Boyd “It is only a novel… or, in short, some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour are conveyed to the world in the best [...]









