Lies Jane Austen Told Me by Julie Wright (Book Beginnings & Friday 56)

As always, Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice &
Book Beginnings is at Rose City Reader.
This week my "56" comes from the 56% ebook mark.

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Books inspired by my beloved Jane are very much hit or miss for me. They tend to either fall in the "why would they do this" category or the "I need this on my Jane shelf" category. Rarely does a book fall in between. Julie Wright's Lies Jane Austen Told Me is definitely in the "I need this on my Jane shelf" category and in spite of having received an advanced ebook from the publisher and NetGalley, I've already made plans to obtain the paperback and know exactly where on the shelf it will go.

I adore Emma and especially Lucas. Each one has traits of some of my favorite Austen characters woven together beautifully. She's a little Lizzy mxed with Emma; he's a bit Knightley mixed with Tilney. If you've been paying attention at all, you know what a combination like that means! New book boyfriend? Hmmm...

Mostly, though, I love the premise of Emma breaking up with Jane Austen as her romance guru ... or at least trying to. I think at one point or another all Austenites have become disillusioned when we take into consideration the fact that Jane never got her happily-ever-after romance. Who is she to say anything about anything? Watching Emma's relationship with Jane play out was almost as satisfying as watching her romantic entanglements.

Definitely one for the shelves!