Review: The Muse~A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Jessica Evans

 The Muse by Jessica Evans   Is she the muse he needs to reignite his passion? Elizabeth Bennet, the newest corps de ballet dancer at Ballet Theater of New York, dreams of rising through the prestigious company’s ranks to become a prima ballerina. When she’s cast in superstar choreographer William Darcy’s newest work, she believes […]

Echoes of Scotland Street by Samantha Young

Echoes of Scotland Street by Samantha Young From the New York Times bestselling author of On Dublin Street comes a seductive story of forgiving the past and making up for lost time.… Shannon MacLeod has always gone for the wrong type of man. After she drifted from one toxic relationship to the next, her last […]

The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice by Abigail Reynolds

The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice by: Abigail Reynolds A modern love story with a Jane Austen twist.. . Marine biologist Cassie Boulton has no patience when a modern-day Mr. Darcy appears in her lab on Cape Cod. Proud, aloof Calder Westing III is the scion of a famous political family, while Cassie’s success […]

Jane by: April Lindner

“Did you find out who set the fire?”  I whispered. He nodded. “It’s all taken care of.  There’s nothing more to worry about.”  I waited for him to say more but he was silent. We have a few English classes that read Jane Erye every year and I wanted to review this retelling of Jane Eyre for them.  I […]

Under the Mesquite by: Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Age: 12 & up | Grades 7 & up   When Papi gives us the news at the breakfast table, Analiza and Victoria stare at him wide-eyed. Its been a year and a half since Mami had her last chemotherapy treatment, and although most of Papi’s money has been spent on the hope of saving […]

Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Age Level: 12 & up | Grades 8 & up Let me tell you something straight off.  This is a love story, but not like any you’ve heard.  Dear lives are lost.  And good doesn’t win.  In some place, there is something ultimately good about endings.  In Neverland, that is not the case.   Before […]

Sass & Serendipity by: Jennifer Ziegler

 Sass and Serendipity by Jennifer Ziegler Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up For Daphne, the glass is always half full, a situation is better managed with a dab of lip gloss, and the boy of her dreams—the one she’s read about in all of her novels—is waiting for her just […]

Book Recommendation! Prince of Shadows by Rachel Caine

Review! Fate by Elizabeth Reyes

This REVIEW was originally posted on my first book blog (Books We Love by The Austenites)  on October 19, 2012, way  before I started Margie’s Must Reads. Vince: (In Iraq) “Run!” a solider who jumped over him yelled. He turned one last time, his terrified eyes meeting Vince’s for an instant as more soldiers began […]