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Hillary Manton Lodge

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(I am using this for my "Book with a City in the Title" category of Extreme Book Nerd)

"Sense and Sensibility" set in Austin. Complete with Torchy's Tacos and 6th Street references. And tons of tea references and recipes! What's not to love?

I absolutely loved the Colonel Brandon character. The Elinor and Marianne characters needed more.....depth or something. Anyway, it was a light fluffy read!
 
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msgabbythelibrarian | 11 weitere Rezensionen | Jun 11, 2023 |
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
 
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fernandie | 11 weitere Rezensionen | Sep 15, 2022 |
Jane has always been close with her older sister, Celia, since their mother passed away and their father left them to be a pseudo-parent to their younger sister, Margot. When the rent on the property where they run their small tea shop in San Francisco suddenly goes up, the sisters must face a difficult decision. An offer from extended family sees the sisters moving to Austin, Texas where they hope to set up a new shop. But the relocation puts a strain on their relationships with each other and romantic entanglements complicate things further.

A gentle romance and a charming contemporary interpretation of Sense and Sensibility. As with any re-telling it's highly enjoyable to see an author take the familiar plot points and make them work in a modern setting while still being original as well. I found it interesting the author chose to do alternating first-person perspectives between Jane (Marianne) and Callum Beckett (Colonel Brandon), since so much of the original follows Elinor. There's also a bunch of recipes included in the novel, which I admit to skimming but do look tasty. If you enjoy a good Austen re-telling you can't go wrong picking up this one.
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MickyFine | 11 weitere Rezensionen | May 12, 2020 |
Sense and Sensibility spin off recreated in modern times. Very fun to read. Three sisters Celia, baby sister Margot and our protagonist , Jane, lead us through a delightful tale of survival and romantic foibles that all come out right in the end. I loved the moved to Austin, TX for their tea business and the lovely group of characters and scoundrels we encounter along the way. The father and his sleazy business practices are modernized in a very believable way.
 
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Jeanene_KP | 11 weitere Rezensionen | Apr 6, 2020 |

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