Marilyn Grey

No, Not that Jane Austen

Courtney ✿ @librarycutie

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I was asked to review this short prequel by the lovely author, Marilyn Grey.

This is definitely a cute and quick read. This reminds me of a prologue before a book, a long prologue at that! From what I have learned about Jane Austen, Not THAT Jane Austen, is that she is not the one to fall in love, she just doesn't see what most girls do. The romance, the giggles, the ever after with a perfect happiness. I suggest there's a reason for that, and I assume it has to do with what Donovan dug up and gave her for Jane's birthday. I hope to get the answer in The Best of Fools.

I was almost sad, thinking this is just your typical "American Girl falls for the new a British Boy who tripped over her and insists on spending the day together only to fall in love at the end of that day." But, nope! That's not the case. There's no flirting, only serious talk about life and not flirting.. I loved that ending, it was kind of a shock that it ended like that, reminded me of a movie or show that is LITERALLY on the tip of my tongue, but I can't remember. I'm assuming The Best of Fools starts four years later...?


  "Ro...mantic?" he nudged me with his elbow, and I'm sure he intended to aim for my arm, but instead he jabbed my boob. "I am so.. What I... Oh, what a daft cow. I'm sorry."
"Daft cow?" I laughed. "It's fine. Not much here to fondle anyway."
"There's enough."


That's both cute and hilarious! How can you not smile and snicker at this?

Also,


  Funny how warmth can send chills down your body.


I know, right?!!

The writing was easy to follow, there are some small punctuation issues I noticed, like an extra quotation marks added, and a phrase was repeated unintentionally, but overall it was a super quick and cute read. It reminded me of FanFiction as well! If you want a quick cute read, check this out and download it for free on slash words, link at the top of review!

No, Not that Jane Austen

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