When it comes to this book, I feel like Austen and Riordan stuck with that worked for Austen. Many of her characters are extremely similar in character as are her heroes. I think Austen wrote about women characters as she hoped they would be but perhaps couldn’t be in real life. Many other readers felt like this book was basically just a rip off of Pride and Prejudice but I disagree. Obviously that wasn’t an easy task but I thought she stepped up to the plate and did a bang up job.įans of Austen’s other books will find her hallmark character traits in this book-feisty heroines and rakish but charming heroes. Obviously no one really knows exactly what little nuances and edits Austen herself might have made to the story as she died before it was completed, so Riordan had to take the bare bones of this novel and make it her own while trying to maintain the integrity of the novel and characters.

Austen is incredibly talented and wildly popular, I commend her for having the courage to undertake this book and complete it. I will absolutely have to agree with the summery here-this is Austen’s most modern novel! I also want to take a minute and point out that Riordan had her work cut out for her. The twists and turns of the plot, which takes viewers from the West Indies to the rotting alleys of London, exposes the hidden agendas of each character and sees Charlotte discover herself… and ultimately find love ( summary from Goodreads) Review When a chance accident transports her from her rural hometown of Willingden to the would-be coastal resort of the eponymous title, it exposes Charlotte to the intrigues and dalliances of a seaside town on the make, and the characters whose fortunes depend on its commercial success. Written only months before Austen’s death in 1817, Sanditontells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited and unconventional Charlotte Heywood and her spiky relationship with the humorous, charming (and slightly wild!) Sidney Parker. In the vein of Downton Abbey, Jane Austen’s beloved but unfinished masterpiece-often considered her most modern and exciting novel-gets a spectacular second act in this tie-in to a major new limited television series. I haven’t yet watched it (I am so behind on my shows!) but I love period dramas and with an author like Jane Austen you simply can’t go wrong! Summary The show looks fantastic, plus Theo James need I say more. With the show being released finally here in the US, I thought this would be prime time for me to check out this unfinished novel by Austen, that Kate Riordan picked up and completed.

I have read most of her popular novels but confess I haven’t had a chance to read her unfinished works such as Sandtion. I love her novels with my favorite being Persuasion. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a big Jane Austen fan.

Sanditon summary