Sophia Rose reviews: What Would Jane Austen Do by Linda Corbett - AustenProse PR Blog Tour

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What Would Jane Austen Do? By Linda Corbett

Romantic Comedy

Publisher:  One More Chapter

Published: 6.16.23

Pages:  385

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: eARC

Source:  AustenprosePR

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GoodReads Blurb:

It's a truth often acknowledged that when a journalist and Jane Austen fan girl ends up living next door to a cynical but handsome crime writer, romantic sparks will fly! When Maddy Shaw is told her Dear Jane column has been cancelled she has no choice but to look outside of London’s rental market. That is until she’s left an idyllic country home by the black sheep of the family, long-not-so-lost Cousin Nigel. But of course there’s a stipulation… and not only is Maddy made chair of the committee for the annual village literary festival, she also has to put up with bestselling crime author –and romance sceptic – Cameron Massey as her new neighbour. When Maddy challenges Cameron to write romantic fiction, which he claims is so easy to do, sparks fly both on and off the page…

 

Sophia Rose's Review:

Clashing with a morose mystery writer on a Valentine’s Day podcast and losing her job as the Dear Jane advice columnist at a London publication is the start for Maddy’s life to get turned upside down.  A curious requirement in her late Cousin Nigel’s will brings city girl, Maddy, to a darling old house and a personal journey driven by quest to know Nigel’s past and learn even more about herself.  If there is a bit of romance sparking along the way, her inner Jane Austen voice is ready with the advice.

 

How could I pass up a book with a title like that?  I enjoyed spotting the apropos Austen quotes at the beginning of each new chapter and I was immediately sympathetic with Maddy when she has her column quashed and puts on a stiff upper lip to carry on with the podcast interview where she first encounters dour Cameron Massey.  A bad first impression had me eager for the next encounter between the dashing grumpy crime fiction writer and the die-hard romance lover.

 

I enjoyed the slow burn romance build as Maddy and Luke, who had a writer name for his mysteries, went from prickly to friends and slowly more as he trusts her with his real self and she shared something of her needs, too.  Like with most enemies to lover romances of this softer nature, it was easy to see they started with a good dose of misunderstanding and needed close proximity to get past all that.  I love it when authors really make the reader see a relationship build and grow as the characters grow.

 

Along with the romance, there is Maddy’s determination to learn more about her benefactor.  She wasn’t in the village or that house long before she realized that what she’d always heard in the family was not even close to the man that was shown here.  Nigel was something of a mystery and she put her journalism skills to work to get at the truth.  Meanwhile, Luke is working on a new book and the Literary Festival committee keeps Maddy hopping.

 

In the end, I was well satisfied with this sweet, heartwarming and sometimes funny read.  Booklovers will delight in all the book and author love going on as well as a light, soft English village romcom.

 Praise:

“Witty, sharp and beautifully observed – I feel sure Jane would approve.”— Julie Caplin, author of The French Chateau



· “Sparkling romance, secrets from the past…Witty and romantic, I couldn’t stop myself from turning the pages.”— Alison Sherlock, bestselling author of The Village of Lost and Found



· “…sheer fun from beginning to end, beautifully written, and with a real touch of originality.”— Anne Williams, Being Anne



· “What a lovely book! It also fills my need to see British colloquialisms on occasion. Yes! I highly recommend this book!”— Michelle, Tales Untangled

Author Bio:

Linda Corbett lives in Surrey with her husband and three permanently hungry guinea pigs. She is proud to be a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and was the recipient of the Katie Fforde Bursary in 2020.

In her spare time, Linda is treasurer for Shine Surrey – a volunteer-led charity that supports individuals and families living with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus. For many years she also wrote a regular column for Link, a disability magazine, illustrating the humorous aspects of life with a complex disability, and she is a passionate advocate of disability representation in fiction.

When not writing, Linda can be found papercrafting, cross stitching, or cuddling guinea pigs. Love You From A-Z is her first published novel.

Linda can be found on:

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Sophia’s Bio:

Sophia is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing, piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments, restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and Chocolate.

As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.

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