strictly literary: by the book by julia sonneborn

it's no secret that i love jane austen. and i know i've previously expressed my love for pride & prejudice and pride & prejudice retellings. but did you know that i feel the same way about persuasion? i've re-read jane's entire catalogue many times, but the two that get the most love from me are pride & prejudice and persuasion.

i love anne elliott. i love elizabeth bennett. both are very different leading ladies. i love that about them. it's hard for me to pick a favorite between these two. they each embody a different trope that i am an acknowledged sucker for: enemies-to-lovers (pride & prejudice) and second-chance-at-love (persuasion).

anyway, that very long intro basically explains why i am predisposed to love by the book, a retelling of persuasion. it resettles bath society on a small university campus. all the characters have modern equivalents, even though the story is created and told in a way that pays homage but does not carbon copy the original.

and i loved it. it hit all the right notes. it made me want to pick up the original again, but only because i have such love and affection for the story. not because i needed a palate cleanser.

one of my favorite modern touches to the story, involves anne corey, our heroine, trying to get her research published. the fictional query letters and rejection notices were pitch perfect. i mean i probably enjoyed this more than the average reader might because i work in publishing, but whatever, it worked for me.

**by the book will publish on february 6, 2018. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/gallery, threshold, pocket books (gallery books) in exchange for my honest review.

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