Longlisted HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY Indie Award 2017
Perfect for fans of Jane Austen's novels and Downton Abbey
This is a thoroughly delightful read. The author has convincingly captured Jane Austen's tone and personality. The 1920s come to life in the way that they affected a rural, once rich, family. The characters are true to Austen's own novels and I am sure, were she defrosted into life for real, she would be amused and pleased to read this novel. Historical Novel Society
This is such an enjoyable tale - Odiwe handles the 1920s setting with the same assurance that she has brought to her Regency-set novels, and her rendering of a 20th century Jane is a delight. Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine
When Jane Austen's doctor discovers the secret to immortal life in 1817, she thinks her wishes have come true. But when she wakes up from the dead, a penniless Miss Austen finds herself in 1925, having to become a governess to five girls of an eccentric and bohemian family at the crumbling Manberley Castle by the sea. Jane soon finds she's caught up in the dramas of every family member, but she loves nothing more than a challenge, and resolves on putting them in order. If only she can stop herself from falling in love, she can change the lives of them all!
Inspired by Jane Austen's wonderful novels and written in the tradition of classic books like Cold Comfort Farm, I Capture the Castle, and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Jane Austen Lives Again is an amusing fairy story for grown-ups.
Jane Odiwe comes to it steeped in Austen, in all her renditions; Odiwe's sentences often glint with reflections of the great Jane ... - HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
REVIEWS -
PROJECT DARCY
Odiwe writes with great charm and assurance: her contemporary characters are engaging, her historical protagonists convincing. In Project Darcy she takes a slice of literary history and turns it into a thoroughly entertaining, often very funny, and frequently touching piece of modern romantic fiction.
JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY WORLD MAGAZINE
SEARCHING FOR CAPTAIN WENTWORTH
Odiwe certainly writes a page-turning romantic mystery - her characters are intriguing and her narrative full of surprises and suspense. She blends historical fact and fiction with great style, and the settings are spot on in what the writer describes as her "love letter to Bath."
JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY WORLD MAGAZINE
MR DARCY'S SECRET
Jane Odiwe comes to it steeped in Austen, in all her renditions; Odiwe's sentences often glint with reflections of the great Jane ... - HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
WILLOUGHBY'S RETURN
Odiwe's elegantly stylish writing is seasoned with just the right dash of tart humour, and her latest literary endeavour is certain to delight both Austen devotees and Regency romance readers - BOOKLIST
LYDIA BENNET'S STORY
Odiwe pays nice homage to Austen's stylings and endears the reader to the formerly secondary character, spoiled and impulsive Lydia Bennet ... devotees will enjoy - PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
Genre: Historical Romance
Perfect for fans of Jane Austen's novels and Downton Abbey
This is a thoroughly delightful read. The author has convincingly captured Jane Austen's tone and personality. The 1920s come to life in the way that they affected a rural, once rich, family. The characters are true to Austen's own novels and I am sure, were she defrosted into life for real, she would be amused and pleased to read this novel. Historical Novel Society
This is such an enjoyable tale - Odiwe handles the 1920s setting with the same assurance that she has brought to her Regency-set novels, and her rendering of a 20th century Jane is a delight. Jane Austen's Regency World Magazine
When Jane Austen's doctor discovers the secret to immortal life in 1817, she thinks her wishes have come true. But when she wakes up from the dead, a penniless Miss Austen finds herself in 1925, having to become a governess to five girls of an eccentric and bohemian family at the crumbling Manberley Castle by the sea. Jane soon finds she's caught up in the dramas of every family member, but she loves nothing more than a challenge, and resolves on putting them in order. If only she can stop herself from falling in love, she can change the lives of them all!
Inspired by Jane Austen's wonderful novels and written in the tradition of classic books like Cold Comfort Farm, I Capture the Castle, and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Jane Austen Lives Again is an amusing fairy story for grown-ups.
Jane Odiwe comes to it steeped in Austen, in all her renditions; Odiwe's sentences often glint with reflections of the great Jane ... - HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
REVIEWS -
PROJECT DARCY
Odiwe writes with great charm and assurance: her contemporary characters are engaging, her historical protagonists convincing. In Project Darcy she takes a slice of literary history and turns it into a thoroughly entertaining, often very funny, and frequently touching piece of modern romantic fiction.
JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY WORLD MAGAZINE
SEARCHING FOR CAPTAIN WENTWORTH
Odiwe certainly writes a page-turning romantic mystery - her characters are intriguing and her narrative full of surprises and suspense. She blends historical fact and fiction with great style, and the settings are spot on in what the writer describes as her "love letter to Bath."
JANE AUSTEN'S REGENCY WORLD MAGAZINE
MR DARCY'S SECRET
Jane Odiwe comes to it steeped in Austen, in all her renditions; Odiwe's sentences often glint with reflections of the great Jane ... - HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY
WILLOUGHBY'S RETURN
Odiwe's elegantly stylish writing is seasoned with just the right dash of tart humour, and her latest literary endeavour is certain to delight both Austen devotees and Regency romance readers - BOOKLIST
LYDIA BENNET'S STORY
Odiwe pays nice homage to Austen's stylings and endears the reader to the formerly secondary character, spoiled and impulsive Lydia Bennet ... devotees will enjoy - PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
Genre: Historical Romance
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