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On a scale of cotton candy to Brussels sprouts, The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay is Parmesan risotto. This slow-cooking rice dish develops its creaminess and unforgettable flavor in the time it takes to cook. It's a dish for the patient and those desiring patience.

Mary and Isabel are stuck at age 8, well, at least their friendship is. Isabel lights up the room wherever she goes, and Mary has long accepted the place as her shadow. But, Mary wants out, and she's been carefully building her ideal life until Isabel arm-twists her into joining her on an all-inclusive Regency England getaway. When Isabel disappears into her own mind and forgets that she isn't actually from Regency era, Mary has to take charge. What Mary learns about herself and Isabel could change her life forever if she can face it.

Katherine Reay brought a whole new cast of characters into this book, and they had different journeys to grow through. Mary's character was different from any of the other characters of Reay's books, and I marvel at Reay's ability to flesh out such believable and different characters. I loved the quiet setup of the book and the whirl of revelation throughout the following pages. As soon as I finished reading The Austen Escape, I flipped to the beginning and began reading again (You don't know me, but let me tell you that I very rarely reread).

I highly recommend The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay.


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The Austen Escape Katherine Reay 9780718078096 Books Reviews

I’ve read each of Katherine Reay’s other novels and enjoyed them, and this one was no different! The “escape” into the world of Jane Austen was a fun read without taking away from the real life elements of the story. The only thing I would have changed *spoiler alert* is that I would have liked to see more resolution between Isabel and Mary at the end. Still, would recommend this as a sweet read about friendship, realizing your strengths, and being comfortable with who you are.
Another homerun. Katherine Reay wrote another wonderful story. But I do think that Karen and Isabel got off a little too easily. They both contributed to Mary's confusion and pain in their own way and neither got to experience a third of the pain that Mary endured.
Regardless, this is a story that I will re-read several times.
As a fan of Jane Austen’s novels, I really loved this book. The historic manor home near Bath, England... the many references to Austen’s beloved characters... and the enticing thought of a vacation spot that lets you experience life as they did makes for fun reading. However, what really kept me turning the pages was seeing how this idyllic setting helps the heroine Mary work through her real life problems and hurts and truly find herself.
The quality of Austen fan fiction covers a wide range of levels and unfortunately, this book falls at the lower end of the scale. I found the plot rather flat, the conflicts forced, and the writing very uneven. I'm a writer myself so I understand the desire to avoid cliches and overused descriptions but Reay's word choice often made me wince and sometimes actually yell at the book.

Her character's eyes seemed to always be falling, dropping, shooting, and other action words that had me wondering where those eyes landed. I just wanted to reassure the author that it's okay to just say a character looked at something.

From impossible descriptions ("Between the two open doors stood a woman, tall and elegant, dressed in gray with silver hair. Something about her glowed against the now graying sky—as if they were one and she was the brighter iteration." How could she be seen against the sky if she's in the doorway and the person seeing her is outside?) to purple prose ("Helene looked between us. I sensed she caught our swirling undercurrents. They were so tangible I almost raised my hand to swipe them away.") to simply confusing ("Shadow met us at the copse of trees covering the hillside down to the stream and stables."), Reay just seems to be trying too hard. She has talent but clearly needs to learn to rein it in. Failing that, she needs a good editor.

There were far too many squirrel moments where Reay used multiple analogies to describe one moment. If you need that many comparisons to describe something to the reader, you aren't being clear enough. Numerous times I had to reread her words just to figure out what in the world she was talking about because they bounced from the present to a memory/analogy, then another memory/analogy and so on, to the point I had no idea what she was talking about. For example, this line " . . . her story seemed to mirror, inform, interweave, or somehow run alongside mine." made me wonder if she just plucked words from a thesaurus and forgot to winnow them out. Just pick a word and be done with it already.

Reay obviously did her research into the subjects but often overused it. The descriptions of electronic technology were informative but were mostly just info-dumps that took me out of the story. Or maybe it was the awkward way she inserted them in seemingly random ways. "Einstein was right about the space-time continuum. Massive objects, or statements, or revelations, can cause a bending—a disruption." What does this line have to do with anything?

Her verb choice was often startling, to say the least. There was a lot of arms crashing into people, shoulders being pulled, eyes shooting around rooms. Honestly, I was sure some of these scenes must have left the characters bruised or bleeding. I get why writers want to create unique and memorable descriptions, but most of the time less is more. Simple words may seem overused but they generally get the idea across without standing out in such awkward ways. You don't ever want your reader to stop reading just to wonder what it would feel like to have someone's arm crash into yours.

As I said before, Reay has talent but needs to learn the fine art of not allowing the author to intrude into the story.

Would I recommend this book? Probably not.
3 1/2 stars.

This author is not very consistent for me. I've read one of her books that I absolutely loved, another that was only so-so, and this one is I'm having trouble rating.

I liked the setting and the premise (sign me up for an Austen immersive vacation!), so that was fun to read.
I had a really hard time with Mary's relationship with Isabel, her "best friend". I won't say more, but it really irritated me. Isabel is a very annoying character, to say the least.

Nathan was awesome. I really liked him, but I would have liked to read more scenes between him and Mary. I didn't feel like there was enough.

Overall, I'd recommend this book to Austen and KR fans.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
On a scale of cotton candy to Brussels sprouts, The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay is Parmesan risotto. This slow-cooking rice dish develops its creaminess and unforgettable flavor in the time it takes to cook. It's a dish for the patient and those desiring patience.

Mary and Isabel are stuck at age 8, well, at least their friendship is. Isabel lights up the room wherever she goes, and Mary has long accepted the place as her shadow. But, Mary wants out, and she's been carefully building her ideal life until Isabel arm-twists her into joining her on an all-inclusive Regency England getaway. When Isabel disappears into her own mind and forgets that she isn't actually from Regency era, Mary has to take charge. What Mary learns about herself and Isabel could change her life forever if she can face it.

Katherine Reay brought a whole new cast of characters into this book, and they had different journeys to grow through. Mary's character was different from any of the other characters of Reay's books, and I marvel at Reay's ability to flesh out such believable and different characters. I loved the quiet setup of the book and the whirl of revelation throughout the following pages. As soon as I finished reading The Austen Escape, I flipped to the beginning and began reading again (You don't know me, but let me tell you that I very rarely reread).

I highly recommend The Austen Escape by Katherine Reay.