Book: The Other Lizzie Bennet by Rosie Green
Reviewed by Anonymous
Rating: 4.5/5
What is this magical power Rosie has over me! Every time I read a book by her...I CRY!!!!
I adored Lizzie's introduction, especially in the Duck Pond and then Dante....well McSteamy or what. I loved the homage to Jane Austin, despite not reading or watching anything...oops! But I know the Colin Firth scene everyone talks about, so when it happened in the book, I was excited but also laughing due to the outrageous behaviour of the character pretending to be Mr Firth. What an idiot he was, in so many ways!!!
I really adored the mystery of the diary too! I would love for it to be true. I have no idea if it was, but Dante and Lizzie hunting it all down, and the message tree - ahhhhh, I thought it was just such a beautiful touch to the book.
What got me was Lizzie and her family. The heartache they are all carrying affects their relationships with each other and with the outside. It got me. Anything to do with a Dad and loss always gets me.
Like all her other books, I read this in one go! I never want to put a book down by Rosie. She gets the angst, the love and romance and mystery all down to a T. I mean Book 44 people! It's still as fresh as Book 1 - and we have an entire village of people to love!