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A review by issianne
Meg and Jo by Virginia Kantra
3.0
3.5. This was a solid retelling of "Little Women", in terms of Jo and Meg. Alright, I'm going to get a bit rambly...
At first, I was kinda bored by Meg's chapters, but she ended up being so endearing. She and John had some of the sweetest moments in the book, and I loved seeing their interactions and communications.
Jo can be a little bit insufferable in the original and in this one, but for the most part, her storyline was enjoyable and interesting. Though, I do feel like we lost some of the best bookworm and literature-snob moments from Jo. I don't *love* the plot device the author used at the end of Jo's story, but I'm trying to get over it (if you've read it or read some other adult romances, you know what I'm talking about).
Overall, this book was super easy to read and set up some nice intrigue for the next book. In the true spirit of being an Amy, I'm very excited to read from her perspective.
ALSO, I would like the author to apologize for not only giving Laurie a f***boy name like Trey but for truly translating 19th century f***boy into a current one. He better redeem himself in the next one; he had me cringing so hard in this one.
I loooooooved the inclusion of the dad being a crap dad. "Little Women" is female centric that Mr. March becomes obsolete during most of it, and Kantra really latched on to that and ran with it. She saw the opportunity to explore why Marmee was such a large part of the girls' lives instead of their father, and I really appreciated.
At first, I was kinda bored by Meg's chapters, but she ended up being so endearing. She and John had some of the sweetest moments in the book, and I loved seeing their interactions and communications.
Jo can be a little bit insufferable in the original and in this one, but for the most part, her storyline was enjoyable and interesting. Though, I do feel like we lost some of the best bookworm and literature-snob moments from Jo. I don't *love* the plot device the author used at the end of Jo's story, but I'm trying to get over it (if you've read it or read some other adult romances, you know what I'm talking about).
Overall, this book was super easy to read and set up some nice intrigue for the next book. In the true spirit of being an Amy, I'm very excited to read from her perspective.
ALSO, I would like the author to apologize for not only giving Laurie a f***boy name like Trey but for truly translating 19th century f***boy into a current one. He better redeem himself in the next one; he had me cringing so hard in this one.
I loooooooved the inclusion of the dad being a crap dad. "Little Women" is female centric that Mr. March becomes obsolete during most of it, and Kantra really latched on to that and ran with it. She saw the opportunity to explore why Marmee was such a large part of the girls' lives instead of their father, and I really appreciated.