A review by elizabaum
Captain Wentworth Home from the Sea by Mary Lydon Simonsen

4.0

I thought I'd let my first JAFF of 2017 be Persuasion-based for a change. Which was a little weird, after so much P&P, but not in a bad way. This was a sweet story, though I think it was a story concept that would have been far better served by a full-length novel. Things moved a little too fast at times. I did like how different Wentworth was due to his injury, and his tendency toward frankness allowed for the story to move in a certain direction while seeming completely natural. Anne was more assertive than her canon self, which at times I thought was a bit of a stretch, but I couldn't help but enjoy her interactions with Wentworth.

3.5 stars rounded up.