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Le Journal Du Colonel Brandon (Pemberley) (2013)

by Amanda Grange(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Milady Romance

series

Jane Austen Heroes

review 1: When I decided to reread Jane Austen in 2014, I had a feeling that I'd also end up rereading Amanda Grange's Diary series. After finishing Austen's Sense and Sensibility, I felt the need to reread Colonel Brandon's Diary. It was just as lovely as I remembered. In fact, if I hadn't fallen in love with Amanda Grange's novel, I might not have gone back to Austen's novel again and again. The first time I read Sense and Sensibility, something was missing. I suppose I wasn't in the proper mood to read it and appreciate it, to savor and treasure each page. I rushed through it vaguely dissatisfied. Every time I've reread it since, I've loved it, really truly loved it. I've been surprised that I could have ever found it unsatisfying. I love and adore Colonel Brandon. I love getting... more his story. I love seeing things through his point of view. I love how Grange gives a whole new perspective to his courtship with Marianne. I love seeing Colonel Brandon's reaction to Mrs. Jenning too. I love that he wasn't as quick to fall madly, deeply in love with Marianne as Mrs. Jenning is to suspect him of doing just that. His conversations with Marianne in the last part of the novel really worked for me. Marianne's "transformation" does not come across as so sudden, so dramatic. The relationship feels to be moving along at just the right pace; a relationship built on friendship and respect and love. I would definitely recommend this one! I only wish that Amanda Grange would write more Diaries. I would love to see Edward Ferrar's Diary. I'd love his perspective, to catch a glimpse of his past, of his relationships with his family, of his infatuation with Lucy Steele, and his first impressions of Elinor!
review 2: Enjoyable fluff. I like Austen fan fiction. I like the idea of the "heroes" backstories. I thought this one was well done, bringing a character that we don't really know much about in the original book to life. I don't think the diary format always works well, because it reads too much like a novel than real diary entries, but it's a different way to attempt what others have tried to do in more straightforward ways. I liked it enough to check the next two out of the library. That says something! less

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