Austenland

by Shannon Hale

Jane Hayes is a 33-year-old New Yorker who has a secret: she is obsessed with the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice. Well, she is mainly obsessed with Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy. But who isn't? Come now, haven't we all popped in the video and fantasized about our love lives as Lizzie and Darcy fell in love?

Anyway, as a parting gift to her niece, Jane's elderly aunt, Carolyn, sends her to Pembrook Park, a resort devoted to those devotees of Jane Austen. Empire waists, games of whist, and, of course, romance ensue.

Anyone who has ever swooned over Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy will love this novel. It is light, sweet, and not too wordy. I loved it!

1/24/07