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For the Jane Austen Fans out there.

Genre:  Contemporary Fiction with Romantic Elements

Heat Level: Mild - heavy kissing but no sex.

Austenland by Shannon Hale was a fun read. 

You follow Jane, a graphic artist whose love life sucks because she's stuck on the ideal of Mr. Darcy. Not just any Mr. Darcy but the one depicted by Colin Firth in BBC's adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. 

Thirty-three years old, still single with no boyfriend in sight, she's left a vacation by a great-aunt she barely knew to Regency-themed Penbrook Park, a place filled with actors helping their guests feel as though they are living in a Jane Austen novel.

Jane hopes that living at Penbrook for the next three weeks will help her kick her Mr. Darcy obsession forever. 

The problem is that part of being in a Jane Austen novel is the romance and so actors are hired to woo the women Regency-style - no touching - and give them a romance filled weekend. Lines start to blur and Jane isn't sure what's real and what's acting.

This was a really fun read. Nice and light and perfect for Jane Austen fans.

I started reading this book because I'd seen the movie and the book definitely gets more in-dept with the characters. I feel if you like Jane Austen, you'll like this book. I'm a real Pride and Prejudice fan myself and it had me not only wanting to reread the classic novel but watch Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy.