Review: This Henry is just as delightful as the original
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2013
I think I enjoyed this installment of the Jane Austen Academy Series the best. There are currently only four installments and my favorite Jane Austen novel is yet to come.Kat, Catherine Morland's modern equivalent in this tale, is very different than her classical counterpart. For one, she isn't poor. On the other hand, she does still have a taste for drama, both personal and on the stage. So when she gets a chance, via an invitation from the Academy's resident romantic bad guy and movie star, Josh Wickham, to spend her Christmas break on the set of his new indie movie, she jumps at the chance.Although Kat didn't strike me as similar to the Catherine Morland of the original Northanger Abbey, except for being a bit gulible, I did see the parallels between the plots and appreciated Gray's ability to bring the main plot points and twists of the tale believably into a modern setting.I really liked Gray's Henry. He is quirky and sweet in all the right ways. I enjoyed reading about him almost as much as I enjoyed the original.There was a period of time in the story where Kat sleeps in a separate room of a trailer from Josh, but nothing untoward happens.