Title: Olivia Twist
Author: Lorie Langdon
Chapters: 25 plus Epilogue
Pages: 331
Genre: Teen historical retelling
Rating: 5 stars
In Olivia Twist Lorie Langdon puts a twist on the classic tale of Oliver Twist. With the what
if Oliver was actually a girl who do the times circumstances of her birth had
to live as a boy for her own safety. I hadn't looked at the story
that way at all until Lorie proposed that question. But during the Victorian
era boy orphans had a slightly easier life than girl orphans. Girl orphans
only had one option and it wasn’t good.
We then fast forward 18 years when the story
takes place. Olivia Brownlow is now 18 and living with her uncle who rescued
her. She’s torn between two worlds helping London’s orphans and being a society
lady. After everything her uncle’s done
for her she’s willing to do anything to help him even marry a man she doesn’t
love. She thinks she has everything figured out when someone from her past
returns.
Jack MacCarron has been taken in my the widow
March and he’s determined to help her with what she needs done. And then he is going to turn a new leaf and
live his life as a gentleman. But then a person from his past returns and he’s
in for the surprise of his life. Ollie is who he thought Ollie was.
Aside from a Christmas Carol Oliver Twist was
my favorite Charles Dickens novel. I also loved Oliver and Company. So it was
nice to read this retelling with a twist. You will laugh with the characters, cry
with the characters. But more importantly you will want to talk sense into Olivia.
Overall I enjoyed this story and I can’t
wait for the next book from Lorie Langdon. I am also looking forward to
more YA retellings of classic novels.
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