Author: Jillian Cantor
Ch: 33
Pg: 304
Genre: Teen Chick lit, classic retelling
Rating: 4.5 stars
Publisher: Inkyard press
The
Code for Love and Heartbreak by
Jillian Cantor is a Jane Austen retelling of Emma. As Emma is my favorite Jane
Austen I was thrilled to finally get a modern young adult retelling. In this
one Emma Woodhouse is a socially awkward coding nerd and a senior in high
school. And George Knightly is her sort of friend and co-Captain of the coding
club.
I
love that the author brought Emma’s matchmaking attempts into the modern age
with a dating app. Emma still has many of the same quirks as the original Emma.
The main points of the original novel are still here though Emma’s father isn’t
as clingy in this retelling.
And
even though it wasn’t as good the original I loved it and wish that an YA Emma
retelling had been around when I was a teen. Or at least something other than Clueless.
I’m hoping this is the first of many Emma retellings. Janes romantic comedy i
don’t care what anyone says.
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