Dangerous Alliance: An Austentacious Romance

By Jennieke Cohen

Book Overview

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Jane Austen in this witty, winking historical romance with a dash of mystery Lady Victoria Aston has everything she could want: an older sister happily wed, the future of her family estate secure, and ample opportunity to while her time away in the fields around her home. But now Vicky must marry--or find herself and her family destitute. Armed only with the wisdom she has gained from her beloved novels by Jane Austen, she enters society's treacherous season. Sadly, Miss Austen has little to say about Vicky's exact circumstances: whether the roguish Mr. Carmichael is indeed a scoundrel, if her former best friend, Tom Sherborne, is out for her dowry or for her heart, or even how to fend off the attentions of the foppish Mr. Silby, he of the unfortunate fashion sensibility. Most unfortunately of all, Vicky's books are silent on the topic of the mysterious accidents cropping up around her...ones that could prevent her from surviving until her wedding day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062857312
• ISBN13: 9780062857316
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

Great for Jane Austen lovers!

Overall: 3.5/5 Ease of reading: 4/5 Romance: 2/5 This was a pretty fun book! Lots of shenanigans going on and Victoria can’t seem to stay out of trouble. I personally didn’t mind some of the exaggerated situations she found herself in. The pace of the book was good and I never really found myself struggling to get through the story. However, I did have to give it time for Victoria to grow on me. At the beginning of the book I just thought she seemed pretty scatterbrained, naïve, and accident prone. As the story went on though she got a bit smarter. 😂Overall, this was a good YA standalone historical romance with a bit of mystery. I would recommend it to anyone who likes Jane Austen. Warnings: This book does touch on domestic violence and murder