📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚 Sense & Second-Degree Murder
AUTHOR: Tirzah Price @tirzah.price
Publisher: HarperCollins @harpercollins
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ + 🐰
Published: April 5, 2022
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The Review 📚 Sense & Second-Degree Murder
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- Sense and Sensibility is one of my favorite movies, so I was excited for this retelling. Thank you to @Netgalley and HarperCollins for allowing me to read this ahead of publication.
💜 What I liked:
- This story does mirror the original story with some really clever differences. The Dashwood sisters are still as lovely as always, with Elinor as an aspiring chemist and Marianne wanting to follow in her father’s footsteps as a detective. Margaret is as precocious as ever, of course. They are hot on the case to solve their father’s murder.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- There were some parts that I felt to be overly descriptive. But overall, the story was so enjoyable, especially if you are familiar with the original story.
🚦 My face at the end: 🤓🫖
💭 Reasons to Read:
- 1. A Father’s death
- 2. Dancing
- 3. Poison
- 4. Female empowerment
🕧 Mini-Summary:
- Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are hot on the case of their father’s murderer in this Sense and Sensibility retelling.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.
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📘 Summary 📚 Sense & Second-Degree Murder
Three of Jane Austen’s classic novels receive a murder mystery makeover in this romantic and thrilling three-book series that’s perfect for fans of The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy and Stalking Jack the Ripper. In Sense and Second-Degree Murder, aspiring scientist Elinor Dashwood and her sister Marianne, a budding detective, work together to solve the mystery of their father’s murder.
When eighteen-year-old aspiring scientist Elinor Dashwood discovers her beloved father slumped over the desk of his office study, she knows his death means dire straits for the Dashwood women. To make matters worse, an outdated will entails his estate—including Norland & Company, the private investigation firm where her younger sister Marianne worked as her father’s partner and protégé—to their half-brother and his haughty wife, who waste no time in forcing the Dashwoods out of their home and into a cramped apartment on London’s Barton Street.
But before they go, the Dashwood sisters make a startling discovery that points to foul play, and the killer might be family.
Obviously, the girls must investigate. It could be dangerous; it could ruin their reputations; and most importantly, it won’t bring back their father. But if the Dashwood sisters can combine their talents and bring their father’s murderer to justice, it may bring them all some comfort—and it might even lead to love.