Midnight in Austenland

I'm a big Shannon Hale fan, and even though I didn't love Shannon Hale's book Austenland, I read some sneak peek chapters of Midnight in Austenland and thought it seemed pretty good.  It is about Charlotte, who after her divorce finds solace in Jane Austen books.  Soon she's off to a vacation in England at an estate that reenacts a Jane Austen time period life style, with actors for romantic interests.  She starts getting really into Austenland, but soon there are some mysterious events going on--and she thinks it's murder but doesn't know if it's part of the script or not.

This was a fun read.  Shannon Hale is a really good writer, and Charlotte was a really funny character.  I loved things like her conversations with her Inner Thoughts and also just her character growth throughout the book.  I didn't like, though, like with Austenland, that as a reader, it's hard to tell what's real in her time in Austenland and what's not.  It just makes it hard to make good predictions in the book and to be excited about what is to come.

Rating: * * (2/3 = Liked it)