Keeping the Castle (Hardcover)

from stephxsu

Seventeen-year-old Althea lives in a crumbling, laughable faux-castle on a cliff designed by a debilitatingly romantic ancestor. Her family has no money, her two stepsisters are stingy with theirs, their castle is falling apart around them, and they will starve to death unless the practical Althe...

from delphica

This is three and a half, nearly four stars. It's really very darling, it's a riff on Regency novels -- and everything I have seen on it keeps referencing Pride and Prejudice and I Capture the Castle but the voice it reminded me of the MOST is Emma. For what it's worth. Poor girl with castle tryi...

from EuronerdLibrarian

A fun, humorous, light read that fans of Jane Austen and BBC period dramas will appreciate. It's short, but it contains the kind of action present in a Jane Austen movie--tea, walks on the moors, portrait painting--so it may not be the best for ever reader. (though the ending is rather exciting a...

from Annesanse

Keeping the Castle was a really quick, cute story. It was pretty much a watered-down version of a Jane Austen novel. A poor beautiful girl is in need of a rich husband and several rich men are suddenly thrown in her way. Everyone has their secrets and all are eventually revealed. I did enjoy this...

from lauraodom

Set in a Jane Austin-ish era, Keeping the Castle, is a delightful book with a spunky young heroine set on marrying well to save her family's estate. Although somewhat predictable, there were several fun little plot twists. The whole thing seemed to be plucked from a Jane Austin plot, albeit in mo...