Across a Star-Swept Sea

from A_Reader_of_Fictions

There's a life lesson in this series for me. Much as I think I'm going to love the books that retell favorites, I'm probably actually going to prefer the ones that retell books I didn't like or that I haven't read. The latter is the case with The Scarlet Pimpernel, though I do have it on my shelv...

from Katya0133

I've been a fan of The Scarlet Pimpernel (book and 1982 movie) for a long time, so I when I heard that there was a new retelling of the story (with a post-apocalyptic science fiction setting, no less), I was intrigued. I have to say, I really enjoyed it. Part of the fun of reading a retelling is ...

from iShanella

Absolutely loved this retelling. Some nice additions to the loved story making it its own. I really think Diana Peterfreund's books needs more readers. She knows how to spin a tale.

from Bookswithbite

Being swept off my feet by the first book, I knew immediately that I wanted to read this one. I love classics stories. And I love it when authors take a classic and put an amazing spin on it. Plot: From what I heard, this is an inspire tale of the classic The Scarlet Pimpernel. Though this is one...

from nbmars

This book is a companion novel to For Darkness Shows the Stars, which is a post-apocalyptic retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Like Marissa Meyer, whose "Lunar Chronicles" consist of retellings of different fairy tales, Peterfreund expands her own saga with another retelling, this time of The...