A new take on Pride & Prejudice as it tells the story that inspired the fictional Jane Austen to write her novel(s). I have to be honest: I never read the original and only watched the film adaptation, which was fun but nothing outstanding. I only learned about Amusing Miss Austen because the author is having an active TikTok presence and ended up on my FYP a few times. Though, the author's used scene for marketing happens so early in the book that it felt like false marketing at the end.

Amusing Miss Austen is like the film adaptation: fun but nothing outstanding. It's a quick read (I finished it within a day) but ultimately, very forgettable. The characters are rather flat/stereotypical, the writing style is odd (in parts it feels like the story is being told to a diary or someone else but the reveal for it never happens) and everything is very rushed.

If you do love Jane Austen's work and rom-coms in general, I suspect that you might enjoy this take as well.