I love Persuasion. It’s my second favorite Austen to Pride and Prejudice, but only just barely. There’s so much to love about it – and by so much to love I mostly mean Captain Wentworth (and of course, The Letter). One of the biggest problems with Persuasion for many readers, though, is Anne. I like Anne. I get why she originally rejected Wentworth, why she let herself be swayed, why she ended up as the epitome of a wallflower in the years after. I get it, but it still makes her not as easy to f More...

Note: This is an adult book, but it is appropriate for the New Adult or YA audience. The characters are around 30, but there is nothing racy in the book. (Actually all the New Adult books I have read so far, were much more explicit than Once Upon A Second Chance)

I enjoyed Once Upon A Second Chance. It kind of reminded me of Austentatious, which I loved. It is a total contemporary, but there are glimpses of something that could be magic. When I say glimpses, I mean maybe two or three times in th More...

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Julia is a girl down on her luck. She actually brings herself down and always needs advice from her sister who was not only the best sister growing up, she was also her mother growing up doing everything for her. This might be why she went to her for "support" when she was proposed to eight years ago and why she took her advice and let him go. Immediately she knows she made a huge mistake but of course she does nothing about it. She does sound like a take More...

This is Ms. Vere's modern version of Jane Austen's Persuasion.

Julia's life seemed to be falling perfectly into place. She had burgeoning job prospects in the finance industry, an exciting life in New York City, and a wonderful fiancé, Nick Kerkley, who she was totally in love with. Nick however, while being completely devoted to Julia, did not have the career potential or financial stability to be worthy of someone like her -- or at least that's what she came to convince herself. Hesitantly, Ju More...

I received a review copy in exchange for my participation in the blog tour. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I wanted to like Julia, but she was just too uninvolved in her own life. Having grown up with her sister acting as her mother, Julia lets Lisa {her sister} make all of her decisions for her, including calling off her engagement to true love Nick Kerkley and setting her up on dates. Just when I think Julia is going to stand her ground and do something about her life, she goes right bac More...

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Have you ever wished for a “Do over” in your life? Well, that is just what happens in this fairy tale like novel. The author tells the amusing story of a true love surviving all obstacles after eight years apart.

Julia had it all until she let her older sister whom she looked up to as a second mom, give her advice. Now, eight years later, broken and a shadow of her former self, A chance meeting with the “one” she let get away has Julia rethinking More...

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When I started reading Once Upon a Second Chance, I was only expecting a light love story with a few cute moments here and there, but what I got was a captivating tale of a woman who had finally decided to take charge of her life.

At first glance, Julia Basham seemed happy. She had a nice job and even nicer co-workers, a supportive older sister, and a life that she was living the way she wanted to. But she wasn't. For eight years, s More...

You say Chick Lit, I say YES! I love this genre. It's cute, sweet and makes me smile.

"Women are taught to believe they have to look for and find ‘the one,’ while men are taught to believe there will always be another princess.”

This is a modern day retelling of Jane Austen's, Persuasion. I haven't read Persuasion and I am hoping rectify that mistake soon. I love the concept. Who doesn't like second chances?
Being the hopeless romantic that I am there was no way that I wasn't going to like this b More...

I received Once Upon a Second Chance as part of the blog tour hosted by AToMR Tours in return for a honest review. Eight years have changed since Julia’s life changed forever and the name staring up at her is about to bring her little world crashing down. Her newest client for work just happens to be the man she almost married but didn’t and who she can’t stop dreaming or thinking about. Even though her sister talked to into she still regrets breaking up with Nick Kerkley because to her he was p More...

“I don’t want dreams, and I don’t want fairy tales. They are not made for everyone, and that’s just how it is. My life was fine before I screwed it up by trying to fix what wasn’t broken. It may have been far from perfect, but that doesn’t equal bad. The only goal I have is to get through this night and tomorrow. After that, who knows.”

(Lol, idk what quote to copy & paste for this review. There are lots of good ones!)

Reading this book is like a roller coaster ride, it has ups downs, twists a More...

So super cute! I know nothing about Persuasion, but it didn't matter, I loved it. It is a fluffy easy read, with an awesome, swoon-worthy hero who actually isn't a total ass.

Shocking, I know.

This one is really worth a read for any other romantics out there like me.

The only thing I will say is that it is on the shorter side--just over 200 pages--and as such, I don't think it is worth the $16.99 price tag for the paper back. However, the ebook is only 5 bucks, and it is WELL worth that!
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I think the main reason I wanted to be a part of this tour was the synopsis. It sounded like an amazing retelling for Jane Austen's book 'Persuasion'. I've only ever read two books for her, Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice, and I very much loved them. So yeah, that and the stunning cover - not to mention cool title- had me convinced I should read said book!

After a lot of squealing, laughter and absolute excitement and jumping around, I managed to sit down and start writing this review. I had e More...

2.5

Jane Austen’s Persuasion is one of my favorite books. I love the lost-love story and seeing couples get a second chance. So, I was looking forward to this modern day retelling. I liked it. I thought some parts were a bit wordy or overly descriptive. I also was looking for more interactions/conversations between Nick and Julia. I thought them finally getting together was super fast and I didn’t really feel the chemistry between them. I wanted more build up between them before they just jump ba More...

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I loved this book. Yes, I know you hear that from me more often than not, but a lot of times I see a book cover I like or a read a description that sounds interesting and I go into reading a book with little or no expectations. So when I find one that I honestly enjoy to the point of not being able to put it down, I get ridiculously excited because I didn’t expect it to be that good in the first place, so it’s like a treat.

Once Upon a Second Chance by Marian Vere is that More...

I just had to keep emailing the author to tell her that she was *killing me*. Really sweet, fun book. Love that the heroine decides to become her own "fairy godmother". (once you read about her hilarious dream godmother, you will know why! haha!)

The hero is dreamy and sweet, the heroine is smart, funny, and relateable. Great, fun, read.

I received an advanced copy of this book and to put things in perspective, I'm a guy. To be honest I really quite enjoyed the read. Naturally this is not the type of book I would normally read but, Once upon a second chance is quite well written and the story makes you want to keep reading. I would highly recommend picking this book up when it comes out.

Incredibly romantic! I prefer books with more 'heat' so when I heard this one was 'cooler' I didn't think I'd like it, but it was more romantic than alot of the sexfilled books I've read! Julia was funny and real, and Nick was perfect, but in a real world way, not the annoying unrealistic way. Will definitively read again and recommend.

This book is predictable as I thought it would be, the only thing that caught me off guard was the fact that the author continued to their story after they made up and got back together to just for them to (view spoiler)[get married in secret since they had their friends wedding to attend to on that day. I figured that the author was going to do an epiloge of the main characters have their own wedding day since I'm used to seeing something similar to that. (hide spoiler)]

I probably would have like to see Nick POV mainly becau More...

Wow im excited to read this book and the fact that it will be release in my birthday is a extra bonus!

So sweet and charming! Perfect for vacation or snuggling under a warm blanket.

Review to come!!!

Love Persuasion so this should be good!

boring, slow, it was hard for me to finish

Loved it! This is one of those feel-good reads--warm, fuzzy, and light-hearted. The main character, Julia, was adorable and funny! Her inner thoughts cracked me up; so many times I found myself saying, "Been there, done that!" And then there's swoon-worthy Nick. He's a real-life Prince Charming, without the cliche and cheesiness--I loved him!

Overall, an enjoyable, quick read :) If you like toe-tingling romance, I highly recommend it! :)

cute adaptation of persuasion.

I love happily ever after stories!