According to Jane is about Ellie Barnett who suddenly finds herself in tow of an extra voice inside her head during her sophomore year of highschool. That voice just happens to be Jane Austen. The story follows Ellie (and Jane) through her highschool, college, and post college life. Jane talks to Ellie, advising her, lecturing her, and ultimately becoming her friend.
It wasn’t exactly what I expected. I thought for sure Jane would push her Regency Era lifestyle on Ellie more. Insisting she be a proper woman despite modern standards. In fact I assumed (possibly I was wrong) Jane would find the modern world utterly barbaric in comparison.
Ellie suffers many heart breaks, which she could have avoided had she listened to Jane. Ellie is a sweet girl whom I believe wants nothing more than to be truly loved, don’t we all. By the end of the book I was thinking it is about time she gets her happy ending. This girl has had it rough in the realm of love. A fun, fast read, I couldn’t put down until I knew the ending (despite my first reservations). Turns out Jane Austen might not always be the expert matchmaker we know her to be. Do be warned the book does contain the now so typical gratuitous sex.