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A Little in Love

Susan Fletcher

4.10 · Rating details · 1,846 ratings · 404 reviews

As a young child Eponine never knew kindness, except once from her family's kitchen slave, Cosette. When at sixteen the girls' paths cross again and their circumstances are reversed, Eponine must decide what that friendship is worth, even though they've both fallen for the same boy. In the end, Eponine will sacrifice everything to keep true love alive. ...more

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Jan 02, 2020 Kathleen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: owned

I couldn’t help but fall a little in love with this book.

Originally I expected a boring, but short historical fiction read. Instead I was met with a strong protagonist named Eponine in a story dealing with the hardships in life.

Ever since a young age, Eponine and her sister have been taught to steal to support their family. This gave them a stable life that was ruined one day when their father murdered a man.

On the run for 6 years, Eponine and her family struggle to survive. When they finally ...more

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Nov 18, 2015 Maddie rated it really liked it

When Sarah recommended this to me, I was skeptical about it, since I know barely anything about Les Miserables, and thought that would limit my enjoyment, but, I really grew to love Eponine, Cosette and Marius. The writing style was beautiful, the story read like a tragic fairy tale, and I definitely fell a little in love with it!

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Sep 04, 2015 Sesana rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, historical-fiction, adaptation

I can't think of a secondary character in a classic work of literature who is less in need of an author to champion her than Eponine. I read it anyways. I might not have, if it didn't look so much like Fletcher would be taking much of her inspiration from the book, not the musical. But who knows? I was really just kind of happy that this was published.

This really is the book's Eponine, and the book as a whole is essentially Eponine's perspective of the things she could reasonably know about, and I can't think of a secondary character in a classic work of literature who is less in need of an author to champion her than Eponine. I read it anyways. I might not have, if it didn't look so much like Fletcher would be taking much of her inspiration from the book, not the musical. But who knows? I was really just kind of happy that this was published.

This really is the book's Eponine, and the book as a whole is essentially Eponine's perspective of the things she could reasonably know about, and nothing else. So she does not, for example, know that Valjean is a convict who broke parole, because she doesn't actually have an opportunity to learn that. Probably, it would be easier for most people to follow this if they had already read the book, or at least knew the basic plot synopsis, to fill in holes.

Much of this book is focused on Eponine's relationship, such as it is, with her family, such as they are. The Thenardiers are (spoiler alert!) really really terrible people, and Eponine is... not entirely. That she steals only because she's directed to, and not because it's in her blood, makes her sort of the black sheep of her family. Her younger sister, Azelma, on the other hand, is her father's daughter, through and through. This is all reasonable extrapolation on Fletcher's part, by the way. I was very pleased with the way she fleshed out both characters, and it made absolute sense with the way they were portrayed in the book. (view spoiler) Fletcher's Eponine is really driven by her need for love and approval, especially from her family, and it can be quite sad to read.

But I was really nervous about how she was going to show Eponine's love for Marius. I guess I didn't need to be. Marius was appropriately kind, but romantically disinterested. Cosette is sweet, not the stealth bitch of thousands of fanfics. And it all plays out just exactly as it needs to. Yes, I feel for Eponine, but it's good that Fletcher doesn't give her her heart's desire, nor does she romanticize or pretty her up. She has a somewhat closer relationship with both Marius and Cosette than she does in the book, but it fits really well. I like how Fletcher wrote the childhood relationship between Cosette and Eponine. They weren't quite friends, but they both wanted to be. Later in the book, Cosette tells Eponine that she had felt sorry for her, because though Cosette's own mother was absent, at least she knew that she loved her. And it's kind of a perfect summary of the differences between the two girls.

Les Amis also show up, sort of. That is, the barricade happens, and a few of them are alluded to, but only Enjolras plays any sort of part. And thank God, but Fletcher wrote him correctly. Yes, I wish the rest of Les Amis could have had bigger parts (especially Grantaire) but really, the few pages of Enjolras I got was more than I expected. But I can't help but wish.

I don't have any real complaints about any of this. Not the writing, or the dialog, or the characterization, or the plot. But I do kind of feel the need to point out that Fletcher polished out both Marius and Eponine a bit. Taking a page from the musical (I think), Fletcher made this version of Marius a rather more ardent republican than he had been in the book. Which allows her to bypass one of the more objectionable things book Eponine does: (view spoiler) I was a little disappointed by this, because I feel like it would have added another layer of complexity to her character, and it wouldn't have been terribly out of keeping with the way Fletcher had been portraying her to that point. But do I blame her for leaving that bit out? Of course not! It's... a little dark, let's be honest, and it would be really tough to write around that. She does something sort of similar earlier in the book, though, when Eponine does let her jealousy get the better of her. (view spoiler)

Maybe Eponine profic wasn't really necessary, but I ended up quite enjoying it. I would highly recommend this for Les Mis fans, especially those with a special interest in Eponine. Even Les Amis fans, like myself, have some things to be happy with. As far as adaptions of a classic go, it's remarkably faithful, understands the source material very well, and actually does bring some new depth to at least one of the characters. I was kind of scared of this book, given how much I love Les Mis, but I ended up being glad I'd read it.

Before reading: It was only a matter of time before somebody got their Eponine fic published. I'm choosing to take it as a positive sign that Fletcher took her title from Eponine's last words in the book ("And then, do you know, Monsieur Marius, I believe I was a little in love with you," which is one of my favorite lines) and not from the musical. ...more

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Jul 19, 2014 Jenn Morgans rated it really liked it

Shelves: proof-or-reading-copy, historical, teen, inspired-by-extra-canon

I'll admit that my excitement upon finding a teen novel telling Eponine's tale quickly turned to dubiousness, as these kinds of books can often end up as a let down. I'm delighted to be able to say that A Little In Love was not one of them; this is a moving, thoughtful, gorgeously written book that adds so much to the Les Miserables story.

Eponine's always been my favourite tragic waif in Les Miserables, and Fletcher does her wonderful justice here, from her childhood in an inn being taught to st ...more

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Jul 07, 2018 pennyg rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It's beautiful and sad and melodramatic and even though you know very well what will happen, you will be sobbing at the end. Just a really lovely re-telling of Eponine's story from Les Miserables by one of my favorite writers, Susan Fletcher. Marketed as YA, the book itself is strikingly pretty, red with black endpapers and a good introduction to Hugo's novel for a young person, although, it is a great read I think for any age.

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Apr 12, 2018 Eva Najeh rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, favorites, classic, english

It is so amazing how could a story, few pages make you think about every single little thing you do and it had could be the life its self, I won't lie I already know that, but to be more honest, this book makes it so clear to me.

To thank the God for the Good parent who raises me up to a better person no matter what, and for this lovely house I have, food, warmth, Decent life I'm living through this lifeless life and it is sham if I asked the God for more than that. ...more

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Dec 15, 2015 Jen rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-book

*I received a copy of this audiobook from the publisher in exchange for an honest review*

Audio: Melody Grove does a fantastic job of bringing Eponine and the rest of the characters to life. Her French is flawless and her accent made the whole experience much more enjoyable.

Story: I love Les Misérables. I saw it on Broadway when I was 15 and have loved almost every adaptation since. (Except the movie version where Russel Crowe sings. That nearly ruined the whole story for me.) Les Mis was the in ...more

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Apr 05, 2015 Paige (Illegal in 3 Countries) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, bea-15

See more of my reviews on The YA Kitten! My copy was an ARC I got at BEA 2015.

There I was, just sitting near baggage check at BEA waiting for my roommates to get their tickets for a signing of Fairest by Marissa Meyer and generally getting off my feet. Me and my tote bag full of books. Of course you don’t just get off your feet at BEA without either reading or finding someone to talk to, and I’d exhausted most of my abilities to be social by then, so reading it was! I picked A Little in Love bec See more of my reviews on The YA Kitten! My copy was an ARC I got at BEA 2015.

There I was, just sitting near baggage check at BEA waiting for my roommates to get their tickets for a signing of Fairest by Marissa Meyer and generally getting off my feet. Me and my tote bag full of books. Of course you don’t just get off your feet at BEA without either reading or finding someone to talk to, and I’d exhausted most of my abilities to be social by then, so reading it was! I picked A Little in Love because it was the shortest book I had on hand. Pretty easy method of choosing a read. It was also a good one because I loved A Little in Love–and not just because I already fell in love with Eponine thanks to the musical.

Like me, people will be having their eyes on this book most likely because they’re fans of the musical/movie, but it’s firmly based in the canon of the novel. For instance, Gavroche is acknowledged as a member of the Thenardier family and Eponine utters the sentence the title is taken from (“And then, do you know, Monsieur Marius, I believe I was a little in love with you”)–a book-exclusive line. Based on knowledge of the musical/movie alone, the novel is entirely readable and may even make you want to take on the hefty task of reading Les Miserables yourself.

Fletcher’s portrait of Eponine is a little too clean in that she’s portrayed as a girl who was only mean to Cosette because her mother forced her to be and such, but the strength of her Eponine and the girl’s development over the years is formidable. Because she’s a side character in her source material, we don’t get a good idea of why Eponine does what she does when she’s a teenager helping Marius and Cosette, so it’s Fletcher’s choice/job to give us Eponine’s motivation. Her choice? Eponine is so tired of her father’s group and life and hypocrisy that she decides to live as a good person no matter what life brings her. It’s such a simple thing, but it’s so powerful on the page through Eponine’s own words.

Things are a little slow at times due to how the novel is chopped up into pieces and I as a musical/movie-fan don’t know about the Eponine sections that stayed in the book. In fact, it’s the scenes that show what’s happening while other characters get the spotlight in the source material that feel most like filler. Necessary filler, but filler nonetheless. It’s also heavily reliant on the reader knowing about Les Miserables one way or another, so this isn’t at all for someone who is expecting to be introduced to that world through Eponine.

So the novel would have been three stars for me as an entertaining read lacking the special something to make it stick, but the ending gave it a hefty bump up in the ratings department. There’s no such thing as spoilers for books/movies beyond a certain age, so here it is: Eponine dies. We get that in the prologue of the book and yet her death in the end is still a tearjerker. To make readers cry over a death they know is coming from a long ways away is talent–especially if they’ve already read the book, seen the movie, or seen the musical and experienced Eponine’s death before.

Fans of Les Miserables who want a novel about the tragic young woman with the legendary solo song “On My Own” will want to pick up A Little in Love for themselves when it comes out. Any book that can make a reviewer tear up multiple times just trying to review the darn thing (cry count: 3, by the way) is one to save for those days when you want to read something that makes your heart hurt in all the best ways. Susan Fletcher takes Eponine from a beloved side character to a main character you will cry for. ...more

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Aug 28, 2015 Abigail H. Leskey rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: evil-eccentric-or-funny-kin, historical-fiction

If you don't mind that the ending was unfaithful to Les Misérables (and didn't wholly make sense), it's a good, miserable book.

And Enjolras is in it!

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Oct 26, 2014 Grace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Its very rare I get excited about a book which in many ways is just ‘glorified and bound fanfiction’ and from my past experience books in this category can be horrendously disappointing. So when I read about a young adult novel telling Eponine’s story I admit I was nervous, nervous about one of my favourite charters from one of my favourite novels was about to be butchered into a tale which she wasn’t going to belong in. However, I needn’t of worried, this book is thoughtful, potent and wonderfu Its very rare I get excited about a book which in many ways is just ‘glorified and bound fanfiction’ and from my past experience books in this category can be horrendously disappointing. So when I read about a young adult novel telling Eponine’s story I admit I was nervous, nervous about one of my favourite charters from one of my favourite novels was about to be butchered into a tale which she wasn’t going to belong in. However, I needn’t of worried, this book is thoughtful, potent and wonderfully written and grasps what Hugo failed to do, it gave a back-story which I never realised I was craving. Which is why when I sat down to read a quick chapter one morning I didn’t move until I was turning the final page, quietly content that her story had finally been told.

In my opinion Eponine is so much more than a thief and a pawn to get the two lovers together in Hugo’s ‘Les Miserables’ she has a character and a presence which I personally felt Cossette never possessed, which is possibly why (in the musical world at least) Eponine holds more popularity than her rival in love; Cossette. This may have more to do with the fact people will always route for the underdog and Eponine is nothing if not an underdog or it may just be that ‘On My Own’ is one of the most well loved songs which springs from the epic stage show. Fletcher managed to capture this love while adding subtle details and references to the novel, which as a lover of Les Mis in all forms I’ve been missing. A Little in love follows Eponine from her younger years of childhood in the Inn where she is forced to steal originally in craving any kind of affection from her parents to being forced by her mother to become hardened and cruel.

Although ‘A Little In Love’ is based on the novel, as apposed to the musical which in recent years has possibly become more well known than the original 1000 page long epic, it still makes sense if you haven’t read ‘the brick’. Although there are details, which are only picked up on if you’ve read the original text. Cameos of characters that are, only mentioned briefly in the musical (if at all) play a part in the book.

The novel is beautifully written depicting Eponine’s struggle to be good and also still be accepted into a family of thieves is touching and emotional, while not losing the depth of the other characters, Azelma is cruel and spoiled and in many respects depicts what Eponine could have been had you not had an ounce of good in her.

Although this novel is obviously going to be a desperately sad, Fletcher manages to keep the story rich and atmospheric, a true ode to Nineteenth-century France. I’m sure that anyone who picks this novel up knows the tragic story of Eponine’s life but Fletcher takes the character laid down originally by Hugo and adds colours to her life, while not changing any details from the original novel, although as I brushed way tears at the end, I wish she had. This book was exquisitely heat breaking.
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Dec 27, 2016 Suzi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-i-own

Review coming... soon? ... ever??? Let's just say that this book combined three things I love: retelling of stories, stories about kindness and feeling so much love for characters that it makes me bawl my eyes out. (So yes, I recommend it!!) Xx ...more

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Jan 18, 2015 Sarah rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favourites, standalones, beautiful-cover

That's it. I'm a sobbing, emotional wreck and I can't even... ...more

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Mar 13, 2016 Emily rated it it was amazing

Well, I gobbled up this book! It was beautiful. Full review coming soon.

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Jun 23, 2017 Clare rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, ebook, retellings, owned, young-adult, 2017, 3-stars, book

A very cute retelling but I don't think it added much more to the original story. ...more

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Jul 20, 2020 Abby rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I always loved Eponine as a character from Les Mis. But this story basically rehashed the exact same thing from the original novel. Eponine loves Marius, he doesn't love her back. Blah blah blah. Nothing new was brought to the plate. Just a tiny little back story for Eponine, but again, mostly what we've seen before. Really badly written and all around a terrible book. ...more

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May 17, 2015 charlotte, (½ of readsrainbow) rated it it was ok

Shelves: historical-fiction, 2-stars, ya-or-mg-lit, retellings-or-adaptations, uk-and-ireland

*clears throat* alright

there's this part in les mis where éponine repels the patron minette from valjean's house, which goes like so:

and he added:

"bitch!"

she began to laugh in a terrible way:

"as you like, but you shall not enter here. i'm not the daughter of a dog, since i'm the daughter of a wolf. there are six of you, what matters that to me? you are men. well, i'm a woman. you don't frighten me. i tell you that you shan't enter this house, because it doesn't suit me. if you approach, i'll bar *clears throat* alright

there's this part in les mis where éponine repels the patron minette from valjean's house, which goes like so:

and he added:

"bitch!"

she began to laugh in a terrible way:

"as you like, but you shall not enter here. i'm not the daughter of a dog, since i'm the daughter of a wolf. there are six of you, what matters that to me? you are men. well, i'm a woman. you don't frighten me. i tell you that you shan't enter this house, because it doesn't suit me. if you approach, i'll bark. i told you, i'm the dog, and i don't care a straw for you. go your way, you bore me! go where you please, but don't come here, i forbid it! you can use your knives. i'll use kicks; it's all the same to me, come on!"

she advanced a pace nearer the ruffians, she was terrible, she burst out laughing:

"pardine! i'm not afraid. i shall be hungry this summer, and i shall be cold this winter. aren't they ridiculous, these ninnies of men, to think they can scare a girl! what! scare? oh, yes, much! because you have finical poppets of mistresses who hide under the bed when you put on a big voice, forsooth! i ain't afraid of anything, that i ain't!"

she fastened her intent gaze upon thenardier and said:

"not even of you, father!"

then she continued, as she cast her blood-shot, spectre-like eyes upon the ruffians in turn:

"what do i care if i'm picked up to-morrow morning on the pavement of the rue plumet, killed by the blows of my father's club, or whether i'm found a year from now in the nets at saint-cloud or the isle of swans in the midst of rotten old corks and drowned dogs?"

she was forced to pause; she was seized by a dry cough, her breath came from her weak and narrow chest like the death-rattle.

she resumed:

"i have only to cry out, and people will come, and then slap, bang! there are six of you; i represent the whole world."

thenardier made a movement towards her.

"don't approach!" she cried.

he halted, and said gently:

"well, no; i won't approach, but don't speak so loud. so you intend to hinder us in our work, my daughter? but we must earn our living all the same. have you no longer any kind feeling for your father?"

"you bother me," said eponine.

"but we must live, we must eat--"

"burst!"

so saying, she seated herself on the underpinning of the fence and hummed:

"mon bras si dodu," my arm so plump, "ma jambe bien faite" my leg well formed, "et le temps perdu." and time wasted.

she had set her elbow on her knee and her chin in her hand, and she swung her foot with an air of indifference. her tattered gown permitted a view of her thin shoulder-blades. the neighboring street lantern illuminated her profile and her attitude. nothing more resolute and more surprising could be seen.

the six rascals, speechless and gloomy at being held in check by a girl, retreated beneath the shadow cast by the lantern, and held counsel with furious and humiliated shrugs.

in the meantime she stared at them with a stern but peaceful air.

i couldn't see any trace of that éponine in this book. i get that the author is trying to show a different side of the character but the character also has to be recognisable as the same person or else it doesn't work.

that was my main issue with this book, and the others are mainly just small points to do with knowledge of the original text:

1. enjolras has a line in this story, "it's how it's always been". forgive me if i'm wrong, but enjolras saying this? i can't believe that, because he's leading a revolution for christ's sake, he's advocating for change and yet he won't let éponine into the musain because it goes against the grain. i don't believe it.

2. marius does not know valjean's identity until late in the original, well after 5th june 1832, so why is he referring to him by the name valjean and not fauchelevent?

3. éponine dies well before the barricade (and les amis) falls and yet there is a line referring to her dying and everyone has long since fallen. has the author even read les mis??

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Feb 25, 2017 Hannah rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: physical-own

my les mis heart is so joyful & sad in the best way possible

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Jul 13, 2015 Karissa rated it really liked it

I got a copy of this book to review through the Amazon Vine program. This was a well done retelling of Eponine's story from Les Mis. This was a sweet story set in a harsh time. For those of you who already know the story of Les Mis you know that this is also a tragedy.

Those who are familiar with the story or musical of Les Mis already know the story. Eponine is the daughter of an innkeeper and his wife, both of whom make their living by preying on and thieving from others. At a young age the you ...more

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Aug 30, 2015 St. Gerard Expectant Mothers rated it it was ok

Shelves: light-read, political, social-issues, meh-okay, teen, women-s_literature, bad-books, friendship, cheesefest, literary

(Sung to the tune of Les Miz's On My Own.)

*ahem*

And now I'm forced to read this ARC,
My rotted brain suffered through this affliction.
Without some reasoning, without common sense,
I managed to get through this fanfiction.
And now I must skim through this trap
And suffer through this crap.

Sometimes you look for the best,
And hope the book gets better
I think of the Broadway musical
And imagine turntable Wheel of Fortune letters.
A Little in Love has messed with my head
So I'll just stick to the Cliff's N ...more

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Jun 26, 2014 Kirsty rated it liked it

Shelves: ukya, review-books, uk-author

A little in love is a story of a girl set in the backdrop of revolutionary France. She comes from a family of thieves who are terrible and from the outset you feel sorry for her and the way she is forced to live. Over the course of the book her family get worse and worse but she finds a ray of light in a boy who is kind to her and she starts to fall in love with from afar even though it is never going to work between the two of them

Interesting enough but suspect I would have enjoyed it more had ...more

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Mar 01, 2015 Stefanie Kellum rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: for-teens

Oh, y'all...this book will warm your heart and also break it into little pieces. I've been waiting for something like this since I first became familiar with Les Miserables (I'm more familiar with the musical and movies than the book.). Eponine is by far my favorite character, and this little book tells her story beautifully. It's a tale about how a little girl who was never loved learned to love and learned to love herself. Read it on a rainy day while listening to the Les Mis soundtrack. Now w ...more

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Mar 02, 2015 Mary rated it liked it

Shelves: hf-1800s, historical-fiction, read-2015, france

So, if I'm honest, I expected Eponine's character to be edgier, more hard-hearted. She seemed a little lovesick here and so, so young. Full of ideals about love. It was sweet and sad and...distant. I wish we'd had more of the gritty details of life on the streets and of the day at the barricades and less of her mooning about trying to be good. Still a lovely little book, and it has made me seriously consider tackling Hugo's classic. ...more

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Aug 04, 2017 Melinda Borie rated it it was ok

Hmm. I might just be getting too old for this sort of thing, but it seems to me that Fletcher has missed the point of Eponine in thinking that the tragedy of her is that she really was a good person, when really the tragedy of her is that she never had a chance to be a good person. This makes the story cleaner but less interesting.

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Jul 21, 2015 Sakinah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: i-own, my-english-books, y-a-fiction, purchased-2015, read-2015

Eponine is a very relatable character and the story is just enjoyable and a heartbreaker too.

Extremely beautiful. Loved every bit of it. Glad that I bought it in a whim.

One of my favourites for sure.

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Nov 10, 2015 Holly rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed this and it did make me care about the characters, which was all I was looking for in this book. My only criticism was that it felt quite rushed at some points but that is so be expected when you look at the length and depth of the original story.

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Oct 04, 2018 Bárbara rated it really liked it

This was a very short, but very interesting, story about one of Les Mis's more complex and colorful characters. There's so much that could be said and explored about Éponine, and I think Susan Fletcher handled it with a good hand. The character's voice is in conaonance with the source material, and the author fleshed it out in a way that really works, and which makes for a pleasant yet emotional read. ...more

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Mar 07, 2018 Amy rated it it was amazing

I’m crying. I even know how this book ends because I love Les Misérables and I’m STILL CRYING. Ahhh. I loved getting to know Eponies story. It was beautiful!

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Apr 18, 2016 Zoe rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction

4.5 stars

And perhaps I live too and always will, for love is the strongest thing of all—and love never dies, never dies.

A Little in Love is a retelling of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables from the perspective of Eponine. The result is an emotional and beautifully written novel that will stay with you long after you finish it.

In Les Misérables - both the original book and the musical - Eponine's story is relatively simple and overlooked. A Little in Love adds ...more

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May 27, 2014 Megan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: recieved-for-review, paperback, read-in-2014

As seen on www.readingawaythedays.blogspot.co.uk

" A little in love is one of the most beautiful books I have had the pleasure of reading. Susan Fletcher is a master with words."

A little in love is an alluring, haunting read which I couldn't put down. Eponine's story was so full of sadness, heartbreak and sorrow but also full of hopes, dreams and untimely love!

Eponine's story is of one girl who doesn't want to be the person her surname dictates she be. She has hopes and dreams and goodness in he ...more

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Jun 26, 2014 Kate Ormand added it

Little acts of love fuel this touching and passionate retelling. We all know Eponine’s story isn’t a happy ending, and even with that knowledge I had hope and still felt heartbroken when I finished the book. Her struggle and determination to be a better person is admirable, and I wanted nothing more than for a little goodness to come her way.

Susan Fletcher renews Eponine’s story, showing the Les Mis characters in a new light, yet staying true to the original. The book is atmospheric and charming ...more

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What's the Name o...: SOLVED. Y/A. Set in France. I read the book sometime in 2013-2017. The main character is a girl, she falls in love with a boy and watches him from afar. There was some type of war going on at the end of the book. Spoiler ahead. [s]	3	19	Mar 24, 2020 01:56PM

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“I've done so many bad things in my life but the stars always forgave me.” — 6 likes

“But you’ve brought him happiness, Eponine; he is happy because of you — and that was my only comfort as I cried and cried, feeling so lonely, in my house of leaves.” — 1 likes

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