A Review for Willoughby’s Return from the Jane Austen Centre

Here’s a review for Willoughby’s Return from the Jane Austen Centre online magazine! Set four years after the close of Sense and Sensibility, Willoughby’s Return starts off apace with a surprise visitor (no, not that one…) plans for a ball and mounting tension in the Brandon household. Marianne Brandon wonders if she has lost that [...]

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Willoughby’s Return – Reviews!

Thank you to Barbara, Bella, and Mandi, who have taken the time to read and review Willoughby’s Return on their blogs. I’m looking forward to their interviews! Everything Victorian and More…In this new sequel to Sense and Sensibility, Ms. Odiwe has captured Jane Austen’s style with ease and eloquence, making this book a rare reading [...]

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Review for Willoughby’s Return on Everything Victorian and More…

There’s a review up on Everything Victorian and More… for Willoughby’s Return. I shall be interviewed by Barbara on November 3rd, so I hope to see you there!

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Book Review from the Jane Austen Society of North America – Kelly M. McDonald Lydia Bennet’s Story was reviewed alongside Carrie Bebris’ novel, The Matters at Mansfield so I’ve extracted the relevant parts of the review which concern my book. A good opening line can instantly vitalize a novel…Jane Odiwe sets her scene exceedingly well: [...]

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Lydia Bennet’s Story, a review from India Jane’s Bookshelf

Monday, February 9, 2009 A review from India Jane’s Bookshelf Book Review: Lydia Bennet’s Story I’m kind of picky about Pride and Prejudice sequels or knock-offs. I loved Pamela Aidan’s Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman series. Other than that, most of them haven’t passed muster. I’m not a huge Austen fan, but I am an Austen fan. [...]

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What people are saying about Lydia Bennet’s Story – Reviews

Booklist Odiwe emulates Austen’s famous wit, and manages to give Lydia a happily-ever-after ending worthy of any Regency romance heroine. Foreword Magazine Odiwe’s Lydia is as wild and reckless as readers of Austen’s novel could imagine. It is satisfying to see a plausible description of their relationship and lifestyle during their marriage, and the few [...]

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Lydia Bennet’s Story Reviews

Pictures and Conversations Blogspot Read This! “Lydia Bennet’s Story” by Jane Odiwe I’m an die hard Jane Austen fan, her unfailing devotion to a love-conquers-all ideal dovetails with my inner romantic perfectly. But above all, she was a brilliant writer, filling her novels with sparkling dialogue and great wit. The characters may not always been [...]

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Review round up for Lydia Bennet’s Story

Two reviews for Lydia Bennet’s Story from Book Zombie Blogspot and The Reviewer Blogspot Book Zombie Readers of Austen will know that Lydia Bennet is the younger sister of Elizabeth and Jane, while never a major character she always left a major impact with her appearances. Crazy, wilful and out of control, she is much [...]

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The Historical Novel Society, A Review for Lydia Bennet’s Story

There is a review for Lydia Bennet’s Story from the Historical Novel Society in this month’s issue of their reviews magazine. The flirtatious Lydia Bennet, the youngest sister in Pride and Prejudice, is the heroine of this delightful Jane Austen sequel….The narrative is interspersed with Lydia’s diary entries, which are hilarious. Lydia matures quite a [...]

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Two Reviews for Lydia Bennet’s Story from Bath

I’ve had two lovely reviews from Bath this week, the first from Joceline Bury of Jane Austen’s World Magazine and the second from The Bath Chronicle, Bath’s own newspaper. Joceline Bury says ‘Jane Odiwe…gives us a heroine who is remarkably likeable…Lydia’s diary… a catalogue of frivolity – reveals a great sense of fun, an engaging [...]

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