Longbourn - Jo Baker Spoiler Free Review

Title - Longbourn
Author - Jo Baker
ISBN - 978-0-552-77951-7
My Copy - Purchased
My Rating - 4 / 5
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads - Amazon UK - Amazon US - Waterstones - Barnes & Noble 

Longbourn by Jo Baker is a re telling of Pride & Prejudice from the Servants point of view it follows Mr & Mrs Hill, the two maids Sarah and Polly and they are joined by a mysterious man who comes in the darkness and smells of the sea and Mr Bennet give him the job of the new footman. James Smith has many secrets when he meets Sarah a relationship ensues but with a meddling George Wickham will he ever be safe and free to live his life.


Going into this book i had quite high expectations and i will admit it didn't really reach most of them. Some parts of this book was very predictable and if you want a book that has the Bennet's painted in a good light, this is not the book for you. This is a very real depiction of life under the stairs in the regency era. Most of the story was told in the POV of Sarah one of the maids and personally to me it came across as the woman were always horrible and the men were on a pedestal. I figured out James' story almost straight away. James and Sarah's relationship to me was very rushed and for the time no one seemed to bat an eyelid, Mrs Hill and the rest of the staff just ignored it and SPOILERS ***** when James left and Mrs Hill just asked her practically over dinner if she was with child *****.

I did like aspects Longbourn, it was cleverly written the way it follows Pride & Prejudice. I also was very happy with how real it the life people lived back then was depicted. With cleaning of clothes and "Napkins" used during their times of the month, and in a house with up to 8 woman that is a lot of washing. We also find out more about the Bingley's and how they came into money by using Slaves and importing Sugar and his butler is the other man in a love triangle that doesn't really take off. 

So overall I gave this book 3 Flags because it was enjoyable but very predictable 

**** full SPOILER review coming soon ****

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Thats What He Said Thursday's - 10th September 2015

So That's What He Said Thursdays was Created by Chapter Break and it is pretty much just a appreciation post for your favourite Male Protagonist's quotes to his girl. 

So this week i have chosen a classic and he is the epitome of a male character who says all the wrong things, then all the right things.

Fitzwilliam Darcy 

Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen  

Until Next Time

Happy Reading

Ice Cream Book Tag

Hi i thought i would do this tag, even though is technically Autumn but i love ice cream any time of year 

Lets get Started .....

Peanut butter - A long series you want to read but probably wont & why

The Sookie Stackhouse series because i read the first one and enjoyed it
but i never got around to reading the rest of the series.

Chocolate- A book you would read over, and over, and over Again

My all time favourite book is Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
and i can and have re- read this book many times

Pistachio - A book with a green cover 

The Statistical probability of love at first sight
 has green grass background.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Strawberry - A book with the cutest romance

 

 Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 
i love Levi and Kath's relationship it makes me melt.

 

Lemon - A book with a sour ending 

Allegiant - veronica Roth
need i say more

Mint - A children's book you love

My sister Jodie by Jacqueline Wilson 

Vanilla - Favourite Classic 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 
There is no competition i love this book and its character's and it will
forever have its place in my heart

Whipped Cream - a very long book you read really fast 

City of Heavenly fire by Cassandra Clare 
I stated this book at around 8am and finished it at about 9 pm in all honesty i thought it would take me a couple of days to read a 733 pg book.

Until Next time 

Peyton 

xoxoxoxoxoxo

The Taylor Swift Book Tag

So this Tag is basically having Taylor Swift songs, and a question to go with them then you choose a book that goes with it. 

 

 

1 - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - pick a book or series that you were pretty sure you were in love with, but then wanted to break up with.

The Unearthly series - Cynthia Hand 

i loved the first two book and most of the last but that ending ruined it for me .

2)Red - pick a book with a RED cover.

Betrayals - Lili St Crow

 

 

 

 

 

3) The Best Day - pick a book that makes you feel nostalgic.

Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer 

I got the whole series just before New Moon (film) came out , and i didn't want to read twilight and new moon because i just saw the films so i went straight to eclipse and it was the book that made me want to read again and i have re read this book to many times to count. 

 

4)Love Story - pick a book with forbidden love.

Succubus Blues - Richelle Mead 

The forbidden love in this book/ series is between Georgina Kincaid who is a succubus and Seth Mortensen who is Human and she could drain his life with one kiss. 

5)I Knew You Were Trouble - pick a book with a bad character you couldn’t help but love.

Shatter me - Tahereh Mafi 

Warner is my Bad Boy in shatter me i loved him in this book and as you got to know him as the series went on i loved him even more.

6)Innocent (written b/c of Kanye West!) - pick a book that someone ruined the ending for.

Last Sacrifice - Richelle Mead

I got this book for Christmas 2010 it came out early in December 2010 and i caught who the murderer was on the Wikia it didn't really ruin the book for me but i was annoyed that i couldn't go along with the mystery. 

 

 

7)Everything Has Changed - pick a character from a book who goes through extensive character development.

Bloodlines - Richelle Mead 

Sydney Sage

From the first book Sydney is a stickler for the rules and doesn't like breaking them and book by book you see her finding her own way breaking away from the alchemist's and going against everything they taught her.

  

 

 

8)You Belong With Me - pick your most anticipated book release. 

Blood Of Olympus - Rick Riordan 

I Don't have anything else to say  

 October 7th 2014

9)Forever and Always - pick your favourite book couple.

Opposition - Jennifer L Armentrout 

Daemon & Katy 

i love them in every book there relationship just make me want to melt and shes a BOOK BLOGGER. 

 

 

10)Come Back, Be Here - pick the book you would least like to lend out, for fear of missing it too much.

Pride & Prejudice - Jane Austen 

my beautiful copy will never leave my position ...

my precious 

 

 

 

11) Teardrops On My Guitar - pick a book that made you cry a lot.

Allegiant - Veronica Roth

i was ill when i was reading this book and i was in bed one of my friends had visited and i had quickly put on mascara and i for got about it i had to was my bedding straight away because i had big spots of black tear drops it was not pretty 

 

12) Shake It Off - pick a book that you love so much, you just shake off the haters

 Stray - Rachel Vincent 

at the beginning of July 2014 i was about to star this book so i checked Goodreads and the ratings were really bad most were 1 or 2 stars and i put it down but at the end of the month i picked it up and read it and  absolutely loved it and finished it in 2 days.

Love

Peyton Fox 

xoxoxoxoxoxo