The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide by Eloisa James (Epub)

Description

This is a book no Eloisa James fan should miss! Eloisa revisits the scintillating world of the Essex Sisters with “A Midsummer Night’s Disgrace,” a new story featuring a young lady, Cece, who would rather ruin her own reputation than endure further speculation about whether her children will be “silly,” like her brother, Billy. Happily for fans of Pleasure for Pleasure, Cece’s best friend is Josie, Countess of Mayne!

Just as exciting, the Companion includes not only Eloisa’s original notes about each book and her “extra” chapters, but a 170-page alternate ending to Kiss Me, Annabel. Eloisa discarded this shockingly different plot after writing one draft, and the published novel went in an entirely new direction. Make up your own mind about which is better—Eloisa’s original, or the final book!

Super fan Jody Gayle’s engaging guide includes essays about fascinating historical details, including period fashion designs. Explore the world of horse racing and tour the London theater scene. Delve into the rich history and deep literary tradition that makes Eloisa one of the top writers of historical romance.

The Companion also gives you a sneak peek at Eloisa’s newest full-length novella, “A Gentleman Never Tells”—which springs from the world of the Essex Sisters! What will happen when one of the men who ruined an heiress’ debut by labeling her a “Wooly Breeder” (and Josie Essex a “Scottish Sausage”) decides that it’s time to make amends?

User’s Reviews

There is no Editorial Review for this book

Reviews from Amazon users, collected at the time the book is getting published on UniedVRG. It can be related to shiping or paper quality instead of the book content:

⭐ The OFFICIAL ESSEX SISTER COMPANION GUIDE contains information about the creation of the books in the Essex Sisters series. There are small, easily read essays regarding the background to the books, historical information surrounding various aspects of the books including clothing and publications, and some thoughts on the themes of the books.Even readers who are not interested in the academic writings here should at least read the new material for the series. There is the final 10 years later epilogue to the series which gives readers the updates on the characters including children. There is also a short story entitled A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DISGRACE which tells the story of one of the women who was also branded with a notorious nickname like Josie in PLEASURE FOR PLEASURE. In A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DISGRACE, Cecilia who was tarred by her brother’s nickname “Silly Billy” because men where afraid that her brother’s mental disability might be hereditary. In this story, Cecilia gets her happy ending. She decides to court ruination in order to be able to avoid continuing in society. When she approaches the musician who caught her attention, she gets more than she expected. While the story is short, it is sweet and I enjoyed the interaction between the hero and heroine. While only tangentially connected with the series, Josie and Mayne make an appearance.Finally, there is an alternate ending for KISS ME, ANNABEL. This definitely should not be read until after the novel itself. Apparently, the entire second half of that novel was re-written and the original draft is included in this guide. It was interesting to see the differences between the original and final book. I prefer the final story, but I did like that in the original version, a portion of Rafe and Imogen’s story from THE TAMING OF THE DUKE. One of my complaints of that book was the Rafe’s kicking of his addiction to alcohol happened too close to the romance for me. In the original version of KISS ME, ANNABEL, Rafe begins his sobriety in that book which is exactly what I wanted emotionally for Rafe and Imogen’s story. It was a fascinating exercise to see how that story might have been different.For readers of the Essex Sisters series, this Companion Guide is worth reading even if you just read the extra material for the series itself.

⭐ Not worth it. Some parts were written by Eloisa James but much was written by other authors. Enjoyed a few parts but overall sorry I bought it. It is promoted to be something it is not. Never finished reading it and I did try a few times. Save your eyes for something better.

⭐ The Essex sisters are a very favorite series and this book was sooo interesting! Some parts written by Eloisa herself! Great fun background info.

⭐ I loved the expanded information but it really was not necessary for my overall enjoyment of the Essex sisters books. The expanded version of Much ado about Annabel was so-so. It did not change my opinion because it as still my least liked of the Essex sisters book.

⭐ It was interesting, but it was hard to concentrate on sometimes.Also, I liked the “Kiss Me Annabel” alternate ending, though I like the published version more 🙂

⭐ While I’m not much into companion books, the lure of two novellas and Kiss Me, Annabel’s alternate ending was too big a lure. That said, I enjoyed Eloisa’s insight into how the Essex Sisters came to be and got morphed onto today’s books.

⭐ I liked the alternate ending to the previous book as much as the published one. I love Eloisa James’ writing and look forward to her next book.

⭐ Didn’t enjoy. Would prefer Works by Eloise James.

⭐ This was not good like the series of books. Seems to me that this was just written to capitalize on the popularity of the series.

⭐ I found this book hard to get into even though I enjoyed some of Eloisa other Essex sisters books.

Keywords

Free Download The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide in Epub format
The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide Epub Free Download
Download The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide 2016 Epub Free
The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide 2016 Epub Free Download
Download The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide Epub
Free Download Ebook The Official Essex Sisters Companion Guide