Jane Austen in Blue Jeans

De: Emma Caufield

Narrado por: Kate van de Goor

Mackenzie Grant, daughter of a rich Wyoming cattle rancher, is an ugly duckling. She's never been in love and never had a boyfriend. Heck, she's never had a date! As a result, she finds comfort in her favorite world - the world of Jane Austen. After all, who wouldn't dream of being the independent Elizabeth Bennett or of being wooed by the aristocratic Mr. Darcy?

But when tragic news calls away their longtime friend and ranch hand, he's replaced by a handsome stranger. Mackenzie soon finds herself swooning over Tyler Anderson. There are just two small problems: he hates Jane Austen, and his ex-girlfriend is the very person responsible for making Mackenzie's school years miserable.

Will she find love and a fairytale ending, or is she doomed for her story to end in tragedy?

©2016 Emma Caufield (P)2016 Emma Caufield

love it!

absolutely love it, and will listen to it over and over! can't wait to listen to more by the same author

A Little Drama and Some Humor...

Any additional comments?

The story starts off with McKenzie, the female lead, who has no love life,
low self-esteem, and was taught to believe that Intelligence has a greater worth than Beauty.

Her beliefs are challenged when she meets Tyler, the male lead who is the the ranch hand covering for McKenzie and her father while they wait for their own worker to return.

McKenzie and Tyler develop a true friendship and she grows to love him more than a friend but then she has this idea that he's too good for her because she's ugly and he's gorgeous, which makes no sense considering her earlier views.

Overall, The story is written well, it's a quick read, that has a little drama and some humor.


Kate van de Goor did well with the narration.

Note:
"This audio book was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review."

Great

I loved this story! The characters, story line, and message were great! I highly recommend it!

Love it

Would you listen to Jane Austen in Blue Jeans again? Why?

I might listen to this book again. It was a great book that hit on some very real emotions for a lot of people.

What other book might you compare Jane Austen in Blue Jeans to and why?

I am not sure. I know it's like a couple i have listed to, but didn't like nearly as much as i liked this one.

What does Kate van de Goor bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I don't know, she did a good job though.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I about cried a few times just knowing how this girl felt when feeling like she wasn't attractive, although i am not as attractive as her in the book, but i know the feelings she was going through. I also about cried at the end up in the treehouse.

Any additional comments?

"This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Blast."

Confused?

Confused?

A review of the Audiobook version.

I have mixed feelings about this book and, I'm strangely hesitant to place this book in my favourites shelf. Whilst it was a beautiful story told- if you don't read too much into the pages, it presented heavily confused messages.

The only thing I'd say I don't have mixed feelings about is the narration produced by Kate van de Goor. She had a strong voice and it worked with the story. Speaking of the story, it was about a young intelligent woman, McKenzie, who has no love life, and has never had a love life. She was raised believing intelligence is of a greater worth to beauty. A message I would personally instil in my own children. Well for me, maybe not so much 'intelligence' but, definitely goood character.

But this message comes with ramifications, she also grows up with very low self-esteem and the belief that she is not beautiful. Not that she regards beauty as that important, she'd much rather be intelligent. I guess I should also mention that she's a Jane Austen fan. But anyway, her opinion on beauty is tested when she meets Tyler, the ranch hand covering for McKenzie and her father whilst they wait for their own worker to return.

McKenzie and Tyler develop an easy friendship, she grows to love him more than a friend. But she has this idea that he's too perfect, and 'out of her league'. In other words, not for her. Because she's ugly and he's gorgeous. So up to this point I liked the story. I guess I had this idea that Tyler liked her, I wasn't wrong, but I thought Tyler liked her despite her ugliness. But it just so happens that McKenzie actually wasn't ugly at all, she just believed it. And this was realised after she asked her father and her friend. At this point my reaction was"why couldn't she actually be ugly?" Why couldn't it be a Beauty and the (forever, no transformation) Beast variation? Is it so bad that she was ugly?

Throughout the story there was another message revealed: that beautiful people can be put on a high pedestal. That they will always be perfect. I've never agreed with this. It's always stupid, and for someone who claimed to not value beauty, it was unbelievable for her to fall into this trap. Tyler was intelligent, and charming. I understood that but it wasn't his charm that won his seat atop the pedestal, she had placed him there within moments of locking eyes with him.

There were other reasons for why I didn't like this book too much. But I do think it is worth mentioning that it was written well, characters were developed, ending was reasonable, and there was good description of the setting. If you look on the surface, rather than delve deeply into the story as I am accustomed to doing, I'm sure you'll love this story. And it is for that reason I gave this book a three star rating.

I received this book through Audiobook Boom.