Welcome to the Bookfluencer Pod! This month, in honor of Valentine’s Day, our episodes will feature romance reads. (Tiffany didn’t follow the assignment for this second book because there’s only so much romance she can handle in her literature.) <3 Today we're talking about Emma by Jane Austen and The Maid by Nita Prose.

A few takeaways from Emma that Shan shares include:

• The likable characters and their old-English quips make for an entertaining read.
• Austen’s slow-burn romance keeps you turning pages… will they, won’t they?
• Emma’s disinterest in marriage (or, her resistance to other people’s expectations of when she should marry, and whom), makes her a rebellious woman in the age during which this book takes place.

A few takeaways from The Maid that Tiff shares include:

• Although it falls outside the “romance” theme for this month, an unexpected relationship blooms toward the end!
• The main character, who’s also the narrator, offers a unique perspective. Based on other characters’ interactions with her, her internal dialogue, and descriptions of how she interprets social interactions, Tiff interpreted her to be a person with autism.
• Tiff suspected multiple characters throughout the story, which kept her turning pages to solve the mystery. Spoiler alert: she pegged the wrong person as the killer!

Intro & Outro music credit:

"Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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