I loved this heartwarming book. As a Jane Austen fan, I particularly liked the Jane-based conversation amongst the characters.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing an ARC copy for my review.

I loved this one!! Natalie Jenner has created a truly delightful world for Austen lovers. I loved the shifting between multiple perspectives throughout the book. It was full of rich character development, some romance, complex ideas, thoughtful themes, all set in the picturesque English countryside. What's not to love?! If you're a Jane Austen fan, you'll enjoy this one.

I am sad to say I really did not like this book, but I did not hate it. I just feel it was ok. I was really looking forward to book this, so I was really sad it was not a book I loved. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher or author via NetGalley, booksirens, or goodreads giveaway in exchange for an honest review.

As a massive fan of Jane Austen, I was extremely excited to read this book. I enjoyed how the author described various Jane Austen books and characters throughout the book.

Chawton, the home of the famed author Jane Austen, is still the home to some of her distant relatives. In 1945, when her home and legacy are compromised, a group of like-minded individuals gets together to form the Jane Austen Society in hopes of preserving all things Jane Austen related. The members often discuss why the stories and characters are essential to each member of the society. The Society members included a variety of characters, such as a movie star, a doctor, and a handyman, and I delighted how they all shared a common interest.

This book was slow to start, and the author took her time to develop each character and to bring them together. Overall, I did not mind the slow pace, but at times I felt it was a bit boring. However, the closer I got to the end, I thought that the story was rushed to bring to a close. Despite these few issues, I was pleased with the book. I particularly liked that the author included men as a part of the Jane Austen Society and showed that men are fond of her books as well as women.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book.

What a delightful story that Jane Austen fans will adore and even those who aren't familiar with Austen's novels will appreciate.. The characters were charming and the location of a village in England so delightful. If I could give one criticism it would be a bit of language in half-way through the book. I feel like that was unnecessary and Jack's character could have been developed without using it. Overall a 3.5 for me. Much thanks to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for an advanced read.

I picked up this book solely because it had Jane Austen’s name in the title and I’m an avid fan of her works.
The first few chapters are sent bringing in all the characters and I wasn’t at all sure what I had signed up for. A farm laborer, a doctor, an actres, a school teacher. What could these folks have in common? Well, it turns out it’s a love for Jane Austen and a desire to preserve her home and legacy in the town of Chawton.
This is a sweet, cozy, historical fiction. Don’t go into it expecting to learn a lot. It’s much more focused on the imaginary characters than anything about the time or place. We have two strong willed heroines, the handsome cad, the good doctor, the spinster and so on. As with Austen’s own works, there are several unrequited loves and the fun is to see how they work themselves out. There are other parts of the story that echo back to Austen’s books, including the sharing of a name by the “boob”, as Evie calls him, of the story.
I recommend it for folks that like Rhys Bowen. I would not recommend it for those that aren’t fans of Austen. Another positive note is that this book propelled me to listen to an audio version of Emma.
My thanks to netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advance copy of this book.

This is ultimately a book that makes you happy you read it. It is like the Mitford series, full of characters that you have to like and enjoy set in a peaceful locale, plus Jane Austen. Really what else do you need in a book?

Wonderful story, I loved it! This reminded me very much of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. The characters are complex. The writing flows and is wonderful. I have never read a Jane Austen book but still found this interesting.
4 stars

Thank you Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to read and review this story. All opinions expressed are my own.

Set in Chawton, Where Jane Austen once lived, in the years after WW2 . This story follows a group of eclectic townspeople, each dealing with a painful past, who come together to celebrate their love of Jane Austen and discuss her works.

This reminded me very much of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I loved it!

The story is mostly set in Chawton, England, where Jane Austen lived in her final years, in the years following WWII. Some of Austen's last known artifacts and her home are being threatened and a group of Austen fans come together to preserve her legacy.

The characters are complex. The writing is beautiful. The romance is so touching. Each character's relationship to Austen's work holds different meaning and I loved how well this was done. Any Jane Austen fans - this is a must read! This was such a lovely, thoughtful, read that I will gush about to any Jane Austen fans. The characters are nuanced and well developed.

A disparate group of residents band together to save the cottage where Jane Austen lived in Chawton. The group consists of a young widow, a local doctor, a Hollywood actress, a laborer, a young house maid and the daughter of the property owner. The Jane Austen Society explores the love for Jane Austen's books and how much they mean to different people from all walks of life. A thoroughly enjoyable book which reminded me of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society with the triumphs and tragedies that Jane Austen's books portrayed beautifully.

If Jane Austen was still alive today, she would love this book.

A group of people who have seemingly nothing in common, come together over one single longing, the written words of Jane Austen. I've always loved Austen and her way to bring a strong woman to life during a time when the world was against women with a voice. This book really tells the tale of people who need something from her words and how we all need each other to get us through the hard times.

The review will be live on the Book Confessions blog on 5-27-20

The Jane Austen Society is about a group of people each dealing with their own traumas, who band together because of their love for the famous author. The book is set mostly in Chawton, England where tourists flock to see the house Jane Austen wrote in.

This was a nice, relaxing read. I enjoyed learning about each of the characters. The characters have a lot of discussions centered around each of Austen's works, comparing and contrasting Austen's beloved characters.
I think this book will make a wonderful addition to the bookshelves of Jane Austen fans.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and Natalie Jenner for the advanced copy of The Jane Austen Society in exchange for my honest review.

What a delightful, heartwarming work of fiction. Jenner's book introduces readers to a delightful, sorrowful, cast of characters in the small village of Chawton, England. Each of the characters is dealing with pain and loneliness in their own way as they come together to save the legacy of Jane Austen in their home village. Through this action, the characters find themselves addressing the past and facing their futures in a way that wonderfully, and at times surprisingly, unfolds through to the final pages. I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to enjoy a great work of fiction.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a DARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Thanks to netgalley for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review. i enjoyed the later half of the book once the society got started but the book did take a while to get there. I enjoyed reading how the characters enjoyed Jane Austen and how her novels helped them in their every day lives. Which made me think about rereading a few once i was done with this book. If you're a fan of Austin I think you'd enjoy this book.

Liked this one so much I ordered a physical ARC from a friend for another friend! A very great book for those who enjoy Jane Austen, reading clubs, or light historical fiction.

This book is every bit as cozy and charming as the quaint English countryside town in which it’s set. The author’s love for Austen shines through brightly, and the passages in which her protagonists engage in lively literary debates about their favorite characters or the meaning behind certain plot lines were hands down the highlights of the novel for me.

I will say, though, there isn’t a ton that actually happens in this book. I usually wouldn’t mind that, but I found myself looking down and realizing I was 70% done and still waiting for it to feel like it had truly gotten started.

This is definitely one I think you have to be a serious Austen fan to enjoy, since both the dialogue and characterizations rely so heavily on references to her material…but if that’s you, I would recommend it as a fun and comforting novel that will almost certainly make you want to go reread your favorite(s)!

I received an advance reader's edition of "The Jane Austen Society" from the publisher. I hate to admit that I have never read a book by Jane Austen but I do know who she is. This debut novel by Natalie Jenner was a wonderful introduction to Jane Austen and the impact her books have on our literary history. It is about a group of villagers who took their love and passion for Austen's books and turned it into friendships and love and healing. Each of the characters had their own painful pasts but their mutual interest in preserving a part of Austen's legacy bring them together on a mission to establish a society and keep their village's collection of Austen treasures local.

Loved the book. People who loved the novels written by Jane Austen came from all walks of life - a young war widow, the doctor, the farmer, the movie star, a young servant, among others.

I am still thinking about different quotes by different characters in the novel with insights into the novels and characters created by Jane Austen.

Fans of the Jane Austen Book Club and the Guernesy Literary Potato Pie Society will love this novel.

Fans of Jane Austen revel in Natalie Jenner's #TheJaneAustenSociety. Marrying historic Chawton with Austen's background, her novels come to life. Perfect for Janeites or historical fiction readers, Jenner creates a society rooted in Jane's beloved Chawton. Cleverly crafting Austen's text to influence Jenner's characters, Jane's protagonists provide them instruction to living life.

Thank you to #NetGalley and the publisher for the early read in exchange for an honest review. As a former English major and admirer of the classics, I felt connected to the story. Most writers attempt a modern-day telling, historic encounter or depict the author's.work. Jenner's novel pens all three with humor, articulate prose and memorable characters.