#i think every romance writer should have a sequel that’s totally normal until something absolutely insane happens

[broadway-and-books-love]

Austenland as a concept is so funny to me. Shannon Hale writes a silly little romance novel about a woman too attached to Mr Darcy from Pride & Prejudice (specifically Colin Firth from the 1995 series, to the point where she owns the DVDs but hides them in her potted plant like porn) to form real romantic relationships, so her rich great-aunt leaves her a trip to a Jane Austen immersive experience in her will, where she meets a real-life Mr Darcy and falls in love and they live happily ever after so dreams CAN come true, actually, as long as you allow yourself a little bit of hope beside your reality. Five years later, with a movie in development, she writes a sequel, but you can’t recycle the same plot, so she decides to go the Northanger Abbey route this time except WHAT IF THE MURDER WAS REAL?! MAYBE IT WASN’T?! IS OUR PROTAGONIST CUCKOO FOR COCOA PUFFS?! IS HER DIVORCE MAKING HER SEE THE WORST IN ALL MEN?! WILL SHE EVER FIND LOVE AGAIN?! DOES SHE DESERVE IT?! Also a famous movie star is here for some reason and we’re besties now