I was very intrigued by the premise of this book. However, of seemed like the first half was mostly just repeated or maybe paraphrased dialogue from the original novel. The plot twist of Harriet being Jewish was mostly explored in the second half of the book and only lets to the same ending as the original Emma. Overall, I found this to be a little boring

The tone of this book is too dark for me, with too much focus on religion. It also borrows too heavily from the original. I’ve read Emma multiple times—I don’t need to read entire passages of it in someone else’s work. DNF.

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC.