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A review by cathd80
Meg and Jo by Virginia Kantra
3.0
Meg & Jo is exactly what you would hope for in a modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. The characters are just as remembered, but living contemporary lives. Meg still lives in North Carolina where they grew up, living happily with her husband and twins. Jo lives in NYC, working as a food blogger and in a restaurant with a chef named Eric. But life is not that simple. Meg is the dutiful wife and daughter, but the weight of always being there for everyone, especially after their mother becomes sick, starts to overwhelm her. Jo struggles with the fact that all her education and writing has not brought her the career of her dreams. Nor can she commit in her personal life.
Which is all you need to know about the plot. Suffice it to say, author Virginia Kantra, honors the past, but brings forth a very real present to this group of characters. It’s still light reading with a bit of a romance-y feel, but she explores marriage in unexpected ways I greatly appreciated. Especially as I found them so problematic in the original. Even better, there will be a second novel, focused solely on Beth and Amy.
Which is all you need to know about the plot. Suffice it to say, author Virginia Kantra, honors the past, but brings forth a very real present to this group of characters. It’s still light reading with a bit of a romance-y feel, but she explores marriage in unexpected ways I greatly appreciated. Especially as I found them so problematic in the original. Even better, there will be a second novel, focused solely on Beth and Amy.