Meg and Jo (The March Sisters)

I thoroughly enjoyed this one! Little Women became one of my all-time favorite reads when I was around fifteen. I spent three days holed up in my bedroom devouring it after my first real breakup. I cried, I laughed, and ultimately left my bedroom in a much better place than I was in when I started reading the book. Since then, I’ve read it countless times, and it never ceases to amaze me the things I pick up during the rereads. Meg and Jo by Virginia Kantra doesn’t just live up to the original, but creates a new timeless classic for readers of all ages to enjoy. Told in dual POV from the two eldest March sisters, Meg and Jo is a contemporary retelling of the classic and, like the classic, follows the girls through life’s joys and hardships.Jo March has hit rock bottom, or she believes she has, after losing her job as a journalist at a New York newspaper. Living a double life as a food blogger and prep cook in one of NYC’s top restaurants, Jo gets to enjoy two of her biggest loves: writing and food. However, her jobs are barely paying the bills. Something has to give because she refuses to give up on her dream and move home.Meg is struggling to maintain her dream life. She has everything she could ever ask for: a loving husband, adorable twin toddlers, and a home. When her mother becomes sick, Meg quickly realizes that while everything looks good from the outside, she is crumbling on the inside. Her marriage isn’t what she thought it would be. She’s barely keeping up with the house chores and keeping up with the kids, now she’s trying to take care of her mom and the family farm.I loved the dynamic of this story. Seeing the girls grown up gave a different perspective to the story and modernizing it makes it relevant to today’s problems. Adding in Marmie’s illness creates conflict for the sisters, forcing them out of their comfort zones and to fight for what they want in life. I absolutely adore Meg and John. They are a sweet couple who have hit a rough patch in their marriage. Not because they don’t love each other, but because that is life as parents, a constant adjustment to the age your kids are in. It’s hard, and I love how Kantra makes them a team. Jo’s Chef is amazing. I liked this twist. In the original, Chef is a professor, but here he is still her mentor, someone she looks up to and easily falls for, even if she resists it.Overall, I loved Meg and Jo and cannot wait to dive into the sequel featuring the younger March sisters. Kantra did a fantastic job of staying true to the original story while also bringing her own style and narrative to the sisters. If you enjoy contemporary romance, family drama, and a heartfelt story, Meg and Jo is sure to please.

This was such a great book! It has been a while since I read Little Women, so I really enjoyed this modern retelling that focused on sisters Meg and Jo. All of the four sisters are grown and only Meg is close to their mom in proximity in North Carolina. Jo has gone to NYC to be a journalist, but that hasn’t quite planned out, so she is paying the bills as a food blogger and a prep chef. This is a problem as most chefs do not appreciate food bloggers.Meg is married to a wonderful man, has twins, and seems to have it all, but we learn that appearances might not be everything. The same goes for the girls’ parents, their dad has been gone most of their lives and it continues to this day, which means their mother is left to run the farm by herself. Then she hurts her back and, well, things take a turn from there.I did this via audio and loved, loved, loved the narrators. I have always been a fan of Jo and absolutely loved that she was in New York and was also a blogger. I loved Chef and could really use someone like that in my life. Ha! I even loved the farm and that Meg had such a supportive husband. I will stop there so I don’t spoil anything.I didn’t care as much for the dad in this book as he was beyond annoying. Again, I don’t want to spoil it, but I wanted to punch him pretty much the entire time. I also wanted to punch Trey but I think he will redeem himself in the sequel. Which, btw, I cannot wait for! Until then, I will try and fit in a re-reading of Little Women. You, however, need to read this book as it was so much fun!

I was interested in reading this modern re-telling of the classic, "Little Women." I liked how the author mixes actual events from the original book with her own such as Amy falling into the frozen pond. But things are much different today than in the 1860s.I remember Louisa May Alcott's words about people objecting to "too much lovering." I have to say I wasn't expecting all the love scenes and Meg's twins picking up on some bad language. It was kind of cute, but the adults should have been a little more careful.I liked how the relationship grew and changed between the sisters are well as their parents.I was surprised at the relationship between Abby and her husband. In the original bok they were all very close so it was a surprise that he had so much trouble communicating.Eric was certainly different than Professor Baher from his age to his profession I loved reading about his world of being a chef. I don't really know a lot about the restaurant business so I got upset with Eric for knocking Jo's blog (just like I got upset with Professor Bhaer for criticizing Jo's stories).On the whole, it was a very good story with good writing and remarkable family.

Beautiful read. With the magic of the classic one into nowadays.

I found the premise super intriguing - a present day retelling of Little Women, a favourite from my schooldays. Have fond memories of a summer week spent reading Little Women and the sequels - Good Wives, Little Men, and Jo's Boys.This was an interesting read with some competent writing Compared to the original, the characters do feel less nuanced, a little two-dimensional but I wonder if it's a sign of the times and not really a function of the author's imagination.Looking forward to the next in the series.

Mas que un tributo es una forma terrible de destrozar un gran clàsico. Los personajes son aburridos, planos y tediosos. El intento por traer a las hermanas March al siglo XXI es pobremente logrado haciendolas tontas, sumisas y sin el caracter que Louis M. Alcott originalemente les diò.