The Matchmaker by Sarah Price is an Amish retelling
of Jane Austen’s Emma. We follow 21 year old Emma as her cousin gets married
and all the changes that follow in her community and due to her involvement in
others’ lives because of her desire to find matches for others.
I gave this book 3.5 out of 5 stars. This is well written
and a very strong retelling of Emma. There are some changes made that are
necessary for the setting, but it still kind of works. However, I felt this
retelling didn’t fit the Amish setting nearly as well as the other 3 retellings
I have read so far. I believe that is because of the topics Austen was
addressing like class/ wealth/ prejudice and human failings such as vanity/
arrogance etc. That being said, I really do like how Price captured the
characters. I especially like how she developed the relationship between Emma
and Gideon.
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