An immersive and engaging new version of a familiar world . . . at once true to the source material and to life . . . Hadlow’s great achievement is to shift our sympathies so completely that . . . it’s difficult not to race through those final pages, desperate to know if [Mary] will, after all, be allowed—will allow herself—a happy ending.”

—Jo Baker, The Guardian

“If you thought Mary, the nerdy, plain sibling in Pride & Prejudice, was too dull to warrant her own novel, think again: In Hadlow’s imaginative retelling, the sister with no prospects finally gets some respect—and perhaps even a guy.”

–O, The Oprah Magazine

"Debut novelist Hadlow manages it with aplomb.... [writing] with sensitivity, emotional clarity, and a quiet edge of social criticism Austen would have relished. Entertaining and thoroughly engrossing."

—Kirkus (starred review)

“Top-tier. . . . A historical novel told for contemporary times.”

–The Christian Science Monitor

"Gorgeous. . . . [The Other Bennet Sister] is a wonderfully, warm, comforting read—perfect on a winter’s night."

—The Sun (UK)

"Impeccably researched, this lifts Mary from obscurity, as she breaks out of her mother's world and follows her own path."

—Daily Mail

"A heroine that even Ms. Austen would approve of. A treat for—and for anyone else who likes their fiction to have sense and sensibility."

—Daisy Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of The American Heiress and Victoria

"Jane fans rejoice! I loved this thoroughly estimable, worthy homage to Austen. Exceptional storytelling and a true delight."

—Helen Simonson, author of the New York Times bestselling novels Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and The Summer Before the War