Estella's Revenge

Estella’s revenge is a historical fiction set in 1835 London where arranged marriages are all the rage and all anybody cares about is propriety and status in London society. Estella is engaged to Bentley and it is going to be the wedding of the century. Everybody is anticipating and gossiping about i......more

5/9/24: It’s publication day!!! Full disclosure: I have never read “Great Expectations”, nor any other book by Charles Dickens. I know some of the stories, as most do, through movie retellings and such. I knew next to nothing about Pip and Estella. Thus, I went into this blind. I just knew that the p......more

Discover the locations in the novel here You don’t have to have read Great Expectations first to have read this. Just know that the title is very apt – in Dickens’ novel, Estella is the adopted daughter of Miss Havisham, a rich woman living in Satis House. Since she was cruelly rejected on her weddin......more

I'll admit, Great Expectations isn't my favourite Dicken novel, but reading Barbara Havelocke's novel has me wanting to re-read it with a different perspective. The enigmatic Miss Havisham becomes the cruel dictator over Estella's childhood shaping her into the woman who fears feeling love. Taking pl......more

I have just finished this outstanding book and I am not quite sure my little review will do it justice, but here goes: "You know Miss Havisham. The world's most famous jilted bride. This is her daughter's story." From the very first page, I knew I was going to love this book, I knew it was going to be......more