Jo & Laurie

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By Margaret Stohl & Melissa de la Cruz

Publisher Description

Bestselling authors Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz bring us a romantic retelling of Little Women starring Jo March and her best friend, the boy next door, Theodore "Laurie" Laurence.

1869, Concord, Massachusetts: After the publication of her first novel, Jo March is shocked to discover her book of scribbles has become a bestseller, and her publisher and fans demand a sequel. While pressured into coming up with a story, she goes to New York with her dear friend Laurie for a week of inspiration--museums, operas, and even a once-in-a-lifetime reading by Charles Dickens himself!

But Laurie has romance on his mind, and despite her growing feelings, Jo's desire to remain independent leads her to turn down his heartfelt marriage proposal and sends the poor boy off to college heartbroken. When Laurie returns to Concord with a sophisticated new girlfriend, will Jo finally communicate her true heart's desire or lose the love of her life forever?

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198 Reviews

3.5

Emma Gilbert

Created 14 days ago

Characters change and growLikable charactersMulti-layered charactersBeautifully writtenAddictiveImmersive settingRealistic settingFeel goodHeartbreakingRomantic

Kellie_and_Callie

Created 25 days ago

Anna Mae Ross

Created about 1 month ago

“I have to preface that I've only watched the 2019 movie rendition of Little Women, and have no other Little Women experience beyond that. I bought the book for its beautiful cover at a thrift store and after reading the little "Before You Begin" section I realized I needed more context to read the book. So, I just quickly looked up the movie, watched it, and started the book the next day. I LOVED THE MOVIE. And was rooting for Jo and Laurie the whole time. So I decided I needed to read this book to finally get that happy ending. And my thoughts are... (SPOILERS) Just no. A good chunk of the book didn't even have Jo and Laurie in the same town! And in that chunk, it was all just bleh about Jo not finishing her second book. I'm sorry, but I really don't care! The beginning was fantastic (slow) but lots of connections between Jo and Laurie. I really loved the swimming hole scene. The romantic gestures of Laurie in New York were so beautiful and thoughtful. But then, after all of that, for her to still say no (in a book that is supposed to be about Jo saying "YES!")? And then to just talk about not being able to finish her book and trying to kill off Amy IN THE SAME WAY AS BETH, was just BORING! Then, even after all that, after she finally did say yes (not even 15 pages from the end of the book!) they squeezed in some random stuff that could have been GREAT in that boring middle section to help us maybe understand why Jo decided to change her mind about Laurie instead of us just assuming that she changed her mind because of what??? BEING JEALOUS?? AND SPENDING 2 MONTHS MISSING HIM?! I needed more! More bickering and teasing, instead of stuff with her mother. They could have at least spent those last 10 pages adding some cutesy couple banter that I was hoping for throughout the book. Ok and can we please talk about all the twinkling of eyes and tears and red faces? Like good grief.”

Emmalee Desmond

Created about 1 month ago

“I have loved Melissa's books in the past. Alex and Eliza had me in a grip, so I jumped at it when I saw it at Barnes and Noble. It had this sense of being a fanfiction while still sticking to the story. I love retellings like this where I know the end idea of the story, but I never know where the plot twists and turns are going to take me. Do I think that the romance and the deciding factor of Jo and Laurie getting together was a little rushed? Yeah. I felt like there were a lot of loose threads that were tied together really quickly and could've used a bit more care. Also, the fact that someone had to be sick to get that "Little Women" feel was a little much for me. But overall, a pretty good book that was an easy day read.”

Nike Athena

Created about 1 month ago

About Margaret Stohl

Margaret Stohl is a #1 New York Times bestselling nerd, world-builder, video game creator, comic book writer, and festival founder. As an award-winning young adult author, she has been published in fifty countries and thirty-two languages and has sold more than ten million books worldwide. She has published fifteen novels and graphic novels, as well as contributed to several games and countless comics since her debut. Some of her best known works include the Beautiful Creatures series, the Black Widow: Forever Red duology, the ongoing Mighty Captain Marvel comic, and the Life of Captain Marvel miniseries. Learn more at mstohl.com and follow Margie on Twitter @mstohl and on Instagram @margaret_stohl.

*****

Melissa de la Cruz is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Publishers Weekly internationally bestselling author of many critically acclaimed books for readers of all ages, including the Alex & Eliza trilogy, Disney's Descendants novels, the Blue Bloods series, and the Summer on East End series. Her books have sold over eight million copies, and the Witches of East End series became an hour-long television drama on the Lifetime network. Visit Mel at melissa-delacruz.com and follow her on Twitter @MelissadelaCruz and on Instagram @authormelissadelacruz.