A Change of Jane’s Personal Philosophy
by Shana Granderson
Series: The Change Of Series, #4
Genres: Historical Romance, Literary Fiction
Release Date: December 15, 2025
Pages: 415
Get from: Amazon
My Rating: ★★★☆☆
In this, the 4th instalment of the ‘Change Of’ series, the story examines what changes will arise and effect the lives of the characters we love, and some we love to hate, if Jane wakes up and begins to see the reality of the world.
This tale begins with Jane in London seeking to renew her contact with Mrs Hurst and Miss Bingley. Up until this point, everything has gone according to canon.
At the same time Jane is with the Gardiners, Elizabeth makes her visit to Hunsford. Yes, she receives the terrible proposal, but there is one small difference which the reader discovers when part of Darcy’s letter is revealed.
Not only do we learn why Jane adopted the philosophy she did, but what is it that forces Jane to re-evaluate her view of the world and the way she reacts to it.
Once she has begun to have her epiphanies, and the realisation that she must make some changes, how does that change her perspective on her family, the Bingleys, Darcy, and Wickham, to mention a few? What will she do when she understands who are and are not her true friends? Will her love for Charles Bingley endure?
These, and many other questions are answered while we join Jane as she wakes up after 23 years.
Review
NOTE: This review is based on an eBook I purchased from Amazon on December 28, 2025.
A Change of Jane’s Personal Philosophy was a perfectly adequate book. It was certainly not Shana Granderson’s worst book, nor was it the best. Within the context of the story, the characters’ actions make sense, and the outcomes for the heroes and villains are satisfying, if perhaps a bit harsh for the villains — given how high the body count goes. The pace and plot are good, keeping me interested throughout.
I enjoyed these versions of the characters, but I feel like what we learned about them is superficial. Perhaps it’s because we have 3.5 different stories featured together, but I’m left with the sense that I don’t know the characters enough to fall in love with them.
I do think Ms. Granderson’s writing has improved. Or perhaps an editor is involved now, because there are significantly fewer errors than in her previous works.
Overall, I wish I’d read this on Kindle Unlimited, but I certainly don’t regret reading it.
Notable Quote
Chapter 32: Jane and Lizzy have both spoken of the ills of people taking responsibility for that which is beyond their control,” Hilldale told his father. “William, did not one of them say that it can be seen as arrogance, thinking that a man can order events as he wants them, even though they are not under his purview?
About the Author
I have three children and after a disastrous first marriage I found my soul mate who I thought that was lost to me over 25 years ago. I recently married the love of my life. I live with my soul mate in Australasia and have three pets, two cats, Darcy and Bingley and a golden lab, Honey.
Like many high school students, Pride and Prejudice was assigned to me in an English literature class. It was not my favourite book, but I read it as I had to. I forgot about the book until in my 30’s when I saw and fell in love with the 1995 Pride and Prejudice version made for TV in England, and purchased a copy of the DVD that is now much played.
The tipping point was the 2005 big screen adaption of P&P. Not long after seeing it I found and read the complete works of Jane Austen on Amazon, starting with Pride and Prejudice. The latter book is by far my favourite. After I read it three of four times over, I wistfully said to myself: ‘it is a great pity that Miss Austen never wrote a sequel to her seminal novel.’ One day I was searching Kindle books and for the fun of it I entered “Pride and Prejudice Sequel’ into the search not expecting any results.
The rest is history. I discovered the JAFF community and books. I became a veracious reader of JAFF books and once I had devoured all of the sequels and continuations that I could find, I read my first variation. I had been resisting variations wrongly thinking that I would not enjoy them as much as the sequels. Boy, was I ever wrong! Today I am the proud owner of well over 1,000 JAFF novels that I have purchased on Amazon. ‘A Change of Fortunes’ is my first book that I wrote. There are a number of others on the way.
Author links: Goodreads | Amazon Author Page
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