Shana Abe
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- Where should I start?
- With only one Shana Abé book reviewed on LuvemBooks, An American Beauty is the natural starting point — and a strong one. Published by Kensington in April 2023, it's a sweeping historical novel about Arabella Huntington's climb from modest beginnings to immense Gilded Age wealth, and it carries a 4.4/5 reader rating from 18,037 Amazon ratings.
- What's their writing style?
- Based on An American Beauty, Shana Abé writes sweeping, research-grounded historical fiction anchored in real lives. Her approach is biographical but novelistic — she takes a genuine historical figure, Arabella Huntington, and dramatizes her ascent through Gilded Age society over the span of a life. The tone is expansive and era-immersed, moving from a humble Richmond boarding house to the peak of New York wealth.
- Books we've reviewed
- LuvemBooks has reviewed 1 Shana Abé book. An American Beauty: A Novel of the Gilded Age (Kensington, April 2023) follows Arabella Huntington's rise from a Richmond boarding house to the top of Gilded Age New York society. It holds a 4.4/5 reader rating from 18,037 Amazon ratings.
- What genre do they write?
- Shana Abé is an American romance novelist, but the book we've reviewed, An American Beauty, is historical fiction — a biographical novel set in the Gilded Age. Her work sits at the intersection of the two, with an emphasis on real historical women and their lives among America's wealthy elite.
- What should I read after An American Beauty?
- If you enjoyed An American Beauty, the natural next step within Shana Abé's work is The Second Mrs. Astor, one of her notable works and another novel connected to Gilded Age high society. We haven't reviewed it on LuvemBooks yet, but it's the closest companion in theme to the book we have covered.
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