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Exploits & Adventures of Miss by Elizabeth Aston
3.0
An interesting follow up book to "Mr. Darcy's Daugthers," especially since the character of Alethea wasn't followed very much except for the end.
I did like how Aston caught us up on the lives of the sisters without a big long chapter about their domestic bliss, but used Aletha considering all of them as the means of catch up.
One of the things that bugged me was at the end, it didn't feel like Collins was very much in character. "As a clergyman[...]I find your morals shocking and depraved. As a human being[...]I wish you joy." Mr. Collins that Austen wrote would never had said that. He only thinks as a clergyman and the shame that it would bring.
I also wish they had delved into Napier's murder a little more - I think it was brushed over because it came at the end of the book and by that point you just want Alethea and Titus to finally kiss[!!] and so the sooner you get there, the better...
Other than those small details, I found it a lovely book and would love to add it to my collection of Austen contempary novels.
I did like how Aston caught us up on the lives of the sisters without a big long chapter about their domestic bliss, but used Aletha considering all of them as the means of catch up.
One of the things that bugged me was at the end, it didn't feel like Collins was very much in character. "As a clergyman[...]I find your morals shocking and depraved. As a human being[...]I wish you joy." Mr. Collins that Austen wrote would never had said that. He only thinks as a clergyman and the shame that it would bring.
I also wish they had delved into Napier's murder a little more - I think it was brushed over because it came at the end of the book and by that point you just want Alethea and Titus to finally kiss[!!] and so the sooner you get there, the better...
Other than those small details, I found it a lovely book and would love to add it to my collection of Austen contempary novels.