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A review by adrith
Duty and Desire by Pamela Aidan
4.0
I am a total sucker for good books written in Jane Austen's settings. I picked this one up while at the bookstore with a friend; didn't realize that it was the second book of a series until I'd gotten it home.
I love these kinds of books because they give some insight on a character by seeing how the character views life from his or her own eyes. Usually when I pick up a book of this style, I expect it to be a parade of characters I know well already from Austen's novels, and I'm always strangely surprised when it swallows me whole with its own well-developed plot. (Dare I say that reading Harry Potter fanfiction online has lowered my standards somewhat - and set me up for some very pleasant surprises in other fictional universes.)
This book did exactly that. It was a highly entertaining Sunday morning read, and I set it down determined to find the first and third books in the series - and more in love with Mr. Darcy than ever.
I love these kinds of books because they give some insight on a character by seeing how the character views life from his or her own eyes. Usually when I pick up a book of this style, I expect it to be a parade of characters I know well already from Austen's novels, and I'm always strangely surprised when it swallows me whole with its own well-developed plot. (Dare I say that reading Harry Potter fanfiction online has lowered my standards somewhat - and set me up for some very pleasant surprises in other fictional universes.)
This book did exactly that. It was a highly entertaining Sunday morning read, and I set it down determined to find the first and third books in the series - and more in love with Mr. Darcy than ever.