![]() ![]() Overall I found it to be an enjoyable read which I have regularly revisited over the years. ![]() There is suspician of course, and plenty to keep your mind working as you go along, as well as the development of familiar characters and relationship from the classic, as well as a slow-burn drama regarding the potential marriage of Darcy’s younger sister Georgiana which runs alongside the main plot. ![]() Ultimately James has borrowed the setting and characters from the well-loved classic, but has then run off on her own tangent with the plot itself which she is absolutely entitled to do, though those looking for an Austen re-telling should realise that what they are reading is actually a murder investigation set in Austen-land.Īs for the ‘whodunnit’ itself, I have to confess that the twist at the end was one that I did not see coming – the big reveal right at the last conceivable moment was one which had its foundations laid well throughout the story in such a way that the reader never notices it happening at all. “Let other quills dwell on guilt and misery” she quotes her as saying – it did make me smile. I liked the authors note at the beginning, noting that this is exactly the sort of book the Austen would never have written herself. ![]()
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