Title: Pretty much what I expected
Review: I started reading this series of books with a jaundiced eye -- no one could possibly even begin to do Jane Austen justice. But I had a gift certificate to spend, so with nothing to lose, and very low expectations, I decided to give it a try. I was pleasantly surprised by the first volume, but this second volume is more what I thought I'd get. Ms. Aidan's story could easily have been told in two volumes, with this book left out of the series altogether. The plot is highly improbable, and there is no character development to speak of. Jane Austen might have gotten a laugh out of "An Assembly Such as This", but "Duty and Desire" surely must have her spinning in her grave.There's supposedly a third volume... if I could find it, I'd read it, in the hope that it would bear out the potential of the first volume.
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