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Duty and Desire by Pamela Aidan
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Um, I don't know what genre this book is, but it's definitely not Jane Austen.
We have gone fully Weird Gothic Sherlock Holmes Thriller in this installment of the Mr. Darcy series.
It starts normally enough, but then Darcy decides to go north and visit an old friend in an attempt to find a woman to marry who might take his mind of Elizabeth. That's when all hell breaks loose. There are gambling debts, witches, voodoo dolls, and angry pitchfork mobs. I was sort of lulled into it like the proverbial frog being boiled, until I finally finished the last chapter and thought -- WHAT did I just read?
Darcy and Fletcher, his valet, are sort of a crime-solving duo in this odd situation. The slow pace and constant drawing room setting reminds me of nothing more than an original Sherlock Holmes story. It's wholly enjoyable, but inescapably weird at the same time.
It's a little hilarious to think of Darcy making his Rosings proposal after his would-be Elizabeth replacement turns out to be a baby-murdering black magic practitioner. Like, I guess having vulgar family members isn't THAT bad after all.
We have gone fully Weird Gothic Sherlock Holmes Thriller in this installment of the Mr. Darcy series.
It starts normally enough, but then Darcy decides to go north and visit an old friend in an attempt to find a woman to marry who might take his mind of Elizabeth. That's when all hell breaks loose. There are gambling debts, witches, voodoo dolls, and angry pitchfork mobs. I was sort of lulled into it like the proverbial frog being boiled, until I finally finished the last chapter and thought -- WHAT did I just read?
Darcy and Fletcher, his valet, are sort of a crime-solving duo in this odd situation. The slow pace and constant drawing room setting reminds me of nothing more than an original Sherlock Holmes story. It's wholly enjoyable, but inescapably weird at the same time.
It's a little hilarious to think of Darcy making his Rosings proposal after his would-be Elizabeth replacement turns out to be a baby-murdering black magic practitioner. Like, I guess having vulgar family members isn't THAT bad after all.