by Beth Pattillo
It's kind of sad that I just couldn't get into this since I own it, but there you go. The funny thing about some of the Jane Austen based novels is that they completely lack the spark that defined the writing they emulate.
As much as I wanted to, I couldn't like this one very much. Despite the topic, and the lure of a lost manuscript by Miss Austen herself, this was a very predictable novel. I kept thinking of Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation series, and too, I just could not like the characters very much. Sigh. So it g...
Ending: GAG. Let's have some standards, people.