This is a continuation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I am a huge Jane Austen fan, and this story takes place after the Darcy’s marriage. Jane and Elizabeth are both settling into matrimony, and there are many obligations and obstacles that they face.

The tone of this novel is surprisingly sharp and remarkably like Austen’s, but it is “steamier” and focuses more on the sexual tension that Austen only glosses over. As Berdoll points on in the introduction, Austen was “sheltered” and would have perhaps been unaware of passion, as Bronte as well points out in an earlier critique of her works. It is an easy read, and there is actually a sequel to this sequel, which I intend to read as well.