Review: No Jane Austin
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 9, 2013
This wasn't a bad story and the author is clearly literate, what some readers felt were too many characters were common in period pieces such as Jane Austin's novels, or even in later English period mysteries and other pieces.  Unfortunately the writer had difficulty pulling it off. Phrases such as "she seemed to become more compos mentis as they spoke" just appear absurd. As another critic pointed out the forever sniffing mother in law, constantly expressing her disapproval of all things, quickly became tiresome and the characters individual development rather sparse and ultimately unsatisfactory.  I didn't mind the sex scenes although they didn't fit into the period piece that I thought the writer was going for. Actually, they were a relief from the general tedium.  The denouement was totally unbelievable.  All in all it became a rather slow slog till the prettily wrapped ending although I liked Helen and Alex, the boys, butler, a few others, they were overall too stiffly drawn. I see the author also writes zombie books, perhaps her writing style is more apropos to those kind of characters.