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I really really loved this! This whole thing of magic and then the Jane Austen setting - perfect! And funny, too. :)
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Update: August 13
Finished! Still feel a little cheated about reading it on the nook, but from what I've read in other reviews the footnotes are nice but by no means essential.
This book was difficult for me to get into. Others have remarked that the action doesn't begin until the last 200 pages, which is true. But for me it wasn't about the action, it was about the style. I have never had patience for "old books"- ha! When I started to read this book it reminded me of how annoyed I ...more
Update: August 13
Finished! Still feel a little cheated about reading it on the nook, but from what I've read in other reviews the footnotes are nice but by no means essential.
This book was difficult for me to get into. Others have remarked that the action doesn't begin until the last 200 pages, which is true. But for me it wasn't about the action, it was about the style. I have never had patience for "old books"- ha! When I started to read this book it reminded me of how annoyed I ...more
This feels very momentous because I took such long breaks between volumes that I've been reading this for almost a year. Anyone who says this is Jane Austen with magicians has never read Jane Austen. But still, I liked this very much. I hope she writes more in this world she created!
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Kate Sherrod
marked it as to-read
Oct 11, 2019
Eberon
marked it as to-read
