Hmm, I kind of quit after all. Or rather I took a break from Pamela Aidan's books and read Sherrilyn Kenyon's The Guardian. Which I (not surprisingly) loved! I mean, her books are ridiculously unsurprising. You always know what's going to happen and how. Yes, the danger and trouble in the middle of the book varies, but it's always there, and then they live happily ever after. Usually with a big, strong, dangerous man suddenly being all wooey-gooey and wanting kids. But as entertainment the books are completely addictive. Funny, sexy, intriguing, suspenseful...This book tells the story of Lydia and Seth, who are very different "people" (you can't really call them people I guess), both with extremely important and dangerous tasks ahead of them. Which tasks are not made any less complicated when they meet each other.
(Adlibris Suomi, Adlibris Sverige)
After that book, I finished Duty and Desire. I have to admit I didn't love this one. I know that the point of these books is not just to stay strictly within the lines of Pride and Prejudice, but this just felt very weird and unlikely to me. Very un-Darcy-ish. The events were strange and surreal at times, and at times a bit boring and unnecessary. If it was "just a book", it could have been quite an interesting book, but I just constantly longed to hear more about Mr. Darcy and Lizzie, and there was barely any of that. I've now started reading the final book in the trilogy, These Three Remain, which hopefully will concentrate more on the main couple. And it seems to. In fact, Darcy has just arrived at Rosings to find that Elizabeth is staying at the Collins' house. Just waiting for the sofa scene in Pemberley, you know the one? Where Darcy looks at Lizzie with such a look of love in his eyes, any girl would be lucky to ever have a man look at her like that. :) Of course the scene and the look are not visible in the book, but I have my imagination...Back to Mr. Darcy...
(Adlibris Suomi, Adlibris Sverige)
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