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Assumed Obligation

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This is the sequel to Assumed Engagement. Again the author retains the characters' central core as Austen writes them in the original P and P. I enjoyed the book very much. The author develops Georgiana's story in this book along with Elizabeth and Darcy's life after marriage.

Having enjoyed the first installment I quickly read the second. I found that this story really focused more on Georgiana and her feelings. I quite enjoyed reading how she tried so hard to overcome her shyness. How she was willing to stand up for herself and the man she truely loved. I found myself actually scared for Georgiana when Wickham abducts her. I felt that David would perish on more than one occasion and the school for the deaf really touched my heart. I will enjoy readying both of these books again. There is not any love scene for those who do enjoy those but the love is there as well as admiration and respect.

I believe I've read all of Kara Louise's books, and have enjoyed them all. She's a talented writer, and keeps my interest when ever I read one of her stories. After uniting them in "Assumed Engagement," she continues their story in "Assumed Obligation" with their honeymoon to France, and their involvement in seeking help to start a school for the deaf near Pemberley. This story shows the compassion and kindness of Darcy, and how his character continued to improve.

My only critical remark would be that she doesn't always stay in the language of Regency England, and uses modern words which are a little distracting to me.

Really liked it and couldn't put book down.

Book 2 of 2 series (2nd is "Engagement"), both are great. A P&P variation sequel, where takes place after Darcys are married. They have honeymoon in Paris, open a deaf school, Kitty become close friends to Georgiana, Georgiana gets kidnapped by Wickham, Georgiana marries the gardener's son, Kitty marries the pastor, Lydia marries a different office (Carter) but questionable that she got married but has a child she neglects, Darcys have 3 kids.

Please read my review of Assumed Engagement. The "cheese" continues but with fewer grammatical errors. Still, it seems to me that this author has an unfortunate tendency to throw words into the text without sufficient deliberation as to their appropriateness to the context. She word-drops close, or similar, but not the right words. This along with frequently overlong cobbled-together sentences too often made me rear back my head impatient with the feeling that I had just been sucked-in by nonsensical clap-trap.
Married now, Fitzwilliam Darcy has become "Will" to her ("Darce" to his friends), and our dearest, loveliest Elizabeth Bennett, our beloved "Lizzy", has been dubbed "Lizbeth".
With a deep appreciation for the work and creativity any serious author must invest in production of a novel, I feel heartily sorry that such a gift would remain unpolished and thus not presented in a better form.
This would have been an interesting story had I not been so distracted by the way it was written.

Premise too farfetched to make for enjoyable reading. Georgiana Darcy with a gardener`s son? Difficulties in adopting an orphan in a country devasted by over a decade of war? Adopting during the early 19th century? It strayed too far from the historical realities of the time.

I loved this book! I am on my second read. My only remark other than that this was a terrific book, was that it ended tooo soon! Kara, please give us more of the happy ending. I have purchased all of the authors' books. I can not say enough about this book. Darcy's character grew throughout the book. Georgiana's character evolved into a thoughtful, gentle young lady. What can I say about Elizabeth, but that she was wonderful with Darcy and Georgiana. She was right on the money regarding her sister, Lydia. I had hoped that Mr. Bennett would adopt Lydia's son as his own and prevented the take over of Longborn from Collins. It was good that that he was able to retire to Pemberly. I loved the ending with David, I thought that he was a wonderful character. Bringing in the segment regarding the school for the deaf, was a good idea. Just a great book!

I really like Georgianna as a character in Jane Austen's novel and Kara brings her out even more in this one. One thing that we are missing from the original Pride and Prejudice is danger. Sure, Wickham runs off with Lydia, but who really cares anyway? Also, when Darcy finds Wickham and Lydia, it seems Wickham is too lazy to have planned anything truly evil.

*spoilers*
In this tale, Wickham's menace can be felt throughout the tale. Poor Gerogianna, not knowing who to trust, falls prey to him. But, I love the rescue and I think it was important for Darcy to come to know Georgianna's love in the way that he did. The fact that Darcy went against his "expected" family path to marry Elizabeth helps him understand Georgianna's wish to marry someone she loves, but the rescue really seals the deal. And in this tale, he is orchestrating the placement of someone he likes instead of someone he despises!

I also felt touched by the deaf school angle. It was nice seeing Darcy have a heart and the fact that Elizabeth can join in with this task is fun. I really liked seeing Georgianna and Kitty become friends.

Most enthusiastic thumbs up from an author I just found this year and have already read all her works!