Pride and Prejudice's Mary Bennet gets her own story... The third of five daughters, Miss Mary Bennet is a rather unremarkable girl. With her countenance being somewhere between plain and pretty and in possession of no great accomplishments, few expect the third Bennet daughter to attract a respectable man. But although she is shy and would much prefer to keep her nose stuck in a book, Mary is uncertain she wants to meekly follow the path to spinsterhood set before her. Determined that Mary should have a chance at happiness, the elder Bennet sisters concoct a plan. Lizzy invites Mary to visit at Pemberley, hoping to give her sister a place to grow and make new acquaintances. But it is only when Mary strikes out independently that she can attempt to become accomplished in her own right. And in a family renowned for its remarkable Misses, Mary Bennet may turn out to be the most wholly unexpected of them all...
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Odd little P&P sequel that focuses on the middle Bennet sister, Mary. While it is gratifying to watch Mary come into her own and gain confidence as she loses her priggishness (and “Fordyce's Sermons” along the way), there is no chemistry between the heroine and the man that author Sarath pairs her with. I think she was going for an “opposites attract” vibe, but it fails utterly, leaving the reader to wonder how much happiness Mary will truly find in her happy ending. On the plus side, the book is well-written and thankfully chaste (I cannot deal with those P&P sequels or adaptations that include explicit sex scenes between Elizabeth & Darcy).