This was my first reading of Jane Austen since high school, and I have to admit I didn’t have high hopes. Much to my surprise, the book grabbed my attention right away, and I flew through it at lightening speed. I’ve been describing it as a boring page-turner, if that makes any sense. I’m not overly interested in the details and nicities of upper class English society from the early 1800’s that this book describes, but I couldn’t wait for the love story to unfold, and the scenes of Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth together kept me going.

4/5