Devotion is Meg Kerr’s second sequel to Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice and focuses on Georgiana Darcy. Ms Kerr uses the language of Jane Austin effortlessly in this story though I missed the wit and sparkle for which Ms Austin’s work is famous. I also felt the pace of the story could have been a little more lively—I was not quite as engrossed in the plot as I’d have liked. That said, this was an enjoyable story overall. It was nice to revisit a gentler time in history and I think lovers of Pride and Prejudice will probably find this an entertaining sequel.

Having not read Pride and Prejudice or Meg Kerr’s previous novel “Experience” I did wonder if I would be completely lost during this story but it stood on its own well. I soon got the idea of who was who with the characters and this novel was mainly about Georgiana and her desire to marry of her choosing, not her guardians.

The story highlighted arranged marriages, how women of different class were treated, the complete lack of women’s worth and even compassion for one another.

The writing style plunged me straight into 19th century England and I loved the old world charm and morality.

There was plenty of bitchiness, scandal, anguish and a swoon worthy hero to keep me glued to the pages.

I’m now a Pride and Prejudice convertee and I’ll happily read more from Meg Kerr.

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Congratulations to Meg Kerr for a wonderful imitation of style, characters and storyline! I was overwhelmed by this novel as it could have easily been written by the incredible Jane Austen! I'm almost lost for words as this novel transported me back to when I'd read every single word written by Jane Austen.
If you are a fan of Jane Austen (which I am - obviously) then you will love reading Devotion.

Thank you to Netgalley and Prism Publishers for the opportunity to read and review this wonderful novel.

I've always wondered what happened to all of my favorite characters from 'Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen' and this book provides me with an answer. It is written as a continuation of Pride and Prejudice, and truly feels like it. It's story of Georgiana Darcy. The young girl is now a grown up and has her own love story to tell. Although, in my opinion, no one's story can compete with that of Darcy and Elizabeth but this one comes close.
This book retains attributes of Austen's characters. Lady Catherine De Bourgh is just as annoyingly superior as ever, Mrs. Bennet is still match making even though all her daughters are now married, but well, there are other girls who can benefit from her experience. And most importantly Georgiana is just as easily influenced by others as ever... but in this case it might be for the better.
I quite enjoyed reading it and would definitely recommend it to my friends.

This is a sequel of a sequel, and unluckily I haven't read the first sequel (that was Experience, by the same author) so I missed some connections, in relations to things which happened in that book. That said this book is an easy reading and it revolves mostly around Georgiana Darcy, which was one of my favorite character in the original Austen's book, so in a way I was not disappointed and I got my happy ending.

Questo é il seguito di un sequel che non ho letto purtroppo (Experience, sempre della stessa autrice) quindi mi mancavano alcuni collegamenti e parecchi personaggi. Detto questo é stato un libro divertente che aveva come personaggio principale Georgiana Darcy, che anche nell'originale era uno dei miei personaggi preferiti quindi sono stata contenta che anche lei abbia avuto il suo Happy ending, e io pure.

THANKS TO NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

It has been a while since I read any of Austen's works but Pride and Prejudice remains one of my favorite books of all time. With that said, I have avoided any of the Austen spin-off books that have been so popular. When I saw that this one was about Georgiana though I was definitely intrigued. Starting the book was a little rough. The language mimics Austen's but it didn't feel natural. Eventually I got used to that though. Then there are SO many characters. I'm still not really sure why there are so many. And some characters from Sense and Sensibility are there. And Lord Byron and Percy Shelley are there. I'm not sure why because they really just confused me. It was difficult to remember who are the characters from P&P are as well, much less combining them with S&S characters. That threw me. The story, however, was good and I was really interested in it. But it is less about Georgiana and more about Amaury. Lizzy and Darcy are really worthless and you don't get much of Lizzy's personality at all. That might be okay if Georgiana had a personality, but she really doesn't. Mrs, Bennett and Mr. Collins remain the funniest part of the story.

For those who’ve wondered what happened to Georgianna Darcy and the rest of the Bennet/Darcy/Bingley clans, DEVOTION provides the answers.

On his deathbed, scoundrel George Wickham pens a letter to Georgianna telling her she was his one true love and requesting to see her again. Unfortunately, Wickham dies prior to the letter ever being sent. Through a series of events, the letter arrives into Georgianna’s hand a year later, delivered by her old nursemaid, the woman complicit in the secret elopement Georgianna and Wickham had foiled by Darcy five years prior. Determined to visit his grave, Georgianna embarks on a journey to his burial site without telling her family where she is going.
The events that take place after that are spoilers, and since I hate spoilers, I’ll leave off there to talk about Meg Kerr.

Ms Kerr has written a book that reads as if it were penned in the time of Austen herself. The language is fluid, the tone appropriate for the time period, and the way she weaves the telling of DEVOTION, is a joy. For a reader of the here and now and one not accustomed to the way English was spoken in the time of Pride and Prejudice, just know you will not be able to read this book in an hour! You will need to let the cadence and flow of the language seep into you, take hold, and allow you to enjoy it.