Lucy

A fitting end to a fantastic series. I will miss them all!

Not my favourite Raksura book. A slow start, an exciting 3rd quarter but overall not the best.

A gentle and enjoyable read about Charlotte Lucas, the friend of Lizzy Bennett from Pride and Prejudice. While large chunks of the book felt true to the original, a significant portion seemed so out of character for Charlotte, and jarred with how a woman of her stature and position would have acted that it coloured my opinion of the book, even though it was very sweet. Overall a diverting read, but not one true fans of Austen will necessarily appreciate.

I so wanted to love this book and at times I liked it a lot. But gosh the characters, especially Effy, made it so hard to read. Add to that the glacial pace and oddly anticlimactic ending. It's a no from me.

Claire Keegan writes prose as beautiful as anyone writing at the moment. Like her previous short stories, So Late in the Day deals with dark issues - misogyny - in a revelatory and poetic manner.