When Mary's childhood friend Isabel invites her to go on a two-week Jane-Austen-style retreat to Bath, England to help Isabel finish her doctorate degree, she resists the idea at first. Mary's feelings on this subject are very relatable.a little messy, a little frustrated, a little scared. His time is just about up at the company and he and Mary clearly have some kind of connection, but they're not getting any forwarder in their friendship. Meanwhile, Mary is holding at arm's length a man that she's terribly attracted to-Nathan, the temporary consultant at her company. I was pleased that the author built up a plot that involved more than just Austen shout-outs and didn't jump immediately into that kind of fan gratification. I was pretty impressed with the description and narrative surrounding her project, as it felt like a plausible innovation and a significant part of the plot. She's in the midst of developing a passion project of hers, a set of augmented virtual reality glasses called Golightly, which would rival Microsoft and Apple, but just can't quite get off the ground. The story begins with Mary, an electrical engineer working at a tech start-up in Texas. The characters had complex back-stories and the homage to Austen was thoughtful, not fluffy. This was one of the better Austen-inspired novels I've read.
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