Today I’m joining the blog tour for Flora. My review is written with thanks to Zoe O’Farrell for inviting me on the tour.

Blurb:

In 1837 it is not considered desirable for a young lady of good family to have views and opinions that are different to those of society.

When scandal surrounds Flora McGregor, Mr Darcy’s niece is sent from her home in Scotland to Pemberley in order to learn refinement and ladylike behaviour.

But insisting on speaking her mind and following her heart means that trouble follows Flora, no matter how hard this Scottish wildcat tries to avoid it – and falling in love only complicates matters!

Review:

I was pleased to be invited to read another novel in the Cousins of Pemberley series, as I have enjoyed some of the previous novels in the series. Flora can be enjoyed as a standalone novel, but having missed a few of the more recent instalments, I did find it a little confusing to keep up with the family tree, so I would recommend reading them in order.

Linda O’Byrne is very respectful of Jane Austen’s style of writing, and this allows the reader to be transported to the nineteenth century society about which she is writing. She writes about some issues in society that would have been controversial in Austen’s society and it is interesting to see how the characters react to this, especially those with whom we are already familiar from Austen’s original novel.

As the title suggests, the focus of this story is Flora, the daughter of Darcy’s sister, Georgiana. I loved getting to know her, and I really loved her outspoken personality, even though it made her unpopular with those around her. She’s also very kind and caring and she’s very easy to warm to as the story gathers pace.

Flora is a relatively short novel, but there’s certainly a lot going on to keep the reader engaged. It’s fairly easy to spot the direction in which the story is going but there are still a few surprises along the way!

Flora is available from Amazon.

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