Belinda Goes to Bath

In "Belinda Goes to Bath", the second volume in The Travelling Matchmaker, we once again meet Miss Hannah Pym, this time as she travels to The Bath, on the search of more Adventure. While others may think travelling on the stagecoach to be boring and uncomfortable, Miss Pym is delighted that she is finally fulfilling her life-long ambition! This second volume I did not find as riveting as the first, although it was interesting and the book certainly did not let me down. Ms. Chesney has a talent for plot and characterizations - not for Ms. Chesney is the long drawn out explanations of emotions or detailed setting, rather there action, and lots of it, on every page. And we have Ms. Chesney's many (and "on the mark") observations of human nature. Through the person of Miss Pym - who fixes the problem of poor Mrs. Judd, while saving both her marriage and pocketbook, we get many pithy comments on the state of human nature in general. And, as to be expected by the title of the book, Miss Pym uses all her wiles and knowledge of human nature to get Belinda settled with the "right" man. (Goodness, doesn't she sound just like Miss Marple?) But what about Miss Pym's life? Why does a life of Adventure on the Flying Machine seem suddenly to feel flat and dull - what is that emotion that is ignited in Miss Pym's breast as she watches the happy, newly wedded, couple? What about some romance for Miss Pym? I suppose over the next five books, we will find out. An entertaining story, with lots of plot twists and Ms. Chesney's signature "tongue-in-cheek", sure to please any Regency fan.

Book two; Miss Pym boards a stagecoach and finds herself involved in the sad situation of Miss Belinda Earle (heiress banished) who has decided NEVER to marry! Too bad for her; she's delightfully pretty and falls under the spell of an austere bachelor who disdains romance... Seems like a likely pair? Some people don't think so and make every attempt to squelch the relationship. Then...Miss Pym to the rescue. Highly entertaining !