INCENSE AND SENSIBILITY

Narrator Soneela Nankani shines in the third installment of Dev's series inspired by Jane Austen's works. While running to be California's first Indian-American governor, Yash Raje is shot and lands in the hospital. Dealing with the psychological trauma makes continuing to campaign difficult, and his family seeks counsel from family friend India Dashwood. Nankani deftly moves from reserved India to gregarious Yash. India and Yash had a past relationship that still burns, each having put their feelings toward the other on the back burner in pursuit of other dreams. Now, however inopportune it may be, it is time to sort it all out. Nankani smoothly delivers subtle tonal changes that suggest the deference and humility of these two passive protagonists. S.K.G. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2021]