Jane Austen Mansfield Park Book Review

I first read Pride and Prejudice in 8th grade, and have been a Jane Austen fan since then. For whatever reason, I read a lot of other classics but never made it around to reading more books by Jane Austen. The first book is Mansfield Park. I will readily admit that I did not enjoy the romance in this book. I don't think Fanny and Edmund should have ended up together. I loved the book, I will for sure read it again, but I was not feeling the connection between those two. It seemed like Fanny was the only one invested in the relationship, Edmund spends 95% of the book chasing another love interest. It didn't sit well with me. I wanted more yearning and more effort in courting from Edmund when he finally was interested in Fanny. I still enjoyed reading it, Austen has a way of writing that just draws me in.