Sarah C. (campbellsoup) reviewed on 1/19/2012 + 11 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I found I could not delve into this book as much as I had hoped. The writing style is rushed and not at all like I had expected. I didn't mind the quotations from P&P as much, if only there had been more of the author's words in it as well. You don't really get a good picture of Darcy's thoughts and feelings, you just learn that first he goes here, then he talks to Bingley about this and every happens exactly as they had discussed. The story lacks an emotional connection with the reader. If Aylmer had taken more time with it and included more conversation and thoughts of Darcy, it would have been better. Not the best Jane Austen spin off I've read. I suppose having first read the "Fitzwilliam Darcy, A Gentlemen" series by Pamela Aiden, I was biased against this book. By far, Aiden's series is better. I was disappointed in this one.

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