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Dear Jane would roll over in her grave with all the steamy, detailed, and implausible pre- & post-marital sex going on in this Pride & Prejudice variation. If THAT is why one reads Jane Austen knock-offs, then this book has much to recommend it.
I don't care for it, and it seems wrong to me to drag Jane Austen characters into romance novel tawdryness.
I also don't like Elizabeth portrayed as weepy, insecure, and unable to defend herself against an attack by Wickham.
Other characters are distorted: Wickham is a rapist & pedophile. (We like our bad boys, but not downright slimy & evil.) Bingley (channeling Mr. Knightley) is too secure & strong, giving Darcy advice and unmoved by Caroline's manipulations.
This author writes very well, and has a wonderful feel for dialogue & description. It's a shame that the story was so poor.
I don't care for it, and it seems wrong to me to drag Jane Austen characters into romance novel tawdryness.
I also don't like Elizabeth portrayed as weepy, insecure, and unable to defend herself against an attack by Wickham.
Other characters are distorted: Wickham is a rapist & pedophile. (We like our bad boys, but not downright slimy & evil.) Bingley (channeling Mr. Knightley) is too secure & strong, giving Darcy advice and unmoved by Caroline's manipulations.
This author writes very well, and has a wonderful feel for dialogue & description. It's a shame that the story was so poor.