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3.1 AVERAGE
3.1 AVERAGE
My Recommendation: You could probably pass on this one unless you REALLY liked You’ve Got Mail AND are an Austen fanatic. If that’s the case then definitely read it, if not go find a better modernization.
My Response: I picked up a digital copy of this back in June of 2014. I never got around to reading it because it never caught my attention as well as it did when I first bought it. However, when I needed a book to kickstart my reading, as usual, I went to my Goodreads account and sorted by shortest to longest and this was one of the shorter novels on the list.
I think what I actually enjoyed about this novel is that it reminded me of the Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks movie You've Got Mail (IMDb link). You can see more at this blog post by The Bennet Sisters talking about it as a pseudo-adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. You've got the scrappy upstart (Social Work student in this case) in Beth Ann Bennet and the rich haughty Dr. William Darcy (who does have a charitable streak) and the rest sort of plays out very similarly.
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My Response: I picked up a digital copy of this back in June of 2014. I never got around to reading it because it never caught my attention as well as it did when I first bought it. However, when I needed a book to kickstart my reading, as usual, I went to my Goodreads account and sorted by shortest to longest and this was one of the shorter novels on the list.
I think what I actually enjoyed about this novel is that it reminded me of the Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks movie You've Got Mail (IMDb link). You can see more at this blog post by The Bennet Sisters talking about it as a pseudo-adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. You've got the scrappy upstart (Social Work student in this case) in Beth Ann Bennet and the rich haughty Dr. William Darcy (who does have a charitable streak) and the rest sort of plays out very similarly.
Continue reading on my book blog at geoffwhaley.com.
Breezy and uncomplicated
This was a fun, but completely predictable read. I appreciated the familiar Austen nods. It served as a wonderful reprieve from a couple of difficult days at work, and for that I'm grateful!
This was a fun, but completely predictable read. I appreciated the familiar Austen nods. It served as a wonderful reprieve from a couple of difficult days at work, and for that I'm grateful!
I have to start and say that I never read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen!
I wasn't sure if I'll be able to enjoy this book without reading Pride and Prejudice but after asking the author and reading so many great reviews I know I had to give this book a try and I'm happy I did.
Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match is a feel good romance and that is something very hard to find today. It wasn't full of sex, kink and still it was very sexy read and most important to me it was full of emotions.
The main reason I read romance books is for the good feeling I get in the end of the book and if the story is not really romantic all the rest is not important.
Marilyn Brant shows that you can write a super romantic book without sex in it.
I enjoyed the plot very much and especially the main characters, I felt like I got to know Beth Ann Bennet a.k.a Charlotte Lucas and Dr. William Darcy as full dimensional characters and how right for one another they are.
They both lie to one another but as the story progress you see that what started as a school paper for Beth and a bet for Will became so much more.
I loved all the secondary characters , especially Beth's son Charlie and her best friend Jane.
I hope Marilyn Brant will write a story about Jane, maybe with Will's cousin Bingley.
I wasn't sure if I'll be able to enjoy this book without reading Pride and Prejudice but after asking the author and reading so many great reviews I know I had to give this book a try and I'm happy I did.
Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match is a feel good romance and that is something very hard to find today. It wasn't full of sex, kink and still it was very sexy read and most important to me it was full of emotions.
The main reason I read romance books is for the good feeling I get in the end of the book and if the story is not really romantic all the rest is not important.
Marilyn Brant shows that you can write a super romantic book without sex in it.
I enjoyed the plot very much and especially the main characters, I felt like I got to know Beth Ann Bennet a.k.a Charlotte Lucas and Dr. William Darcy as full dimensional characters and how right for one another they are.
They both lie to one another but as the story progress you see that what started as a school paper for Beth and a bet for Will became so much more.
I loved all the secondary characters , especially Beth's son Charlie and her best friend Jane.
I hope Marilyn Brant will write a story about Jane, maybe with Will's cousin Bingley.
3.5 stars rounded up - This is a modern day tale with the names of the P&P characters but not so much the plot. I enjoyed the plot however. Both the heroine and the hero sign up for a match making service for reasons other than meeting the love of their life. Both characters are so likable and the lying was addressed internally in a way that, for me, it wasn't as deceitful as this plot type usually is.
This is a quick read with a clean romance.
I look forward to the sequel when it comes out.
This is a quick read with a clean romance.
I look forward to the sequel when it comes out.
I don't have another word than cheap to describe this book. This is just another "roman de gare", that really doesn't deserved to be associated with Jane Austen. I have never read a book supposedly based on Pride & Prejudice that has so little similarity with the original material...
I rarely think reading is a waste of my time, but reading " Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match" was a real waste of 90 minutes of my life.
I rarely think reading is a waste of my time, but reading " Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match" was a real waste of 90 minutes of my life.
In reading a large variety of Pride and Prejudice variations, I’ve come to expect works of all shapes and sizes. What I didn’t expect, however, was a work that centers on an online dating site. Such is the premise of Pride, Prejudice and the Perfect Match by Marilyn Brant. Sure, we’ve seen modern adaptations on the beloved original, yet this is a new twist that adds another dimension to the story between the Lizzy and Darcy that we all cherish. How would this timeless love story survive in a world governed by digital matchmaking?
The last thing that Beth Ann Bennet wants to do is end up on a dating site, but much to her chagrin, here she is. As a social worker studying sex-based stereotypes, she signs on to Lady Catherine’s Love Match Website under a pseudonym in order to get a firsthand account of said stereotypes. She is surprised, however, when she meets Dr. William Darcy through the site. He has his own secrets, however, as he too is signed up for the dating service under false pretenses. In order to settle a bet and win funding for a new clinic he is building, Darcy agrees to sign on to the site and find a match. Now that they have met, both agree that it would be in their best interests to stay apart, yet there seems to be an invisible force that draws them to each other, making that original promise much harder to keep. Although they both assume that the site will give them a superficial and fleeting glance at a relationship, what they actually encounter is something much deeper and more personal. What will happen once they come to find that this meeting is not what they originally intended, but something much more involved indeed?
At first blush, I found the idea behind this story to be intriguing and fresh. Always up for a new take on the P&P variation genre, I was excited to see what Brant had in store. I was surprised to find that the storyline between Darcy and Elizabeth seemed to be swapped somewhat with the plot between Jane and Bingley, but this didn’t seem to detract from the flow of the work at all. In fact, it made me read faster. After a while, the old Darcy and Elizabeth I’ve come to know and love made their appearance, as the story made a course correction and we came back into familiar territory. When this was coupled with references to Roman Holiday and high tea, I began to feel like I was reading a book that was a greatest hits of all the things I love in life. Brant couldn’t have done a better job at pulling me into the story and keeping me hooked until the end. I loved how her work was different enough that I felt really out of my element at first, but then brought back to the themes of compassion, forgiveness, and love that really hold Darcy and Elizabeth together. This was an amazingly smart move that left me more than satisfied at the end of this work. In fact, I liked this book so much that I delayed watching the season 3 premiere of Downton Abbey!! (This is a huge deal) In all, if you’re up for a new and exciting change in the P&P variation world, I strongly suggest that you give this a try. Who doesn’t love a fresh look at our Darcy and Elizabeth?
Kimberly (Reflections of a Book Addict)
Originally Posted on the Austenprose Blog
http://wp.me/p18lIL-1A2
The last thing that Beth Ann Bennet wants to do is end up on a dating site, but much to her chagrin, here she is. As a social worker studying sex-based stereotypes, she signs on to Lady Catherine’s Love Match Website under a pseudonym in order to get a firsthand account of said stereotypes. She is surprised, however, when she meets Dr. William Darcy through the site. He has his own secrets, however, as he too is signed up for the dating service under false pretenses. In order to settle a bet and win funding for a new clinic he is building, Darcy agrees to sign on to the site and find a match. Now that they have met, both agree that it would be in their best interests to stay apart, yet there seems to be an invisible force that draws them to each other, making that original promise much harder to keep. Although they both assume that the site will give them a superficial and fleeting glance at a relationship, what they actually encounter is something much deeper and more personal. What will happen once they come to find that this meeting is not what they originally intended, but something much more involved indeed?
At first blush, I found the idea behind this story to be intriguing and fresh. Always up for a new take on the P&P variation genre, I was excited to see what Brant had in store. I was surprised to find that the storyline between Darcy and Elizabeth seemed to be swapped somewhat with the plot between Jane and Bingley, but this didn’t seem to detract from the flow of the work at all. In fact, it made me read faster. After a while, the old Darcy and Elizabeth I’ve come to know and love made their appearance, as the story made a course correction and we came back into familiar territory. When this was coupled with references to Roman Holiday and high tea, I began to feel like I was reading a book that was a greatest hits of all the things I love in life. Brant couldn’t have done a better job at pulling me into the story and keeping me hooked until the end. I loved how her work was different enough that I felt really out of my element at first, but then brought back to the themes of compassion, forgiveness, and love that really hold Darcy and Elizabeth together. This was an amazingly smart move that left me more than satisfied at the end of this work. In fact, I liked this book so much that I delayed watching the season 3 premiere of Downton Abbey!! (This is a huge deal) In all, if you’re up for a new and exciting change in the P&P variation world, I strongly suggest that you give this a try. Who doesn’t love a fresh look at our Darcy and Elizabeth?
Kimberly (Reflections of a Book Addict)
Originally Posted on the Austenprose Blog
http://wp.me/p18lIL-1A2
This book was an okay read. I would recommend it to someone who wanted a quick read. I did not like the writing style because it was inconsistent, and did not want you to continue reading. The concept of the plot was interesting but poorly executed. I do NOT like how the author used the same names from Pride and Prejudice, which is one of my favorite books. The ending was really cheesy and it concluded too quickly. Overall, I'd give this book 2.6 stars.
I've been on a huge Austen adaptation kick lately. I just want to read ALL THE ADAPTATIONS. Seriously. I have a shelf dedicated to the ones I own and another to the ones I've checked out at the library. I think I've only met one adaptation that I didn't love. I just love the feels that come along with a great Austen adaptation. I love experiencing the stories in a new way.
This one was no exception. I've given the whole online dating thing a shot and I totally understand the pressure that goes along with it. I've always tried to be completely honest in my profiles, but I've been caught unawares by those who aren't up front. For example, one of my great disasters was with a guy who said online that he was a senior software engineer. There are certain expectations that go along with a profession like that, so when he showed up and complained long and loud about my $3 salad, I knew something was up. I brought the topic around to work, and it turns out that he'd been out of work for over a year and had never even been a software engineer. Cut that one short. Yeah.
Anyway, I digress. Back to the book.
Both parties in this one are guilty of falsifying information, or at least, not telling the whole truth. The hijinks that ensue are a ton of fun and I found myself cringing at all the right moments. It was hilarious. I totally guessed how some things were going to turn out, but that didn't bother me at all. This wasn't supposed to be some deep, heavy, philosophical read. It was supposed to be a fun ride and it was.
I liked the characters, especially Jane, Beth Ann's best friend. She was just exactly what you'd want in a best friend - someone who is always there for you, lets you make mistakes and is there to help you pick up the pieces, helps you put your life back together, etc.
My favorite among the males was Bingley MacNamara, Darcy's cousin and meddler-in-chief. He cracked me up. He was a lot more astute than I originally suspected, so he was a very nice surprise. I'd have liked to see more of him.
Dr. Darcy is prickly, but not as much as he could have been. I'd have liked to see him stay a little truer to character, but it didn't bother me that much. He was still a cool guy, and his motives were awesome.
Beth Ann was also not as true to Elizabeth as she could have been, but I'm putting that up to artistic license. I wish she'd been a little stronger, but she was okay. Of all the characters, she was probably my least favorite, though I definitely didn't dislike her.
Reading Pride and Prejudice as an online dating story was pretty cool. It was definitely true to life and mirrored a lot of what I've seen and/or experienced myself. I like that Marilyn Brant took it this direction because it was so much fun. It was clean too. I'd recommend it with no reservations (i.e. 'there's this one part...') to anyone who loves Austen adaptations. I read it in a couple of hours and wanted to start over the minute I finished. I'm glad I bought a copy for my Kindle app!
It's a 3.5 Eiffel Tower book for me.
Content Advisory:
Language: Moderate
Sexuality: Mild
Violence: Mild
This one was no exception. I've given the whole online dating thing a shot and I totally understand the pressure that goes along with it. I've always tried to be completely honest in my profiles, but I've been caught unawares by those who aren't up front. For example, one of my great disasters was with a guy who said online that he was a senior software engineer. There are certain expectations that go along with a profession like that, so when he showed up and complained long and loud about my $3 salad, I knew something was up. I brought the topic around to work, and it turns out that he'd been out of work for over a year and had never even been a software engineer. Cut that one short. Yeah.
Anyway, I digress. Back to the book.
Both parties in this one are guilty of falsifying information, or at least, not telling the whole truth. The hijinks that ensue are a ton of fun and I found myself cringing at all the right moments. It was hilarious. I totally guessed how some things were going to turn out, but that didn't bother me at all. This wasn't supposed to be some deep, heavy, philosophical read. It was supposed to be a fun ride and it was.
I liked the characters, especially Jane, Beth Ann's best friend. She was just exactly what you'd want in a best friend - someone who is always there for you, lets you make mistakes and is there to help you pick up the pieces, helps you put your life back together, etc.
My favorite among the males was Bingley MacNamara, Darcy's cousin and meddler-in-chief. He cracked me up. He was a lot more astute than I originally suspected, so he was a very nice surprise. I'd have liked to see more of him.
Dr. Darcy is prickly, but not as much as he could have been. I'd have liked to see him stay a little truer to character, but it didn't bother me that much. He was still a cool guy, and his motives were awesome.
Beth Ann was also not as true to Elizabeth as she could have been, but I'm putting that up to artistic license. I wish she'd been a little stronger, but she was okay. Of all the characters, she was probably my least favorite, though I definitely didn't dislike her.
Reading Pride and Prejudice as an online dating story was pretty cool. It was definitely true to life and mirrored a lot of what I've seen and/or experienced myself. I like that Marilyn Brant took it this direction because it was so much fun. It was clean too. I'd recommend it with no reservations (i.e. 'there's this one part...') to anyone who loves Austen adaptations. I read it in a couple of hours and wanted to start over the minute I finished. I'm glad I bought a copy for my Kindle app!
It's a 3.5 Eiffel Tower book for me.
Content Advisory:
Language: Moderate
Sexuality: Mild
Violence: Mild
This is a predictable book but I enjoyed reading it. I never read Pride and Prejudice, but I got the point.
DNF around 25%.
1. It's not a P&P retelling just because everyone has names from the original story.
2. Not a huge fan of stories where the problem isn't that they don't understand each other, but that they've literally and purposely started out by lying to each other.
3. Already completely over Beth's college research on "confirming male gender stereotypes," not because I don't believe those stereotypes exist, but because of how incredibly insistent she is that they are 100% negative, and that finding a man with those stereotypes automatically makes him a jerk. Legit her list starts with "greater size and strength"... I'm sorry, that isn't a stereotype, it's an actual scientific fact that the majority of men have greater size and strength than the majority of women...??? And being better at spatial/mathematical skills is negative because...??? Her list of seven things *are* typical of males, but I don't understand why she is acting like if she finds a guy who fits them, she will have found a horrible person. Being a jerk is what makes you a jerk, not being independent and competitive.
It's possible that by the end of the book Beth Ann matures and comes to realize that being goal-oriented and valuing the rational over the emotional aren't negative stereotypes, but are in fact an excellent balance for the stereotypical female's tendency to multitask and value the emotional over the rational, but I doubt it, and I really don't want to spend any more time listening to these two lie to each other just to find out.
1. It's not a P&P retelling just because everyone has names from the original story.
2. Not a huge fan of stories where the problem isn't that they don't understand each other, but that they've literally and purposely started out by lying to each other.
3. Already completely over Beth's college research on "confirming male gender stereotypes," not because I don't believe those stereotypes exist, but because of how incredibly insistent she is that they are 100% negative, and that finding a man with those stereotypes automatically makes him a jerk. Legit her list starts with "greater size and strength"... I'm sorry, that isn't a stereotype, it's an actual scientific fact that the majority of men have greater size and strength than the majority of women...??? And being better at spatial/mathematical skills is negative because...??? Her list of seven things *are* typical of males, but I don't understand why she is acting like if she finds a guy who fits them, she will have found a horrible person. Being a jerk is what makes you a jerk, not being independent and competitive.
It's possible that by the end of the book Beth Ann matures and comes to realize that being goal-oriented and valuing the rational over the emotional aren't negative stereotypes, but are in fact an excellent balance for the stereotypical female's tendency to multitask and value the emotional over the rational, but I doubt it, and I really don't want to spend any more time listening to these two lie to each other just to find out.