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3.15 AVERAGE
3.15 AVERAGE
The story of Beth Bennet, a social work student, who meets Will Darcy, a doctor, through Lady Catherine's Perfect Match dating website. There were lots of other Pride and Prejudice references: Beth's first husband was called Pete Wickham, Darcy's cousin was called Bingley and Beth's best friend was Jane. However, the plot bore no real resemblance to The Austen novel and in particular Jane and Bingley never even met.
I bought this Kindle book after failing to win a copy through the first readers' scheme, but I should have been content not to win. The writing wasn't great, everyone was either lying to or manipulating everyone else to a bewildering extent. Darcy went from being unable to countenance a relationship with a single mother to the extreme opposite seemingly because Beth's son had been very brave and polite after breaking his arm. Darcy was supposed to be so full of neuroses from his childhood that I don't think I would have taken him on. Beth and Darcy fell in love despite Beth lying so completely about her life that I fail to see what they could possibly have conversed about on their dates (and indeed the dialogue quoted was sparse and awkward).
I bought this Kindle book after failing to win a copy through the first readers' scheme, but I should have been content not to win. The writing wasn't great, everyone was either lying to or manipulating everyone else to a bewildering extent. Darcy went from being unable to countenance a relationship with a single mother to the extreme opposite seemingly because Beth's son had been very brave and polite after breaking his arm. Darcy was supposed to be so full of neuroses from his childhood that I don't think I would have taken him on. Beth and Darcy fell in love despite Beth lying so completely about her life that I fail to see what they could possibly have conversed about on their dates (and indeed the dialogue quoted was sparse and awkward).