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melbsreads's review
3.0
2.5 stars. Admittedly, part of my problem with this was that I haven't read the two books in the series that come before it, so there were a bunch of characters and relationships that I didn't understand. But even aside from that, this was FAR longer than was necessary. First of all, if you're going to have a story that involves all the Bennet sisters, the Collinses, AND Caroline Bingley and her husband, and all the couples have multiple children, many of whom have the same names as adult characters (Anne, Georgiana, George, Charles) and you're THEN going to add in original characters, such as Darcy's half-brother and flashbacks to a mysterious and mentally ill uncle, THEN YOU NEED TO PROVIDE A FREAKING FAMILY TREE AT THE START OF THE BOOK.
Honestly? Any time any of the children turned up, I was struggling to work out who was who (at least half their names seemed to start with G) and which children belonged to which adults, and the kids didn't really add a whole lot to the story anyway, and uuuuuuuuuugh. It was struggle-bus worthy.
As far as the actual plot goes, it was kind of all over the place. I mean, I kind of liked it. I definitely wasn't expecting a bonkers Darcy-gets-imprisoned-by-a-Transylvanian-count plot when I picked this up. But that part of the story is probably less than half the book. The rest is taken up with side plots that go nowhere or years worth of back story for original characters that I didn't really care about.
So it was sort of enjoyable. But it wasn't really what I wanted from a P&P sequel, and I'm not sure I'd bother to pick up the other books in the series.
Honestly? Any time any of the children turned up, I was struggling to work out who was who (at least half their names seemed to start with G) and which children belonged to which adults, and the kids didn't really add a whole lot to the story anyway, and uuuuuuuuuugh. It was struggle-bus worthy.
As far as the actual plot goes, it was kind of all over the place. I mean, I kind of liked it. I definitely wasn't expecting a bonkers Darcy-gets-imprisoned-by-a-Transylvanian-count plot when I picked this up. But that part of the story is probably less than half the book. The rest is taken up with side plots that go nowhere or years worth of back story for original characters that I didn't really care about.
So it was sort of enjoyable. But it wasn't really what I wanted from a P&P sequel, and I'm not sure I'd bother to pick up the other books in the series.
thehlb's review
3.0
A pretty good adventure novel.
One must note however that Jane Austen did not write adventure novels.
'Nuff said.
One must note however that Jane Austen did not write adventure novels.
'Nuff said.
samjaymc's review
3.0
Hilarious and action-packed, this installment brings the Darcy and Bingley families to the year 1812 and the intrigues of the Napoleonic Wars. Darcy and Dr. Maddox go in search of Darcy's missing half-brother and land in a medieval prison cell.
Much to his dismay, Charles Bingley is left to hold the fort at Pemberley while his sister Caroline, Elizabeth, and Col. Fitzwilliam traverse Europe on a daring rescue. Meanwhile, Lady Catherine de Bourgh kicks up a truly shocking scandal.
One never knows what might happen next between the estates of Rosings and Pemberley.
Once again, Marsha Altman has created a humorous but flawed continuation of Pride and Prejudice, in my opinion.
The novel itself, like its predesessors does have its plus points, like the background of Brian Maddox, for example. It also has, as stated above, its moments of humourous dialogue.
However, on the whole, the flaws outweigh the plus points for me as a reader. If I am to be truly honest to myself, the author and her novel, I only gave the book three stars because of the parts that kept me reading. The rest of the novel were there in my opinion, to perhaps flesh out the story more and did not really help the plotlines move along.
Much to his dismay, Charles Bingley is left to hold the fort at Pemberley while his sister Caroline, Elizabeth, and Col. Fitzwilliam traverse Europe on a daring rescue. Meanwhile, Lady Catherine de Bourgh kicks up a truly shocking scandal.
One never knows what might happen next between the estates of Rosings and Pemberley.
Once again, Marsha Altman has created a humorous but flawed continuation of Pride and Prejudice, in my opinion.
The novel itself, like its predesessors does have its plus points, like the background of Brian Maddox, for example. It also has, as stated above, its moments of humourous dialogue.
However, on the whole, the flaws outweigh the plus points for me as a reader. If I am to be truly honest to myself, the author and her novel, I only gave the book three stars because of the parts that kept me reading. The rest of the novel were there in my opinion, to perhaps flesh out the story more and did not really help the plotlines move along.
jkh107's review
3.0
Another Jane Austen fanfic of publishable quality. Charming enough as a work of historical fiction; Austen it isn't. Starts with some silliness about Indian sex guides and Mr. Bingley's relative inexperience with the fair sex, proceeds to the double wedding and the ensuing reproduction, and culminates with Caroline Bingley's unlikely but rather dramatic romance. Fun, if you like this sort of thing (which I apparently do, as long as I don't expect it to be, you know, Austen).
caroline_reads's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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