7 reviews for:

A Wound Deeper Than Pride

Ali Scott

3.69 AVERAGE

loud_as_hope's review

3.25

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kateaintbeehaven's review

4.5

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am i potentially a little biased? absolutely. do i care? not a jot.

this was LOVELY. give me all the books that have darcy AND lizzy's povs as they learn how to navigate each other and give each other a second chance. give me all the lizzy/maria lucas friendship. give me all the fantastic fitzwilliam/darcy brotherhood. give me AAAAAAAALL the georgiana/lizzy friendship. this was fanfic and my favorite book of all time rolled into one and i loved it above all things.

joey_paige's review

3.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maeilis's review

3.5

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sophiarose1816's review

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A second chance at romance arises out of a near tragedy and both are determined to show they’ve learned from the mistakes of the past. 

 

Ali Scott is a relatively new to me author.  I enjoyed a previous release for the way she developed her characters and their romance and engaged my emotions.  A Wound Deeper Than Pride is a quick-read novella, but it was much the same with the strong development of those elements that attracted me before. 

 

A Wound Deeper Than Pride is a variation on Austen’s Pride & Prejudice that interrupts the original storyline after Mr. Darcy makes his disastrous proposal to Miss Elizabeth in Hunsford. Those who are familiar with the story will know what led up to the proposal.  However, readers new to the P&P story won’t struggle to grasp the variation storyline of a man who took a verbal lashing for presuming a lot of things when he proposed marriage to a woman who was definitely operating under quite a few wrong notions about said gentleman.  

 

A letter from Darcy clears up much of what she got wrong about him, but, she wasn’t entirely wrong, either, so a carriage accident right outside Mr. Darcy’s home and Miss Elizabeth and her friend needing prompt medical care as a result is the catalyst for the pair getting a chance to begin afresh. 

 

The angst is low and tone is tender and hesitant particularly with the awkwardness of forced proximity right after their last stormy encounter.  It all happens quickly, but not unbelievably as Darcy processes Elizabeth’s charges against him, smarting under her opinion of his character, and then deciding when he sees her almost get killed, realize that he still loves her and wants another chance.  Elizabeth, too, does a quick reversal of feelings after now, in his home among his servants and family, she sees the real Darcy and how much she misunderstood about his character. 

 

 

It takes the surrounding cast who add more depth from Mrs. Ainsley's motherly advice to the Colonel's humorous help and another incident to get them to the point. 

 

So, this was a quickly read sweet and satisfying second chance at romance set well in the Regency era backdrop that I can recommend to those who enjoy stories in Austen’s world or sweet historical romance, in general. 

barusp's review

DID NOT FINISH: 69%

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Became boring, unoriginal, OOC.

readingella's review

4.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes