Reviews

An Unwavering Trust by L.L. Diamond

rhcollins's review

5.0

This is one of my new favorites for sure, for many many reasons. It starts off with a bit of an odd premise, and I can get where readers might be turned off by it. Darcy and Elizabeth end up married very very quickly, but it works. I was a bit worried that this might mean that the path for them is just a bit too smooth, but the author does a wonderful job of honoring the characters and the growth of their relationship, while also gives us a context to allow them to be together. And I love reading stories where we get to see them together. There are some changes to the characters that are hard to swallow (Mr. Gardiner, Mr. Darcy senior), but these go down well since they are balanced with one of my favorite to date versions of the Fitzwilliam clan (including the addition of a new Fitzwilliam who I am absolutely head over heels for).
I’m sure I’ll be revisiting this book many more times. It’s too good to only read once.

maria_pulver's review

3.0

Nice twist, but the story is rather too long and the plot is overloaded with irrelevant details.

loana10's review

5.0

Quel livre magnifique. Encore une fois une bonne histoire. Le livre a beaucoup de pages mais on a l'impression qu'il sont si petit. Je ne me suis pas ennuyer pendant tout le livre. Les personnages sont si bien écrie. j'ai adoré cette histoire. Je vais achater une copie papier pour le relire un jour.

karenreader's review

hopeful fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

Melodramatic but D & E have an easy time falling in love

vesper1931's review

3.0

In this Pride and Prejudice variation, after a carriage accident Elizabeth Bennet is the only member of her family left (I did miss the Bennets) and is living with the Philips. Unfortunately her uncle Gardiner has need of her dowry and the plans are overheard by Darcy. Darcy who has been told by his father to marry Anne de Bourgh within a fortnight develops a plan to save Elizabeth and himself by marriage.
An enjoyable well-written story of their married life. Though I would have liked more about Thomas Grayson, Lady Catherine and the Bingleys.

thearomaofbooks's review

3.0

If you ruthlessly slaughter most of the characters from the original story, is it even still a P&P variation??

Still an enjoyable story nonetheless.

ravenmoon's review

5.0

To start off this review I will say that I liked this book. The idea of both Lizzy and Darcy each saving each other from a undesirable situation was a interesting idea for a book. I haven't seen this done before so it was a interesting new concept. I enjoyed the fact that for a good portion of the book her uncle Gardiner was the villain was also something I haven't seen done. His idea to trade Lizzy and her inheritance to pay off his debts was a dick move. Thank the gods that he didn't succeed. Fitzwilliam's father is alive in this tale and is trying to force him to marry Anne. For most of the book he is angry that Darcy managed to get away with not marrying his cousin. He even goes so far as to draw up documents trying to make his marriage to Lizzy invalid. Lady Catherine is also angry but didn't go the extreme that Darcy's father did. However Darcy does end up the master of Rosings anyway when Anne dies. Wickham doesn't really make that much of an impact to the story until almost the end of the book. However he does get what coming to him and the situation with Wickham makes Darcy and his father make up.

I do like this story and I will read it again in the future. This is another winner from Ms. Diamond. If you haven't checked out any of her stories you should.