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A review by amarrymeinbostonacademic
Pride and Platypus: Mr. Darcy's Dreadful Secret by Vera Nazarian, Jane Austen
4.0
I liked this Pride and Prejudice reimaging. I read the original a few years ago, but it appears that 2019 is a year of reading (and watching) Jane Austen's works and alternative versions of them for me. This is the second Pride and Prejudice reimaging that I've read this year. Despite this book being over 500 pages, I finished it rather quickly. Half of it is probably because it was Jane Austen and the other half was that the parts that Nazarain added were funny and kept my interest.
I know this can seem gimmicky. I was never into the Vampires and Werewolves like most girls my age were. I was a high school freshman when the Twilight craze hit hard. But this is much better than Twilight! Again, this is based on the original Austen text so that's probably a large portion of why. Also though, Mr. Darcy as a were-platypus is hilarious and kind of adorable.
Pride and Platypus is essentially the same story as Jane Austen's Classic but with all the male characters afflicted with a lunar curse that turns them into animals at every full moon. Not everyone has the same animal either. Mr. Bennett is a Lion, for example. There are also panthers, wolves, tigers, bears, dogs, swans, and a platypus in the cast. Mr. Collins' animal is entirely appropriate but I'm not going to say what he is.
For some reason there is a demon duck that randomly appears and attacks people, though I'm not sure really why it was in the story. I thought that Wickham was the duck, initially, but that didn't end up being the case. So it was a comedic element and caused more strife to Lizzie and the other characters, when the main drama about who was marrying who wasn't enough.
The women are not typically afflicted with the lunar curse and there was a reason for this (which I'm not saying again to keep from spoiling the end). I mean, if you know Pride and Prejudice, you already know the ending, really but there are supernatural elements to this story that weren't in the original book, thus a few new twists to the original plotlines.
I gave this four and a half stars! This was kooky, but still enjoyable. If you enjoy Austen and don't take your reading too seriously, you should enjoy this book. I would suggest this book for readers of paranormal, regency, or Victorian romance.
I know this can seem gimmicky. I was never into the Vampires and Werewolves like most girls my age were. I was a high school freshman when the Twilight craze hit hard. But this is much better than Twilight! Again, this is based on the original Austen text so that's probably a large portion of why. Also though, Mr. Darcy as a were-platypus is hilarious and kind of adorable.
Pride and Platypus is essentially the same story as Jane Austen's Classic but with all the male characters afflicted with a lunar curse that turns them into animals at every full moon. Not everyone has the same animal either. Mr. Bennett is a Lion, for example. There are also panthers, wolves, tigers, bears, dogs, swans, and a platypus in the cast. Mr. Collins' animal is entirely appropriate but I'm not going to say what he is.
For some reason there is a demon duck that randomly appears and attacks people, though I'm not sure really why it was in the story. I thought that Wickham was the duck, initially, but that didn't end up being the case. So it was a comedic element and caused more strife to Lizzie and the other characters, when the main drama about who was marrying who wasn't enough.
The women are not typically afflicted with the lunar curse and there was a reason for this (which I'm not saying again to keep from spoiling the end). I mean, if you know Pride and Prejudice, you already know the ending, really but there are supernatural elements to this story that weren't in the original book, thus a few new twists to the original plotlines.
I gave this four and a half stars! This was kooky, but still enjoyable. If you enjoy Austen and don't take your reading too seriously, you should enjoy this book. I would suggest this book for readers of paranormal, regency, or Victorian romance.