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A review by berls
Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl by Christina Morland, Beau North, J. Marie Croft, Leigh Dreyer, Joana Starnes, Karen M. Cox, Tessa Dare, Jenetta James, Elizabeth Adams, Christina Boyd, Amy D'Orazio
4.0
I got this as a freebie - anything regarding Pride and Prejudice tends to be a no brainer one click for me, especially when it's free. But as so many freebies do, it sat on my Kindle unread for a couple years. Then I got into a reading slump and was really feeling my Jane Austen rereads and retellings and I finally got around to reading this.
This compilation had 10 stories, which is far too many to review individually. What was neat was the way they spanned time from the Regency era of the original all the way to modern day and brought out different aspects of the heroine I love.
From the Regency era we had a few rewriting Elizabeth and Darcy's romance, 1 that was a prequel of an impetuous Lizzy, and another that was a sequel of older grandmother Elizabeth. I think these are especially enjoyable if you've read the original and are familiar with it.
Then we have some other eras -- an Edwardian House Party that made me think a bit of Downton Abbey, Lizzy and Jane as actresses in the 30s, Lizzy attending college in the 80s, and finally her as a grad student in the present. These different ways of telling their romance and in very unique settings was always fun as I found parallels to the original story.
As a compilation overall, it's 4 stars. I can truthfully say I enjoyed all the shorts/novellas, but some were more like 3 stars and some were definitely 5 stars. I would happily read any of these if the authors chose to expand and write full length novels for them.
This compilation had 10 stories, which is far too many to review individually. What was neat was the way they spanned time from the Regency era of the original all the way to modern day and brought out different aspects of the heroine I love.
From the Regency era we had a few rewriting Elizabeth and Darcy's romance, 1 that was a prequel of an impetuous Lizzy, and another that was a sequel of older grandmother Elizabeth. I think these are especially enjoyable if you've read the original and are familiar with it.
Then we have some other eras -- an Edwardian House Party that made me think a bit of Downton Abbey, Lizzy and Jane as actresses in the 30s, Lizzy attending college in the 80s, and finally her as a grad student in the present. These different ways of telling their romance and in very unique settings was always fun as I found parallels to the original story.
As a compilation overall, it's 4 stars. I can truthfully say I enjoyed all the shorts/novellas, but some were more like 3 stars and some were definitely 5 stars. I would happily read any of these if the authors chose to expand and write full length novels for them.