hannuuuuh 's review for:

Darcy's Passions by Regina Jeffers

2.0

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I am dissappointed, but was entertained in some parts of this story. I tried so hard to like this book. Do yourself a favor if you do read this, and DO NOT read the preface. All I could think of while I read this is that it was just a fanfiction, something that should have been posted on the internet and not published. (I also tried to imagine that the author wasn't speaking for our dear Mr. Darcy - but I could not get her out of my head when he spoke!) It's not that I didn't like Darcy, but I didn't like the way the characters were represented. Of course, coming from Darcy's point of view, I don't know that the story could have been as humorous and delightful as Pride and Prejudice was for me. This story was alright until it continued where Pride & Prejudice ended, and then I felt that the author made Lizzy into a more vulnerable character than I ever imagined her to be. Darcy was less interesting to me, unfortunately. I expected more of a history of his life before meeting and marrying Elizabeth. Maybe Darcy's Passions would have been better served if it were written by an historian, someone who appreciates Jane Austen, but can still maintain a quality of how Austen wrote.