Tag: 3 Star Book Reviews

Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape, by Marsha Altman – A Review

A campy, madcap adventure story, Mr. Darcy’s Great Escape is Marsha Altman’s third book, in her Pride and Prejudice Continues series. The year is 1812, seven years after Elizabeth Bennet and her devoted sister Jane married Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley respectively, and the families are all returning to Longbourn for the wedding of Kitty Bennet, daughter number four. Within the first 100 pages, Elizabeth Darcy finds herself immersed in the intrigues of the Napoleonic War as she races across the continent to the rescue of Mr. Darcy, who has become imprisoned in a medieval cell in Transylvania! Unbelievable? Quite, but hang on . . . there’s more.

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Mr. Darcy, Vampyre, by Amanda Grange – A Review

Among all the hype and circumstance, the highly anticipated Mr. Darcy, Vampyre will hit bookstores this week. Officially it has the honor of being the first vampire-themed Jane Austen sequel in print by a major publisher. I can assure you it will not be the last. This clever concept is not new by any means.... Continue Reading →

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A Body at Rest, by Susan Petrone – A Review

Try, if you can, to imagine two twenty-something over-educated cocktail waitresses, bored with their lives, embark on a road trip of discovery, end up in an Iowa cornfield, get tattoos, and begin transforming into their favorite fictional characters – Don Quixote and Emma Woodhouse. Whoa! The title A Body at Rest appears to be a... Continue Reading →

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The Darcys Give A Ball: A Gentle Joke, Jane Austen Style, by Elizabeth Newark – A Review

From the desk of Christina Boyd: In Jane Austen's masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice, our story ends with the lovely Miss Elizabeth Bennet marrying Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy in a double wedding ceremony alongside her beloved sister, Miss Jane Bennet to Mr. Charles Bingley, and we all close the novel satisfied knowing that all will turn out... Continue Reading →

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Darcy’s Passions: Pride and Prejudice Retold Through His Eyes: A Novel, by Regina Jeffers – A Review

Mr. Darcy. That iconic romantic hero who launched a thousand sequels! A quick and very unscientific audit of Amazon.com listings revealed over thirty-five books published in the last fifteen years inspired by him! That's a lot of Mr. Darcy out there being a haughty heartthrob. Now in his latest outing, Darcy's Passions: Pride and Prejudice Retold Through His... Continue Reading →

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Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy: Two Shall Become One, by Sharon Lathan – A Review

A new sequel based on the 2005 movie adaptation of Pride & Prejudice which stared Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfayden. In this very romantic continuation after the nuptials, author Sharon Lathan's Mr. Darcy and his new bride Elizabeth start their new life together at Pemberley.

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The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet, by Colleen McCullough – A Review

But now that I am free, I have no wish to experience any of those things. All that I want is to be of use, to have a purpose. To have something to do that would make a difference. But will I be let? No. My elder sisters and their grand husbands will descend upon... Continue Reading →

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Pemberley Remembered, by Mary Simonsen – A Review

When I read the advance publicity on Pemberley Remembered, author Mary Lydon Simonsen's debut novel about love, war and Pride and Prejudice, I was intrigued by the concept of three different romantic storylines interconnected through one hundred and fifty years of English history. Add to that a mystery involving the inspiration of Austen's famous characters... Continue Reading →

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Mr. Darcy’s Daughter: The Pemberley Chronicles Book 5, by Rebecca Ann Collins – A Review

Cassy felt tears sting her eyes; she had always felt responsible for her young brother, especially because he had been born when everyone was still grieving for their beloved William. They had all treasured Julian, yet he did not appear to have grown into the role he was expected to play. There was a great... Continue Reading →

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Eliza’s Daughter: A Sequel to Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, by Joan Aiken – A Review

Eliza's Daughter, by Joan Aiken (2008)

Have you ever read a totally unfavorable book review so full of acrimony that it left you wondering if you would have the same reaction? I have and am often hooked into trying out a book to see if I agree. So when I read a collection of reviews gathered at the Austenfans website against... Continue Reading →

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