Fitzwilliam Darcy; Rock Star

by Heather Lynn Rigaud

• ISBN13: 9781402257810
• Publish Date: 1 September 2011
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 18 February 2014
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 432
• Language: English

Reviews

[Raven]

This book was so awful. I wanted to like it, I really did. I started out hoping it would be light and funny like [b:Prom and Prejudice|8369681|Prom and Prejudice|Elizabeth Eulberg|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1281991654s/8369681.jpg|13225041] and I was horribly disappointed.

This book was poorly written, the same vocabulary words being used over and over to describe things. It only held my interest because I was so certain it would just have to get better and by the time I realized it never would I was too far in and couldn’t stop because of my personal rule to always finish a book.

The characters fall flat for me. I couldn’t get into any of them and they weren’t believable to me. It felt like the author kept going back and forth from having the characters stand out in a modern way to reverting to Victorian times. It made for a really unsettling read. They seemed like completely new characters given familiar names instead of familiar characters placed in a different setting as I thought they would/should be.

The story was lame and felt tossed together. The book felt like an excuse to write smut, and even then it wasn’t even good smut. The sex scenes were rushed and mechanical with no flow to them at all.

It really felt to me like the Author had only seen the movies, and never read [b:Pride and Prejudice|1885|Pride and Prejudice|Jane Austen|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320399351s/1885.jpg|3060926] and wanted to capitalize off the insta-fame that comes with writing a [b:Pride and Prejudice|1885|Pride and Prejudice|Jane Austen|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320399351s/1885.jpg|3060926] variation.

All in all I was horribly disappointed and quite sad that I wasted my time here.

[jeannamichel]

A modern-day Pride and Prejudice, where all the characters you know and love are rock stars. When the band, Surly, need an opening act, their last chance turns them to the band, Long-Bourne Suffering. Surly has a history of fame, drugs, and sex. Rumors fly that they might bring their new opening act down with them. Surly consisting of Richard and Darcy Fitzwilliam, and Charles Bingley, may be more than they seem that meets the public eye. Long-Bourne Suffering seems to be able to take care of themselves, when led by Elizabeth Bennett, followed by Jane Bennett and Charlotte Lucas. But when the girls get caught up in the other band’s life, they get a taste of more than just rising fame. It is definitely correct that true love can always make great music.

I’ve read spin-offs of Pride and Prejudice before, but never quite like this and this one, by far, has to be one of the best. Rigaud certainly puts a new story on things, which does not make it so predictable. This is not the same story you know of Elizabeth Bennett and characters. This story is so modernized, do you think Elizabeth is going to stand down when she hears people talking about her? Of course not. But, of course, fans of the classic will definitely not want to miss this one. (Just look at that cover for details that you are going to miss if you miss out on this one.)

I loved the storyline. Making the entire cast of characters all rock stars was such a clever idea. It worked with every aspect of Jane Austen’s classic. In comparison to Pride and Prejudice, it is an impressive new edition of the story that will rock your socks off. But Fitzwilliam Darcy Rock Star works both ways. You could spend the entire reading and comparing the classic or go into the novel blindly without any recognition of Pride and Prejudice and still love the book all the same.

Rigaud’s writing style kept me wanting more. I felt like I was living the lives of Elizabeth and Darcy; it was so descriptive and breathtaking. I loved how she took the reader to the world of two modernized-classic characters.

I don’t want to give too much away, but I definitely do not have anything negative to say about this novel. Go get a copy of this one, because you will devour Fitzwilliam Darcy Rock Star and love every minute. This book will give you a reason to rock out with classic characters that have been transformed from prim and proper to zombie slayers to the most recent, rock stars.

Cover: 5
Characters: 5
Writing Style: 5
Plot: 5
Ending: 4

Overall: 5