Reviewed by bumblingbookworm on
Actual Rating: 3.5 stars
This is a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, which I bought purely for that reason. I'd never heard of it when I purchased it, and still haven't heard anyone talk about it. I quite enjoyed it, particularly because it wasn't slavish to the original. It was more that it was inspired by Pride and Prejudice and took bits and pieces from it, but it didn't lift all of the plot points or characters into modern times. I also enjoyed that we got to see the story from both Elizabeth and Darcy's respective perspectives'.
What I didn't enjoy so much was the instalove - this story takes place over the course of 4 weeks, and it was just too much too soon in terms of the romance between the characters. Also, at times I recognised some of the dialogue as being straight from Pride and Prejudice, and this was pretty jarring as it didn't fit the manner of speaking in today's day and age. Overall, however, I quite enjoyed it - 3.5 stars.
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