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Darcy & Elizabeth #4
The Darcys: New Pleasures
Mr. Darcy has long been every woman’s ideal. Darkly handsome, he is a gentleman of vast wealth and exceptional leg. His virility, whilst of considerable note, is not what invites our adoration. His true allure is his all-encompassing love for his wife. Indeed, Elizabeth and Darcy’s passion for each other remains steadfast.
In this, Ms. Berdoll’s 4th continuation, there is but one test that stands in the way of the Darcys’ boundless happiness. It is an ordeal familiar to parents through the ages. Their offspring have come of age and are eager to pursue their own love affairs.
Moreover, Elizabeth Darcy, the Mistress of Pemberley, has been overtaken by a peculiar malaise. Her disorder has the entire family in a state of agitation. Darcy is particularly uneasy. Hence, when he learns that his son engaged in a flirtation with a village wench, he reproves him a tad too vehemently.
His pride injured, Geoff flings himself headlong down Calamity Road–in the company of George Wickham’s son.
In this, Ms. Berdoll’s 4th continuation, there is but one test that stands in the way of the Darcys’ boundless happiness. It is an ordeal familiar to parents through the ages. Their offspring have come of age and are eager to pursue their own love affairs.
Moreover, Elizabeth Darcy, the Mistress of Pemberley, has been overtaken by a peculiar malaise. Her disorder has the entire family in a state of agitation. Darcy is particularly uneasy. Hence, when he learns that his son engaged in a flirtation with a village wench, he reproves him a tad too vehemently.
His pride injured, Geoff flings himself headlong down Calamity Road–in the company of George Wickham’s son.
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With the success of her latest Pride & Prejudice sequel, The Ruling Passion, Linda has just completed a continuation of their story in The Darcys: New Pleasures:
Even twenty years into their future, Mr. Darcy remains every woman’s ideal. Still darkly handsome, he is a gentleman of vast wealth and exceptional leg. His virility, whilst of considerable note, is not what invites adoration. His true allure is his all-encompassing love for his wife. Indeed, Elizabeth and Darcy’s passion for each other remains steadfast.
There is but one test that stands in the way of the Darcys’ boundless happiness in this latest telling. It is an ordeal familiar to parents through the ages. Their offspring have come of age and are eager to pursue their own love affairs.
Moreover, Elizabeth Darcy, the Mistress of Pemberley, has been overtaken by a peculiar malaise. Her disorder has the entire family in a state of agitation. Darcy is particularly uneasy. Hence, when he learns that his son engaged in a flirtation with a village wench, he reproves him a tad too vehemently.
His pride injured, Geoff flings himself headlong down Calamity Road–in the company of George Wickham’s son.
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In Ms. Berdoll's wildly successful Pride & Prejudice sequels, Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife, Darcy & Elizabeth, and the Ruling Passion, have over 400,000 copies in print. The Ruling Passion has been given the Independent Publisher's Gold Award 2012 for Historical fiction. Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife (2004) won FOREWORD MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR Silver Award, and Darcy & Elizabeth, winner of INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER’S BOOK AWARDS - 1st Place HISTORICAL FICTION 2007.
New Pleasures is now available in soft cover on Linda's website www.lindaberdoll.us, in digital and paperback on Amazon and BN.com. Her books are on the shelves of Barnes & Noble and available to order through bookstores large and small.
Review for The Ruling Passion From Austenprose.com
Best-selling author Linda Berdoll's Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife and Darcy & Elizabeth have been hailed as "sexy, hilarious, poignant" and "wild, bawdy and utterly enjoyable (Booklist.)" The Ruling Passion, her highly anticipated sequel to the sequels, has finally come to fruition... If your sensibilities are offended by explicit, passionate love scenes with Jane Austen's original namesakes, this is presumably NOT the book for you. However, those who delight in reading about the Darcys beyond Pride and Prejudice, including all their complexities, and intimacies, (in and around the bedroom), and most particularly if you are a fan of Berdoll's previous works, The Ruling Passion is not to be missed! Yes, hold on to your bonnets as Linda Berdoll has quite done it again. Christina Boyd 4.5 of 5 stars
In a change of pace from her Jane Austen sequels, Linda released Fandango in 2010. This tale takes place in 19th C. San Francisco. In this entirely original work, our heroine, young Annabella Chase comes to learn that it's one thing to go asking for trouble, quite another to offer it a chair.
While researching her Pride & Prejudice sequels, she collected a vast store of euphemistic grandiloquence and wove it into a small gift book titled Very Nice Ways to Say Very Bad Things.
With the success of her latest Pride & Prejudice sequel, The Ruling Passion, Linda has just completed a continuation of their story in The Darcys: New Pleasures:
Even twenty years into their future, Mr. Darcy remains every woman’s ideal. Still darkly handsome, he is a gentleman of vast wealth and exceptional leg. His virility, whilst of considerable note, is not what invites adoration. His true allure is his all-encompassing love for his wife. Indeed, Elizabeth and Darcy’s passion for each other remains steadfast.
There is but one test that stands in the way of the Darcys’ boundless happiness in this latest telling. It is an ordeal familiar to parents through the ages. Their offspring have come of age and are eager to pursue their own love affairs.
Moreover, Elizabeth Darcy, the Mistress of Pemberley, has been overtaken by a peculiar malaise. Her disorder has the entire family in a state of agitation. Darcy is particularly uneasy. Hence, when he learns that his son engaged in a flirtation with a village wench, he reproves him a tad too vehemently.
His pride injured, Geoff flings himself headlong down Calamity Road–in the company of George Wickham’s son.
~~~~~~
In Ms. Berdoll's wildly successful Pride & Prejudice sequels, Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife, Darcy & Elizabeth, and the Ruling Passion, have over 400,000 copies in print. The Ruling Passion has been given the Independent Publisher's Gold Award 2012 for Historical fiction. Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife (2004) won FOREWORD MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR Silver Award, and Darcy & Elizabeth, winner of INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER’S BOOK AWARDS - 1st Place HISTORICAL FICTION 2007.
New Pleasures is now available in soft cover on Linda's website www.lindaberdoll.us, in digital and paperback on Amazon and BN.com. Her books are on the shelves of Barnes & Noble and available to order through bookstores large and small.
Review for The Ruling Passion From Austenprose.com
Best-selling author Linda Berdoll's Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife and Darcy & Elizabeth have been hailed as "sexy, hilarious, poignant" and "wild, bawdy and utterly enjoyable (Booklist.)" The Ruling Passion, her highly anticipated sequel to the sequels, has finally come to fruition... If your sensibilities are offended by explicit, passionate love scenes with Jane Austen's original namesakes, this is presumably NOT the book for you. However, those who delight in reading about the Darcys beyond Pride and Prejudice, including all their complexities, and intimacies, (in and around the bedroom), and most particularly if you are a fan of Berdoll's previous works, The Ruling Passion is not to be missed! Yes, hold on to your bonnets as Linda Berdoll has quite done it again. Christina Boyd 4.5 of 5 stars
In a change of pace from her Jane Austen sequels, Linda released Fandango in 2010. This tale takes place in 19th C. San Francisco. In this entirely original work, our heroine, young Annabella Chase comes to learn that it's one thing to go asking for trouble, quite another to offer it a chair.
While researching her Pride & Prejudice sequels, she collected a vast store of euphemistic grandiloquence and wove it into a small gift book titled Very Nice Ways to Say Very Bad Things.
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November 16, 2016
It's a family affair: All in the family, etc. This was not exactly what I expected but I found it not only enthralling but also very well written. As with her first three books in this series the author tantalizes and stretches our brain with her use of the thesaurus.
As the book description tells us the three Darcy children are teenagers and/or on the brink of coming out; as are the Bingley and Wickham cousins. However there is always that chance that offspring are going to take after an aunt...or an uncle. (As in Lydia, Caroline & Wickham? Argh!) While we know that teenagers can be challenging Linda Berdoll has imagined some who make you shake your head and say, "Thank goodness, they're not mine!" The Darcy parents, as with all generations, find that the more they lecture or warn a child the more they may act as if the parent pushed them towards that cliff’s edge.
Darcy, to his chagrin, faces some trying moments as his past is brought to the attention of the younger generation AND as his own children face the fact that Papa loves Mama and that doesn't mean he has her on a pedestal as in “untouchable”.
While I usually like to read P&P variations this sequel was fun! It has a bit of creativity and suspense as hormones stir, past secrets are revealed and paternity issues are settled. The servants’ staircase gets quite the workout as “friends” are hurried in secretly or as some others find their own way. Remember the scene in Psycho in which the shower curtain is suddenly pulled back…Darcy has a just such a heart stopping moment…not Norman Bates with a knife…but just as gasp producing! There are moments of romance but this is more a tale of a family coming to grips with the behaviors of the individuals they have borne as they mature towards full adulthood.
This paperback edition was a gift from my friend, Claudine, of the Just Jane 1813 blog.
As the book description tells us the three Darcy children are teenagers and/or on the brink of coming out; as are the Bingley and Wickham cousins. However there is always that chance that offspring are going to take after an aunt...or an uncle. (As in Lydia, Caroline & Wickham? Argh!) While we know that teenagers can be challenging Linda Berdoll has imagined some who make you shake your head and say, "Thank goodness, they're not mine!" The Darcy parents, as with all generations, find that the more they lecture or warn a child the more they may act as if the parent pushed them towards that cliff’s edge.
Darcy, to his chagrin, faces some trying moments as his past is brought to the attention of the younger generation AND as his own children face the fact that Papa loves Mama and that doesn't mean he has her on a pedestal as in “untouchable”.
While I usually like to read P&P variations this sequel was fun! It has a bit of creativity and suspense as hormones stir, past secrets are revealed and paternity issues are settled. The servants’ staircase gets quite the workout as “friends” are hurried in secretly or as some others find their own way. Remember the scene in Psycho in which the shower curtain is suddenly pulled back…Darcy has a just such a heart stopping moment…not Norman Bates with a knife…but just as gasp producing! There are moments of romance but this is more a tale of a family coming to grips with the behaviors of the individuals they have borne as they mature towards full adulthood.
This paperback edition was a gift from my friend, Claudine, of the Just Jane 1813 blog.
February 6, 2017
New Pleasures was just that. It was a terrific follow-up. It is hard to write a P & P variation where D & E are middle aged with grown children. Many times, Darcy is a curmudgeon and Elizabeth is experiencing empty next syndrome. Those tales seem to center around the "next generation" and this one does as well with a healthy balance of E & D. The children are prominent but E & D are still on the main stage. I loved the whole series and find Ms Berdoll to be one of the finest authors of JAFF.
December 3, 2016
Like a fine wine, some things actually do improve with age! Now that Linda Berdoll has released the fourth book in her series of “ Pride & Prejudice” sequels, “ The Darcys: New Pleasures” I can happily add the Darcys’ marriage to this list as well!
When Austen scholar, Patricia Meyer Spacks spoke with Five Books about her love for “Pride and Prejudice,” she describes how the ending of this novel differs in one significant way from all of her other novels:
Pride and Prejudice is the only one – at the end of Pride and Prejudice, the author really thinks that her central characters are going to live happily ever after. It’s a wonderful ending.
At the end of Persuasion, which I was talking about as a love story, there is a happy marriage. But there is a reminder of the quick alarms of a sailor’s life that are before Anne, because she is married to a sailor. That doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with marrying a sailor, or the particular sailor she’s married to, but it is a reminder that she isn’t going to be nothing but happy. But at the end of Pride and Prejudice you can believe that they aren’t going to be anything but happy.
True to Professor Spacks’ assertions, in this new story that takes place twenty-five years into Darcy and Elizabeth’s marriage, the couple certainly finds themselves still enjoying the fruits of their very happy union. It’s also all in the family included here in Linda Berdoll’s new book, where the couple who are now celebrating their silver anniversary also find themselves under the scrutiny of their very own three adolescent children. Yet, as much as the Darcys have come to know and love their own children, surprises are in store for them as the bonds of blood are put to the test. Thus, Darcy and Elizabeth truly find themselves in new and uncharted waters.
Middle age has certainly hit the Darcys and Linda pulls back the curtains on their lives as she takes us up and down the back stairs of Pemberley to get an up-close and personal look at how the master and mistress of Pemberley have fared as the parents of said adolescent children, who are also coming to terms with their own positions within the illustrious Darcy family. As they experience the growing pains of young adulthood, the younger Darcys also must learn who they can and can not trust to guide them through these turbulent times. It truly is no easy task!
The Darcy children also become increasingly curious about various events from their parents’ earlier years, including Darcy’s premarital affairs, and they must decide how to sort out their feelings regarding their parent’s past actions. Did their father truly “mingle” with a French courtesan, and did their dear, sweet mother actually face abandonment when their father left her all alone in her pregnant state, to search for their Aunt Georgiana, all the way over in war-torn France?
If there are any questions about whether or not the passionate existence between our beloved couple would fade into anything resembling the middle-age doldrums that so many married couples eventually face, then readers will enjoy discovering how the Darcys have maintained their deep affection for one another, even throughout this difficult period in their lives. Their physical intimacy is still a presence in this story, but I thought it was more subtle than in Linda’s first three books. The love and respect Darcy and Elizabeth have for one another serve as the bedrock of Pemberley, where Darcy and Elizabeth choose to spend most of their time with their family.
It should come as no great surprise that age has not diminished Darcy’s appeal to the opposite sex, and when Elizabeth faces a mysterious illness, it becomes apparent that there is at least one other female waiting in line to replace her if the need should truly arise. Troubles lurk throughout the story, mainly from those near and dear to the family, and the Darcys must decide which battles are worth fighting and which secrets are worth concealing. It’s a tangled web of mischief, mayhem, and a few well-crafted surprises that kept me happily turning pages until the very end of this book. I really enjoyed the new characters that Linda Berdoll created for this story, as well as the small appearances made by some of my old favorites.
I smiled, I laughed, I swooned… Thank you, Mrs. Berdoll, for taking the time to write a new book in this series, and even more for leaving plenty of doors wide open, for what I hope will be a fifth book in this series. Hopefully, we will get another glimpse into the Darcys’ marriage; perhaps next time as doting and somewhat flummoxed grandparents!
When Austen scholar, Patricia Meyer Spacks spoke with Five Books about her love for “Pride and Prejudice,” she describes how the ending of this novel differs in one significant way from all of her other novels:
Pride and Prejudice is the only one – at the end of Pride and Prejudice, the author really thinks that her central characters are going to live happily ever after. It’s a wonderful ending.
At the end of Persuasion, which I was talking about as a love story, there is a happy marriage. But there is a reminder of the quick alarms of a sailor’s life that are before Anne, because she is married to a sailor. That doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with marrying a sailor, or the particular sailor she’s married to, but it is a reminder that she isn’t going to be nothing but happy. But at the end of Pride and Prejudice you can believe that they aren’t going to be anything but happy.
True to Professor Spacks’ assertions, in this new story that takes place twenty-five years into Darcy and Elizabeth’s marriage, the couple certainly finds themselves still enjoying the fruits of their very happy union. It’s also all in the family included here in Linda Berdoll’s new book, where the couple who are now celebrating their silver anniversary also find themselves under the scrutiny of their very own three adolescent children. Yet, as much as the Darcys have come to know and love their own children, surprises are in store for them as the bonds of blood are put to the test. Thus, Darcy and Elizabeth truly find themselves in new and uncharted waters.
Middle age has certainly hit the Darcys and Linda pulls back the curtains on their lives as she takes us up and down the back stairs of Pemberley to get an up-close and personal look at how the master and mistress of Pemberley have fared as the parents of said adolescent children, who are also coming to terms with their own positions within the illustrious Darcy family. As they experience the growing pains of young adulthood, the younger Darcys also must learn who they can and can not trust to guide them through these turbulent times. It truly is no easy task!
The Darcy children also become increasingly curious about various events from their parents’ earlier years, including Darcy’s premarital affairs, and they must decide how to sort out their feelings regarding their parent’s past actions. Did their father truly “mingle” with a French courtesan, and did their dear, sweet mother actually face abandonment when their father left her all alone in her pregnant state, to search for their Aunt Georgiana, all the way over in war-torn France?
If there are any questions about whether or not the passionate existence between our beloved couple would fade into anything resembling the middle-age doldrums that so many married couples eventually face, then readers will enjoy discovering how the Darcys have maintained their deep affection for one another, even throughout this difficult period in their lives. Their physical intimacy is still a presence in this story, but I thought it was more subtle than in Linda’s first three books. The love and respect Darcy and Elizabeth have for one another serve as the bedrock of Pemberley, where Darcy and Elizabeth choose to spend most of their time with their family.
It should come as no great surprise that age has not diminished Darcy’s appeal to the opposite sex, and when Elizabeth faces a mysterious illness, it becomes apparent that there is at least one other female waiting in line to replace her if the need should truly arise. Troubles lurk throughout the story, mainly from those near and dear to the family, and the Darcys must decide which battles are worth fighting and which secrets are worth concealing. It’s a tangled web of mischief, mayhem, and a few well-crafted surprises that kept me happily turning pages until the very end of this book. I really enjoyed the new characters that Linda Berdoll created for this story, as well as the small appearances made by some of my old favorites.
I smiled, I laughed, I swooned… Thank you, Mrs. Berdoll, for taking the time to write a new book in this series, and even more for leaving plenty of doors wide open, for what I hope will be a fifth book in this series. Hopefully, we will get another glimpse into the Darcys’ marriage; perhaps next time as doting and somewhat flummoxed grandparents!
May 13, 2018
I love Linda Berdoll's Pride & Prejudice continues series. Since I will say I was expecting there to be more wedding bells, and perhaps more births (there is one very exciting & unexpected one)- it leaves the path open for additional sequels. Sadly Ms. Berdoll is a slow writer (but, who am I to criticize), but it does make it very hard to keep the storyline straight with such long gaps. Enjoyed the book and looking forward to Lizzie and Darcy's next chapter.
September 15, 2022
Disappointed. So disappointed. I LOVED the first book in the series, but then I read the second book, which seemed to completely undo everything I appreciated about the first book. It had a few things I liked and enjoyed, but overall I didn't like the direction she took the characters in. The plot had more holes than Swiss cheese, and Darcy and Elizabeth - the main attraction - had nothing to do for 90% of the book. Then came the third book. It was fine. Very meh. A slight improvement over the previous book, but not by much. Likely because it was so much shorter. The author didn't pad it out with as much junk.
I was really sour on the series by then. I considered not finishing it. However, when I saw that this final volume was set ~10 years later, I thought, "Okay. With a gap like that, maybe it'll be like a reset, and we can start fresh." Well, the author did in a way. She hearkened back to the first book and referenced several of the events that took place. One could almost pretend that books 2 & 3 hadn't happened. I had hope for a little while there. But...
The book was boring. Darcy and Elizabeth's newest surprise was sweet, but there was little else about this book that was worth bothering with, and that only comes at the tail end of the book. There was barely any plot. Most of the book followed the characters as they hemmed and hawed over conversations they should have and then don't. The machinations of the "villains" were pointless and never amounted to anything. There were plot twists thrown in for no apparent reason other than to have them. The timeline of events was really wonky and hard to follow. Who can blame you when one event happens and then 60-odd pages later, when it seems like weeks have passed, you find out that you've actually just caught up something that happened the night before. So confusing!
And not to be overshadowed, Darcy and Elizabeth once again had very little to do. Darcy spent the whole book fretting about the situation with his son (again, THINKING about it but not DOING a darn thing), and Elizabeth had a few moments with her daughters but spent the rest of the book sidelined, except for the very occasional sex scene. It's great that she and Darcy still have a fantastic sex life, but where is the marriage? Where is the love and partnership that would develop over that much time? My kingdom for a few quality conversations! There were barely any in this entire book!
Again, super disappointed. I will keep the first book on my shelf, but the rest will have to find a new home, because I'll never read them again.
I was really sour on the series by then. I considered not finishing it. However, when I saw that this final volume was set ~10 years later, I thought, "Okay. With a gap like that, maybe it'll be like a reset, and we can start fresh." Well, the author did in a way. She hearkened back to the first book and referenced several of the events that took place. One could almost pretend that books 2 & 3 hadn't happened. I had hope for a little while there. But...
The book was boring. Darcy and Elizabeth's newest surprise was sweet, but there was little else about this book that was worth bothering with, and that only comes at the tail end of the book. There was barely any plot. Most of the book followed the characters as they hemmed and hawed over conversations they should have and then don't. The machinations of the "villains" were pointless and never amounted to anything. There were plot twists thrown in for no apparent reason other than to have them. The timeline of events was really wonky and hard to follow. Who can blame you when one event happens and then 60-odd pages later, when it seems like weeks have passed, you find out that you've actually just caught up something that happened the night before. So confusing!
And not to be overshadowed, Darcy and Elizabeth once again had very little to do. Darcy spent the whole book fretting about the situation with his son (again, THINKING about it but not DOING a darn thing), and Elizabeth had a few moments with her daughters but spent the rest of the book sidelined, except for the very occasional sex scene. It's great that she and Darcy still have a fantastic sex life, but where is the marriage? Where is the love and partnership that would develop over that much time? My kingdom for a few quality conversations! There were barely any in this entire book!
Again, super disappointed. I will keep the first book on my shelf, but the rest will have to find a new home, because I'll never read them again.
November 4, 2016
A pleasure
In this 4th book of Ms Berdoll we see the Darcy's children all grown up. Again Ms Berdoll makes the everyday seem interesting and the trials to be had real and stressful. She does a great job of forwarding the story while revisiting what happened in the past 3 books, she does it seamlessly. Young Darcy is coming into his own and trying to feel some oats while staying a gentleman. His twin while being a lady is trying to be the adult in the room, keeping everyone honest. And of course the youngest not yet out wants her share of fun and not very happy to being constrained. While all this is going on there is a huge surprise with our favorite couple which send everyone uneasy. We do hear from the Bingleys and though George Wickham has been banished his boys are not and they definitely do not disappoint in the depraved department. I did enjoy this installment and rated it 4 1/2 stars so I popped it up to 5. For those fans of Ms Berdoll will be very pleased. A definite must read.
In this 4th book of Ms Berdoll we see the Darcy's children all grown up. Again Ms Berdoll makes the everyday seem interesting and the trials to be had real and stressful. She does a great job of forwarding the story while revisiting what happened in the past 3 books, she does it seamlessly. Young Darcy is coming into his own and trying to feel some oats while staying a gentleman. His twin while being a lady is trying to be the adult in the room, keeping everyone honest. And of course the youngest not yet out wants her share of fun and not very happy to being constrained. While all this is going on there is a huge surprise with our favorite couple which send everyone uneasy. We do hear from the Bingleys and though George Wickham has been banished his boys are not and they definitely do not disappoint in the depraved department. I did enjoy this installment and rated it 4 1/2 stars so I popped it up to 5. For those fans of Ms Berdoll will be very pleased. A definite must read.
April 20, 2019
An enjoyable read
When I learned of P&P variations, I was so excited! Needless to say, I found them not all equal. Linda Berdoll’s continuation of the story is by far the best. She stays true to the characters, while pulling back the curtain on Darcy’s in unfailing passion for Elizabeth. The first two books are by far the hottest, while the last book focuses on the broader Darcy brood as they approach adulthood.
When I learned of P&P variations, I was so excited! Needless to say, I found them not all equal. Linda Berdoll’s continuation of the story is by far the best. She stays true to the characters, while pulling back the curtain on Darcy’s in unfailing passion for Elizabeth. The first two books are by far the hottest, while the last book focuses on the broader Darcy brood as they approach adulthood.
March 8, 2021
I'm not sure this book was edited- it was constantly missing words or changing the preposition. Also the story was told in an absolutely chaotic order, and was so much rehashing of the first book, it was impossible to really pay attention.
November 25, 2018
More Darcy saga
This book contains only need of Darcy and Elizabeth. Nothing of the Bingleys, Lydia or others associated with the Bennett family. Not her best effort.
This book contains only need of Darcy and Elizabeth. Nothing of the Bingleys, Lydia or others associated with the Bennett family. Not her best effort.
May 30, 2020
I love this series hopefully there will be more.
November 18, 2023
Was there any need to make the story totally sordid??
December 16, 2023
I loved Berdoll’s ideas and plot points. She needed a better editor though! There were lots of holes and mistakes! Overall, it was enjoyable.
July 21, 2021
Author has nothing to prove, but swallowed a thesaurus anyway!
A sweet ongoing Pride & Prejudice continuation series ruined! Why did author feel like she had something to prove? Dragged on, didn't cover as much as the others and with all her new uses for big words, lost her ability to describe a place or room like you were there, like in the previous books. Again, what happened???? Took m over a year to finish! Darcy and Elizabeth in middle age trying to raise two teenagers with Wickham's son as the bad guy, and he is a big shite!
Sadly, as I am a huge fan of the first three CONTINUATIONS (these are NOT variations) of Jane Austen's beloved Pride and Prejudice by Ms. Berdoll, this one felt more like a rinse and repeat of her first three. The first three I read in a few days, just could not put them down. This one took me over a year to finish. I'd put it down read something else, pick it up again with hopes of finishing, but once again I couldn't finish it. This turned into my rinse and repeat just like the book itself. Eventually I did finish it, but it was a struggle.
I do recommend the first three books in Ms. Beroll's three P&P continuation books, however this one is up to you. If your curious about Elizabeth and Darcy in middle age trying to raise teenagers and Wickham's son as the new bad seed (and he is a shite!), then don't listen to me and read it. This is only one person's opinion. Maybe you will enjoy it.
A good continuation series ruined. So sad, since I liked the first three so very much.
A sweet ongoing Pride & Prejudice continuation series ruined! Why did author feel like she had something to prove? Dragged on, didn't cover as much as the others and with all her new uses for big words, lost her ability to describe a place or room like you were there, like in the previous books. Again, what happened???? Took m over a year to finish! Darcy and Elizabeth in middle age trying to raise two teenagers with Wickham's son as the bad guy, and he is a big shite!
Sadly, as I am a huge fan of the first three CONTINUATIONS (these are NOT variations) of Jane Austen's beloved Pride and Prejudice by Ms. Berdoll, this one felt more like a rinse and repeat of her first three. The first three I read in a few days, just could not put them down. This one took me over a year to finish. I'd put it down read something else, pick it up again with hopes of finishing, but once again I couldn't finish it. This turned into my rinse and repeat just like the book itself. Eventually I did finish it, but it was a struggle.
I do recommend the first three books in Ms. Beroll's three P&P continuation books, however this one is up to you. If your curious about Elizabeth and Darcy in middle age trying to raise teenagers and Wickham's son as the new bad seed (and he is a shite!), then don't listen to me and read it. This is only one person's opinion. Maybe you will enjoy it.
A good continuation series ruined. So sad, since I liked the first three so very much.
August 27, 2023
The content was almost as good as the previous three books, but the editing was quite poor.
April 5, 2017
For me, this one wasn't quite the page-turner the previous 3 were. Only within the last 50-75 pages did it get to a point of not wanting to put it down. With this installment being more about the Darcy kids, their characters weren't defined enough to really care about the calamities that befell them. Though the kindle version (I can't vouch for the printed version) had quite a few typos that were distracting at times, in the end, the narrative was nicely wrapped up.
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January 22, 2018
I loved it! Less angst filled compared to the previous books, wich was bordering on painfull to read. That said it is still thrilling, romantic with an exciting plot. I love how ODCs love has stood the test of time, unwavering and matured. The trips down memory lane was lovely and the enlightenment of some of the previous events was appreciated.
Absolutely loved the ending.
I hope there is a fifth book coming though, there is still a lot of loose ends I think. Would like to see Elizabeth put Juliette in her place as well...
Unputdownable!
Absolutely loved the ending.
I hope there is a fifth book coming though, there is still a lot of loose ends I think. Would like to see Elizabeth put Juliette in her place as well...
Unputdownable!
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