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Touch: A Pride and Prejudice variation
In a world where soulmates are real and designated by soulmarks a Lady and Gentleman meet at a ball. It is soon clear to both that they are destined for each other, but as fate might wish to have them together, their own choices might work to keep them apart.
95 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 10, 2022
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August 18, 2022
Interesting concept, very little angst, unexpected behaviors, TONS of typos
February 11, 2023
Most likely a mere summary with a novel premise
This is a lost opportunity for this author, who this reader can truly attribute to initiating the soulmate mark premise in the Pride and Prejudice universe. This reader previously declared that honor to author Elizabeth Adams in her work, Meet Your Mark. Given that this variation was published months before Meet Your Mark, the presumption is Meet Your Mark may have been patterned from this story.
The main characters are altered in third impropriety and their decision to be unchaste, something that Mr. Darcy or Elizabeth Bennet of Canon would not have stood for.
The writing is uneven and badly needs editing. There are several typographical errors and wrong phrasing, misspelled words and amateurish writing. There are many loose ends and presumptions that turned off this reader. It reads like the author woke up one day and declared, “I’m going to write a summary for a Pride and Prejudice variation, finish and publish it all in one sitting.” If made lengthy with good editing, this would have made an exceptional variation.
This is a lost opportunity for this author, who this reader can truly attribute to initiating the soulmate mark premise in the Pride and Prejudice universe. This reader previously declared that honor to author Elizabeth Adams in her work, Meet Your Mark. Given that this variation was published months before Meet Your Mark, the presumption is Meet Your Mark may have been patterned from this story.
The main characters are altered in third impropriety and their decision to be unchaste, something that Mr. Darcy or Elizabeth Bennet of Canon would not have stood for.
The writing is uneven and badly needs editing. There are several typographical errors and wrong phrasing, misspelled words and amateurish writing. There are many loose ends and presumptions that turned off this reader. It reads like the author woke up one day and declared, “I’m going to write a summary for a Pride and Prejudice variation, finish and publish it all in one sitting.” If made lengthy with good editing, this would have made an exceptional variation.
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July 16, 2024This one reads as if amateur fan fiction was just poured out of the author and editing was illegal.
Darcy and Elizabeth have matching soulmarks but he runs away because she's not good enough for his highness. She's badly hurt. When he returns she is engaged to someone else and wants to be friends.
This could be an imaginative story but it badly needs an English teacher armed with a bunch of red pencils. Run on sentences, randomised punctuation choices, misused words, and odd grammar abound and I got thrown out of the story, instead highlighting the errors. But there was something to highlight on every page so I gave up on that as well and more or less DNF'ed at 25%, skimming the rest. I hoped she'd find somebody better but was disappointed.
Darcy and Elizabeth have matching soulmarks but he runs away because she's not good enough for his highness. She's badly hurt. When he returns she is engaged to someone else and wants to be friends.
This could be an imaginative story but it badly needs an English teacher armed with a bunch of red pencils. Run on sentences, randomised punctuation choices, misused words, and odd grammar abound and I got thrown out of the story, instead highlighting the errors. But there was something to highlight on every page so I gave up on that as well and more or less DNF'ed at 25%, skimming the rest. I hoped she'd find somebody better but was disappointed.
January 28, 2026
DNF
This wasn’t for me, and I realised it very quickly.
The opening leans hard into immediacy: emotional intensity, narrative certainty, and a sense that the central connection is pre-decided rather than discovered. There’s a soulmate logic at work (anchored in a birthmark), and that alone told me we weren’t speaking the same romantic language.
I prefer relationships that emerge through friction, misreading, and choice. When affection feels encoded rather than negotiated, my interest drops fast. Austen’s great pleasure, for me, lies in delay and resistance; this moves in the opposite direction.
I stopped early—not because it’s “bad,” but because it’s clearly written for readers who enjoy inevitability where I need uncertainty.
This wasn’t for me, and I realised it very quickly.
The opening leans hard into immediacy: emotional intensity, narrative certainty, and a sense that the central connection is pre-decided rather than discovered. There’s a soulmate logic at work (anchored in a birthmark), and that alone told me we weren’t speaking the same romantic language.
I prefer relationships that emerge through friction, misreading, and choice. When affection feels encoded rather than negotiated, my interest drops fast. Austen’s great pleasure, for me, lies in delay and resistance; this moves in the opposite direction.
I stopped early—not because it’s “bad,” but because it’s clearly written for readers who enjoy inevitability where I need uncertainty.
June 6, 2022
In need of editing
There were so many grammatical errors I had a hard time following what was a decent P&P variation. This story would have been so much better if the author had taken the time to find a beta reader. At least we didn’t have to read about Mrs Bennet and Caroline Bingley.
There were so many grammatical errors I had a hard time following what was a decent P&P variation. This story would have been so much better if the author had taken the time to find a beta reader. At least we didn’t have to read about Mrs Bennet and Caroline Bingley.
January 22, 2023
Kinda cute
This story would have been better if it were longer. It was very rushed, even for a short story. Could have used a through edit. The phrase 'wrinkled her hands' was stated more than once. Other words were misused and words were missing.
I think that the story would have been better if it were fleshed out.
This one is a one time read for me.
This story would have been better if it were longer. It was very rushed, even for a short story. Could have used a through edit. The phrase 'wrinkled her hands' was stated more than once. Other words were misused and words were missing.
I think that the story would have been better if it were fleshed out.
This one is a one time read for me.
May 23, 2022
This author continues to be one of the most original story writers. This one is very original.
Still some minor issues with editing wrong words use but get past that and you are infor a good time.
Most enjoyable.
Still some minor issues with editing wrong words use but get past that and you are infor a good time.
Most enjoyable.
May 27, 2022
a fun short story
In the world of soul mate marks Darcy and Elizabeth have the same mark. Family expectations and fear have Darcy running away. The rest is a testament to their love.
I wish it would have been a bit longer
In the world of soul mate marks Darcy and Elizabeth have the same mark. Family expectations and fear have Darcy running away. The rest is a testament to their love.
I wish it would have been a bit longer
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