Longbourn: Dragon Entail (A Pride and Prejudice Variation)
Jane Austen's Dragons, Book 2
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Longbourn: Dragon Entail (A Pride and Prejudice Variation)
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Benjamin Fife
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Maria Grace
About this listen
Darcy thought his problems were over when Pemberley hatched and successfully imprinted on humans. But baby dragons prove far more difficult than any dragon lore prepared him for. Only Elizabeth Bennet's notes offer him any help. When his imperious Aunt Catherine takes matters into her own hands, things take a turn for the worse and Pemberley’s life hangs in the balance. He desperately needs more of Elizabeth’s help, but she ignores all of his requests.
Elizabeth, though, has problems of her own. After the Bennet family dragon sent Pemberley away, life at Longbourn was supposed to return to normal and Elizabeth get on with the all-important business of marrying the heir to her father’s estate. Except that he is the last man in the world whom she could ever be prevailed on to marry - a bumbling, addle-pated dragon-hater who demands she gives up the dragons she lives for.
Can she, with the help of her dragon friends, find her way back to Pemberley before they both suffer their fate from the Dragon Entail?
Jane Austen meets Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Riders of Pern. A must-listen for Pern fans.
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I have enjoyed listening to little Pemberley so much. She is so cute, granted I think she may have picked up a bit of Longbourn's petulence and entitled attitude while in his liar just after she hatched, but then again it could have been picked up from a variety of characters including Lady Cathrine and her daughter Ann.
At least she is not as prone to temper tantrums as either of the afore mentioned characters; and if she were, she is still just a baby.
I can wait to find out what happens in the next book with the Rogue dragon, and if Mr. Darcy and his cousin can find Lydia before something terrible happens.
Longbourn the dragon is such a grumpy old Dragon.
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The tension is higher in book two, but there were still parts that had me laughing and cheering the characters on. Overall, I really enjoyed book two. The next book I will be listening to is book three to find out what happens in the finale of this series.
More Mr Darcy and dragons
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This combines a Pride and Prejudice variation, with fantasy about dragons. It will appeal to both JAFF readers and fans of fantasy.
Set in a Regency England with a large population of dragons. This book continues directly on from Pemberley: Mr Darcy's Dragon. At the end of the first book, the stolen firedrake egg is recovered. The baby dragon, Pemberley has benefited from the care of both Elizabeth and Darcy. Elizabeth is devoted to Pemberley and is devastated when Mr Darcy takes her away to the care of an adult firedrake, at Lady Catherine De Bourgh estate, Rosings.
Her distress is made worse by the presence of Mr Collins, the heir to Longbourn. Not only is her mother pushing her to marry him, her father and the dragon Longbourn are also pressuring her. Collins is dragon deaf and cannot be left in charge of the estate, without a dragon hearing keeper as his wife. It is the law, that the estate dragon has the right to arrange the marriages of keepers. Elizabeth has heard that the law may soon be changed, which gives her hope. The local dragons hate Collins because although he cannot hear dragons, he seems to have a prejudice against them and is cruel to the animals they are pretending to be. Eventually it becomes too much for Elizabeth and she flees to her aunt in London.
Meanwhile, Darcy is at Rosings, trying to look after baby Pemberley and fend off Lady Catherine and her machinations. When Pemberley becomes unwell and the De Bourghs only make things worse, Darcy has letters sent to Elizabeth to ask for help. he receives no answer, unaware that she has left Longbourn.
The main characters are Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Pemberley the dragon. Elizabeth and Darcy come to a closer understanding. Mr Collins is even more unpleasant than usual. Mr Wickham is typically self-serving, seeking a way to obtain money and power from knowledge about dragons. Mr Bennet continues to be an exceedingly disappointing father and Longbourn the dragon is grumpy, selfish and devious.
This is an excellent story. Complex and involved plot, with a surprising conclusion. You will be keen to move on to book three. I would recommend it to all fans of JAFF and fantasy.
This whole series is narrated by Benjamin Fife. His narration is very good, his voice warm and pleasing to listen to. His female voices are convincing and his dragon voices are excellent.
I look forward to more stories by Maria Grace.
I received a free copy of this audiobook via StoryOrigin and am voluntarily leaving a review. All views expressed are my own.
A wonderful second instalment
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As with the first novel it is a written with style and a definite sense of respect for the original work, following the story without compromising on either the dragons or the interplay between Elizabeth, Darcy and Wickham. The introduction of Pemberley was a key aspect in bringing Elizabeth and Darcy together for long enough to allow their characters the opportunity to bite and snap at each other as they do in the original novel, but also to add a twist in the tale.
I do not want to give anything away about the plots of either this story or its predecessor as I believe a reader/listener should be able to make an informed decision on their own without thinking when is that going to happen.
All I can say is the narration is once again a lovely thing, the dragon voices are so distinctive that I know who is talking as soon as I hear the voice he uses. It is not easy to provide different voices for so many characters and it is not always done perfectly, but it is close to that for me.
I am looking forward to listening to the third book in the series, which I have sitting in my library. I hope it is as good as the previous two.
Fantastic Second Installment
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Like in the first book Benjamin Fife's narration is great and I expecially love the dragons' voices.
More dragony Austen
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