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Responsibility and Resentment

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

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A conversation that changes everything...

What if Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy spoke honestly to each other in Kent and clarified any misconceptions prior to his making his proposal? What would happen if Mr. Bennet made an ill-fated attempt to resolve the issue of the entail only to create a much bigger problem for his family and Mrs. Bennet were even more of a shrew than in canon? What if Mr. Bennet had a secret reason to encourage the couple to marry quickly and before returning home? Will they ever be able to overcome the resentment that results from Mr. Bennet's manipulations or from Mrs. Bennet's subsequent behaviors?

Join our dear couple as they find happiness together sooner than in canon but still have to fight against outside influences that seek to destroy it before and after their wedding. A story where responsibility is accepted by some and shirked by others, leading to resentment that requires effort to overcome. Will it be enough?

©2023 Melissa Anne (P)2023 Melissa Anne Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance
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one if the very best P&P sequals I have listened to. Enthralling fro start to finish, loved every second. Brilliant narration & writing, would thoroughly recommend.

please can we have more from this author

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An easy to listen to story, with lovely narration, a lively plot and a lot happening, but at a good pace.

A interesting plot

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I enjoyed the beginning of this story, interesting premise. However later it began to drag and I really struggled to finish it. I have enjoyed other books by this author and Stevie Z's narration is always good. I just found that it was quite repetitive (needed editing), Darcy and Elizabeth get together early and there are endless repetitions of them declaring their love and about every chapter we are told yet again they are "resting" in the afternoon because they can't keep their hands off each other. Elizabeth is too perfect, but also every time she disagrees with Darcy after marriage she ends up giving in to him because he's always right. The Bennet parents are the baddies. Not much exciting happens in the second half of the book, just loads of agonising over E's relationship with her mother. I would have loved a Wickham or a Caroline Bingley to turn up to make it more exciting with some peril. The other annoying thing was the high count of Americanisms which always jolts me in a book set in Regency England. British people do not "fix a plate" (unless it's broken!), "write their mother", etc. "Darcy washed up after going riding" sounds like he's doing the dishes to a British person! Overall, not the best of this author's work, sorry.

Good narration, rather dull as JAFF stories go

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I have been stewing over this book for a couple of days after finishing it and trying to put my finger on why exactly this book fell flat for me. This review will contain spoilers.

I really liked the book up until Elizabeth and Darcy got married. It felt like the Elizabeth and Darcy we all know and love, and the storyline seemed like a realistic divergence from P&P. My one point of contention was how the Bingleys turned into cartoon villains, but that was the only thing.

However, after their marriage, several passages felt like it was simply a retelling of events instead of a telling of events. It was "and then this sister got married to this dude" in a way that felt like a random by-comment that didn't really do anything for the story.

Another thing I had a hard time digesting was Elizabeth's determination to be the victim in relation to her parents. She definitely had reason to feel the way she did, and the storyline would not have been out of place today, but it just felt extremely jarring and odd to read in a P&P variation. At least I found it so, though I imagine it would be a nice facet of the story to other readers.

All in all, I was left feeling unfulfilled by something I initially really liked, which is a shame. I do think that is a me-problem though, and not necessarily a book-problem, as the book was well-written and mostly coherent - just with themes that felt off to me.

I wanted to like this...

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Stevie Zimmerman's narration is excellent as usual but it cannot hide the deep flaws in the writing. This is very dull and repetitive and is at least 3 hours too long.

An excellent narration of a rather poor book

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