When the irritating Mr. Collins proposes marriage, Elizabeth Bennet is prepared to refuse him, but then she learns that her father is ill. If Mr. Bennet dies, Collins will inherit Longbourn and her family will have nowhere to go. Elizabeth accepts the proposal, telling herself she can be content as long as her family is secure. If only she weren’t dreading the approaching wedding day… day…
Ever since leaving Hertfordshire, Mr. Darcy has been trying to forget his inconvenient attraction to Elizabeth. News of her betrothal forces him to realize how devastating it would be to lose her. He arrives at Longbourn intending to prevent the marriage, but discovers Elizabeth’s real opinion about his character. Then Darcy recognizes his true dilemma…
How can he rescue her when she doesn’t want him to?
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“Mine!” by Fitzwilliam Darcy [4.5-stars]
MINE!!! How many time have we heard children yell that when another child tries to play with their favorite toy. That is sort of the concept we are dealing with here. Elizabeth Bennet is the toy and Darcy and Collins are fighting over possession of her. I wanted to say they were fighting ‘over who would play with… you know…’ but decided it was a bit crude here in this review. I think you will agree. **snicker**
Those who know P&P, know that after the Netherfield Ball, Darcy and Bingley left for London, on business. Bingley’s sisters immediately closed up the Netherfield house and joined him in London with the excuse they wanted to celebrate the Festive Season in town. It was their intention to keep their brother busy so he wouldn’t return to Hertfordshire and make an offer for Jane Bennet.
Meanwhile, at Longbourn, breakfast was interrupted with Mr. Collins requesting a private audience with Miss Elizabeth. We all know where this was going. He made an abysmal proposal and she promptly refused him. Collins sent her to her father and her father told her a secret that she was to keep from the family. He then suggested she accept Collins for the sake of her family… the future of her mother and her sisters. OMG!! She was afraid that if she didn’t accept Collins, with Bingley gone and unsure if he would return, that Jane would to secure the family.
Sometime later, in London, Caroline received a letter from Jane and read it to the table at large. Darcy, of course, was present when she gleefully announced an engagement at Longbourn between that buffoon Mr. Collins and one of his Bennet cousins. Both Bingley and Darcy froze until Caroline said Miss Eliza Bennet.
Like my first analogy regarding the children, it was one thing for Darcy to walk away from Elizabeth on his terms. However, when another man was now picking up his toy… suddenly, Darcy wanted it back. Oh, Lord.
The rest of the book was Darcy trying desperately to mend his bad reputation in Meryton, first with Elizabeth, then her father, the rest of her family and still keep Mr. Collins at bay. His strategy soon involved Lady Catherine… she always liked being useful. Jane and Elizabeth were sent to Kent in order to meet Lacy C. When things went terribly wrong, Darcy whisked Elizabeth and Jane off to Pemberley, where Bingley was waiting. Patch up one problem and tackle the rest one at a time. A man can only do so much.
This was so cute, clean and adorable. It moved rather quickly and some things were just too much even for our favorite couple. However, I loved the page-time with ODC [our dear couple] and enjoyed Darcy trying desperately to find his voice so he could talk to Elizabeth. I loved being in their heads and hearing their thoughts as they worked their way through their emotions and feelings. Yeah, it was cute.
This was a free offer through Amazon. I was so happy to get it.
Loved it!
Predictable.
Great version of Jane Austin without the (hard to read) old English language
As a die hard Austen fan who hates most of the continuation stories of P&P, I found this story entertaining.
I was surprised when I read that this “sequel” was written by a professional writer. You’d never know it. In many instances, she used/or made reference to the storyline in the movie starring Kiera Knightly. Then she changed the outcomes in several of those instances. How many times can the story be changed? To be a true sequel, the book would have added on to the tale based on what has already occurred, but instead the author chose to rewrite these endings. It was the poorest advertised “Pride and Prejudice” sequel that I ever read.
Good read for one who loves all things Austen.
Entertaining viewpoint from a different perspective than Pride and Prejudice.
Very entertaining take on the original. Loved the different perspective!
If you’re a pride and prejudice fan you will enjoy
Pleasant and quick read but lots of gaps between conflict and happily ever after.
Good clean read.
Mr. Darcy, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Darcy, why do all women want you so? I just do not understand it.
If you enjoy remakes of the great and wonderful Jane Austen, then you will most definitely enjoy this story with a bit of a twist. However, the main disappointment for me has always been and will always be the fact that Mr. Darcy always lets me down.
I cannot fathom what makes this man so worthy in the eyes of many, he lets social situations dictate who he loves and doesn’t care how it affects the other person! To me, he has been and always will be, selfish. He doesn’t want Elizabeth until she has been forcefully driven into the arms of another man. This makes him a coward in my opinion.
Harsh, yes? But so very true.
I thought this would be Pride and Prejudice from Mr. Darcy’s viewpoint but that was only partially true. The viewpoint switched back and forth between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. The original story in so well told that it would be difficult for any author to measure up. There were a number of changes in the basics of the story-line that I did not care for. I would have liked it better if the story line was accurate to the original and that we saw and understood Darcy’s perspective.
I did not appreciate that the author felt it necessary to add details of the kissing that were aimed at titillating rather than demonstrating controlled passion.
If Mr. Darcy was around in the present, he would have made People’s Magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Year! Good story!!!
I love this book. It’s a interesting twist to a much beloved classic book. Thanks!
If you are a Pride and Prejudice fan you will enjoy this different twist to the original story.
Liked the re imagining of Jane Austen’s world without getting too off track as in some I have read.
I love Pride and Prejudice and have read other books with the same focus but this one was disappoinoting.
Always a fan of the genre, this was just a fun vacation book.