Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy, The Last Man In The World by Abigail Reynolds

Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy, The Last Man In The World 

by Abigail Reynolds

This is the what if? Pride and Prejudice

What if Elizabeth said yes the first time Darcy proposed to her at the vicarage in Kent.

That’s the premise, it follows Elizabeth and Darcy from that point onwards in a merry dance of misery and misunderstanding to the point where I could have slapped someone and it would not really have mattered who.

Both the main characters were totally annoying and Georgina was not very likable at all. I am sure Elizabeth Bennet could not have spent so long being biddable and suffering in silence.

Having said that it was still entertaining and I did need to keep turning those pages to see just how far the misunderstandings could go and to keep an audience gripped when basically you are retelling such a famous story is a feat.

At least it is not totally surprising that both the lead characters admit to contemplating suicide. If I may say so quite understandable.

Abigail Reynolds has written quite a few of these what if tales, I shall be very interested to see how the others pan out.

Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter

Me and Mr Darcy by Alexandra Potter

Me and Mr Darcy

Emily Allbright is 29, she manages a book shop. Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy is her ideal man and she is finding it impossible to find anyone even remotely fitting the bill.

Her friends wanting to enliven her social life invite her to spend Christmas in a boozed up haze in Mexico.

To avoid this she immediately signs up for a coach tour of England for Jane Austen lovers. A bus full of mature ladies with lots of characters and all loving Mr Darcy and also one journalist Spike Hargraves on board to find out what it is about Darcy that is so admired, Spike is scruffy and far from Mr Darcy.

Now we have a time travel bit kick in and our heroine gets to meet the real Mr Darcy.

I shan’t spoil the story for you by saying what happens next, I would not put this book at the top of my list of Jane Austen spin offs but it’s certainly not at the bottom either.

True Jane-ittes don’t bother with this, but if you can’t help yourself and have to read anything with Darcy in the title don’t be too disappointed.