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Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star

by Heather Lynn Rigaud (Goodreads Author)

3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 · rating details · 1,268 ratings · 207 reviews

"Darcy's as hot as he is talented..."

Fast music, powerful beats, and wild reputations-on and off stage-have made virtuoso guitarist Fitzwilliam Darcy's band into rock's newest bad boys. But they've lost their latest opening act, and their red-hot summer tour is on the fast track to disaster. Now Darcy and bandmates Charles Bingley and Richard Fitzwilliam are about to meet...more

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Published September 1st 2011 by Sourcebooks Landmark (first published August 31st 2011)

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Jun 21, 2012 Lindsay rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: bad-boy-heroes, musicians-rock-star, favorites, reviews, on-blog

Confession time…I’ve never actually finished Pride and Prejudice. *Hanging head in shame*. I didn’t have to read it in school, and I put off reading it because it felt like a school book. I didn’t want the blah school books to rub off on it. So I waited. I’ve attempted to read it but, alas, a new semester started and the book didn’t get finished.

However, I’ve seen multiple versions of the movie and have loved (most of) them. My favorite being the 2005 version starring Keira Knightly and Matthew...more Confession time…I’ve never actually finished Pride and Prejudice. *Hanging head in shame*. I didn’t have to read it in school, and I put off reading it because it felt like a school book. I didn’t want the blah school books to rub off on it. So I waited. I’ve attempted to read it but, alas, a new semester started and the book didn’t get finished.

However, I’ve seen multiple versions of the movie and have loved (most of) them. My favorite being the 2005 version starring Keira Knightly and Matthew Macfadyen.

Those confessions bring me to this book…I don’t mind reading updated versions of classics. It’s always interesting to see a new take on an old story. As I was browsing Amazon one day, I came across this book. The title grabbed my attention: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star. Well, color me intrigued. From the title alone, it seemed to combine two things I enjoy…a new version of Pride & Prejudice and rock stars. I simply had to click on the book. Intrigue turned to curiosity after reading the description. I shared my find with a couple of friends and after receiving mixed reactions to it, I went about my business reading other books. But this book would not leave my mind. It kept sitting there telling me to go back and buy it…so I did. AND I WASN’T THE LEAST BIT DISAPPOINTED!

The main characters were easily recognizable and the musical/rock star aspect was a fun addition to the story. Since I do know the story, I kept wondering how the author was going to make everything work and she kept me guessing until the end. I loved the twists and turns that the book had and how, while familiar, some characters had enough of a change to surprise you.

Darcy has always been a great character, part aloof jerk and part romantic gentleman. And this book was no exception. But add in rock star and it was amazingly hot!

I love rock stars. I have since I was five and fell in love with Donnie Wahlberg (view spoiler). I loved the musical aspect of the book. I could almost hear the music in my head, and I would have loved to hear the actual songs Slurry and Long Borne Suffering performed.

This book has become an instant favorite and it’s definitely on my list of books to buy in paperback.

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Mar 29, 2013 Linda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: challenge, challenge-2013, kindle-books

If you enjoyed Jane Austin's pride and Predjudice , you will like this. Modern day version. Fitzeilliam Darcy is the lead guitarist and creator of the band Slurry. Darcy is very controlling and uptite. The other members of the band are his cousin the drummer Richard Fitzwilliam and the base player Charles Bingley. Charles replaced Darcy'sformer freind George Wickham. Slurry has not had the best of luck with touring thy keep having to end their tours early due to illness and loss on warm up bands...more

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Jul 18, 2012 Zeeba rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit, retelling

Pride and Prejudice with Darcy as a rock star, sounds like fun, right? Wrong.

Let me say I grew up in the era of fanfiction, and this reads very much like one, it probably was before it was published given the author takes the time to note who the characers are compared to their celebrity equivalents beforehand.

It was pretty much reading a bad fanfiction (my band of choice was Hanson back in the day and with the three guys and a female love interest for each it was very familiar) and the characte...more

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Dec 31, 2012 April rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book felt like it took forever to finish! However, I enjoined the book. There are many reasons I gave the book a 3/3.5 instead of a full on 4. At times it was a bit over extended and I admit to skimming a bit. The book was undeniably sexy, but there were a lot of sex scenes, and I'm not saying that's a bad thing but it got slightly redundant. I loved the characters, especially Will and Richard because they are so honest, but the dialog was sometimes unrealistic.Plain and simple, people that...more

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Feb 11, 2012 Anna rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, contemporary, read-2011, romance, shouldn-t-have-bothered

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As soon I started reading Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star I truly believed that I had in my hands the best fan fiction I have ever read and a really good contemporary romance title. I'm sad to say that by the time I had read the first 1/3 of the book, my opinion started to change rapidly, only to leave me by the end exhausted and feeling that I have read one of the worst contemporary titles ever. I mean this book literally sucked the life force out of me...

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As soon I started reading Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star I truly believed that I had in my hands the best fan fiction I have ever read and a really good contemporary romance title. I'm sad to say that by the time I had read the first 1/3 of the book, my opinion started to change rapidly, only to leave me by the end exhausted and feeling that I have read one of the worst contemporary titles ever. I mean this book literally sucked the life force out of me...

I'll start by telling what I liked in this book and why I forced myself to finish it and what made me have such a good impression of it at first. Rigaud, does an amazing job at presenting and "modernising" characters that we all know since our childhood. She took Austen's characters and really made them look like people who live in modern times. In most fan fiction titles I have read, authors fail miserably in that department, but Rigaud truly gave to her characters a modern voice that were in essence the same characters we all know, but could as well be characters we first met in her novel. Don't know if I'm making much sense, but bottom line, the character building and the story building came off as something really fresh.

And those sadly, are the only good characteristics of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star.
This book in unnecessarily too long, with details that if omitted, I would now be talking about one of the best books I have ever read. I mean, when I read the first sex scene between Charlotte and Richard (yeah that Charlotte and Richard Fitwilliam, Darcy's cousin who have a rather extended role in this novel), I said ok, that's a nice way to twist the plot a little. When I read the next sex scene between Charles and Jane, I said again,ok, they were one of the main couples in the original book as well... But soon after, this book was just an endless purple prose with constant sex scenes between pretty much everyone. And we're talking about really long sex scenes, the kind that the couple ends the first intercourse and then proceeds immediately to the second...
You know me, I don't mind sex scenes in my books, but there's a limit to everything. There's that line that should a writer cross it, the result isn't a sexy book but something else entirely.

As I said, this book is way tooooooo long... And I can't stress this strong enough. Most of my problems begin from this fact. There were so many details, so many times the POV changed that should I haven't read Pride and Prejudice previously I would be completely at a loss. The book is being narrated from almost everyone's POV. And we are talking about at least 7 characters here. Before soon I had a bit of a headache, even if I was already acquainted with all those characters.
So, despite all the good attributes and twists to the story Rigaud added, the result was a tiring book, that lacked in the editing department and that is completely a shame, cause the author tried. Rigaud really tried to deliver a unique story and she could have done it if someone left out about 150 pages...
Add to that the completely unbelievable ending ( I mean how possible is it really that a 3 member male band and a 3 member girl group ends up matched and married???) and you can imagine my feelings exactly.

So, no matter how much I wanted to like Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star, and even if there were some things I really liked and appreciated in Rigaud's effort, the result was a book I couldn't wait to finish and proceed to something else, forgetting that I have ever read it. And that really saddens me, cause it had all the potential to be a great book.(less)

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Jan 23, 2013 Brandee Price rated it 4 of 5 stars

A fact about me...Jane Austen is one of my VERY favorite authors of all time. Since she only wrote 6 novels, I've read and re-read them all many times. So when I discovered modern authors writing continuations of those novels, twists on those novels, etc., I had to check them out. I've enjoyed many of those, found some mildly entertaining...but one of the things most important to me in a book like that is that the author keep the characters, well in character. For instance, when I read Pride, Pr...more A fact about me...Jane Austen is one of my VERY favorite authors of all time. Since she only wrote 6 novels, I've read and re-read them all many times. So when I discovered modern authors writing continuations of those novels, twists on those novels, etc., I had to check them out. I've enjoyed many of those, found some mildly entertaining...but one of the things most important to me in a book like that is that the author keep the characters, well in character. For instance, when I read Pride, Prejudice and Zombies, I thought it was a really creative take on the story. And I enjoyed that Seth Grahame-Smith put a modern cultural element (zombies) into the classic...and I liked that fact that, for the most part, I could actually see Elizabeth or Mr. Darcy acting in that fashion. But I found it extremely disturbing when I felt the action was out of character...when I thought to myself, "Elizabeth would never do that!"

Seeing as I'm such a fan of characters staying in character, I was enormously pleased with Heather Rigaud's novel, Fitzwilliam Darcy: Rock Star. This novel, set in modern day, has Elizabeth and Darcy taking on one another as members of rock bands touring together. Elizabeth, her sister Jane, and friend Charlotte combine to create the girl band Long Borne Suffering. Darcy, Bingley, and Darcy's cousin Richard Fitzwilliam, are the stars of the successful and wildly popular rock band, Slurry. I absolutely loved the idea that these characters would meet while touring the U.S. And it was brilliant to use MTV as a conduit for information regarding the band members.

There are elements from the classic, such as certain lines and Ms. Rigaud included the sparring between Elizabeth and Darcy that I found so entertaining in Austen's version. There are newer elements for making this modern...Elizabeth and Darcy have *gasp* sex...there is drug/alcohol addiction, a pedophile...well, this is rock and roll! But what I most enjoyed about the novel is that for the most part, the personality of the original characters is maintained. And Ms. Rigaud does a splendid job of explaining the psychology behind why the characters have those personalities. And that made the book something that I still can't stop thinking about.

In the original, we know that Elizabeth is seen as the smart or witty daughter as compared to her beautiful sister, Jane. But Ms. Rigaud goes further by showing us the effects of these comparisons on Elizabeth's psyche. And in the original, we know that Darcy's parents died young. In this version, we see how they died and how these deaths would effect his ability to have relationships...and how this would manifest itself outwardly and make him appear "proud". The characters of Jane and Bingley are just as amiable in this version as the original. However, we get to delve further into the characters of Charlotte and Richard Fitzwilliam...and while their characters stray furthest away from their original counterparts, they add much flavor to the tale. Ms. Rigaud's incorporation of Caroline, Lady Catherine, Mr. Collins and other characters is also quite creative. I even enjoyed what she did with Wickham's character to make him the evil cad.

All in all, I'd highly recommend this novel whether you've read the original or not. It doesn't lose anything if you haven't read Austen's version. You'll still find it enjoyable.(less)

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Nov 02, 2012 Anna rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: to-lend

So, I was engrossed in this book one minute and then found myself doing the eye rol because it was a bit too "neat and tidy" at the end...but then I get to this quote on the second to the last page of the book:

"It IS like a fairy tale. I read the news reports and even I can't believe it. ...(removed for spoiler reasons)... That just sounds so hokey. If you tried to sell our story to a movie studio, they would just laugh."

Yes. That's right. But, you don't really feel much of the hokey because of...more

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May 29, 2012 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars

There is something so satisfying about a guity-pleasure read that makes them delightfully enjoyable. And this book, if nothing else, is a great guilty-pleasure read. Hot men, smart women, rock and roll - and of course, Happily Ever After.

So of course, we're not talking about high literature or sweeping drama. This is a modern Pride and Prejudice with rock stars. Only, the rock stars and their "legendary" hijinks are pretty much nowhere to be found. The cover says "Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll" bu...more There is something so satisfying about a guity-pleasure read that makes them delightfully enjoyable. And this book, if nothing else, is a great guilty-pleasure read. Hot men, smart women, rock and roll - and of course, Happily Ever After.

So of course, we're not talking about high literature or sweeping drama. This is a modern Pride and Prejudice with rock stars. Only, the rock stars and their "legendary" hijinks are pretty much nowhere to be found. The cover says "Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll" but it should really say "Sex, More Sex, Allusions to Rock 'n Roll and then more Sex." It would be more honest, and probably wouldn't lose any of its audience.

The thing that makes this book so darn good is that it's just so much FUN. The author has such an enthusiastic writing style and you're 100 pages into the book before you realize it. Are the sentences elegant and beautiful? No, not really. Are the characters multi-faceted and complex? Erm, no.

And while the author certainly doesn't have the tin ear for dialogue that others struggle with, if you really stop to READ the dialogue - especially once the "romance" starts - you'll notice a particular "fromage" appearing in your pages. However, I will freely admit that I was about 30 pages from the end of the book before I had to stop and ask myself, "Man, this dialogue is cheesy. Has is ALWAYS been like that?" And then I had to go back to previous chapters, whereupon I realized: "Yes, it has always been cheesy."
And you know what?
I just didn't care. I immediately dove back into the finale and sighed when it was over.

Rigaud does a good job of pulling in characters from the original, without standing rigidly by the original plot. Some characters get exactly what you know they would, some get their comeuppance and others make out much better than they did in the original - thank you, modern sensibilities!

If you like Austen sequel or reimaginings or modern reinventions, you'll probably like this.
Keep in mind, though, that my current five-star rating is a comparison of this Austen "sequel" to other Austen sequels, and should be taken with a rather sizeable grain of salt. I would never want to draw direct comparison between this and the original author's actual canon.(less)

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Dec 25, 2011 drey rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads, romance-contemporary

drey’s thoughts:
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite classics, and I jumped at the chance to read a re-imagining of it that doesn’t have zombies, vampires, or other other-worldly creatures.

Anyway. Darcy as a rock star. Yum. (Yes, even if I can’t really imagine Colin Firth as a rock star… Can you?) He’s still arrogant and aloof. He still doesn’t know how to talk to Elizabeth without pushing all the wrong buttons. Some things shouldn’t ever change…

I enjoyed Fitzwilliam Darcy, R...more

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Nov 22, 2011 Jenn rated it 1 of 5 stars

This book was 420 pages too long and since it's 424 pages...that's saying quite a bit.

Between the poor editing, the constant character point of view head hopping and the purple prose, I seriously wanted to stick a drumstick in my eye. I'm not a fan of fanfiction, nor authors riding the coattails of the classics but I liked the cover on this (yeah...I'm that superficial) and it was a little intriguing: Darcy as a rock star? Leather pants? Okay. Sign me up.

I felt like the personality characteristi...more

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Nov 11, 2011 Judith rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: beachreading, chicklit, women, jane-austen-homage, modern

There's so much to like about FDRS! It's a truly innovative premise for a Pride & Prejudice variation, in a subgenre aching for creativity. The thought of Austen's stiff, proper Darcy masquerading as a dark-haired, shirtless Robert Plant type takes some getting used to, but I joyfully suspended my disbelief and joined the groupie brigade. Although I guess Charles Bingley as front man/singer would be Robert Plant in my metaphorical take on Led Zeppelin!

Anyway, I found much of Ms. Rigaud's plo...more

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Nov 08, 2011 Chucha rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: star-struck

After a lot of first- person, I'm reading a third-person novel and it took me a chapter or two to get used to it.

Three love stories in one book...The plot is nice, there are a lot of sexy scenes ranging from mild to porn-like. I can't make up my mind about the characters, each of them are different in their own way and have their issues to deal with.

1. Jane - the drama queen, sweet, conceited
2. Elizabeth - the artist, pragmatic, witty
3. Charlotte - tough on the outside and soft on the inside

4....more

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Sep 21, 2011 SOS Aloha rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was a fan of 80s rock bands long before I read Jane Austen as an adult. Naturally the title of this debut book called to me like Steven Tyler straddling a mike stand. Sadly, I don’t have Diane Warren’s talent for lyrical prose to adequately describe this book. It is not quite a modern version of Pride and Prejudice. Instead, it is Austen’s characters cast in modern tale of the music world. It makes me think of Bill and Ted preparing for a college English exam. They travel back in time to meet...more

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Sep 08, 2011 Marlene rated it 4 of 5 stars

Actually 3.5

Fitzwilliam Darcy, famous rock guitarist of the band Slurry, has a dilemma. It seems Slurry has a bad reputation, and no top level opening act will work with them. Darcy decides to hire an up-and-coming all female band, called Long Bourne Suffering, but gets off on the wrong foot with Elizabeth Bennett, a member of Long Bourne Suffering, when she overhears him make some disparaging remarks about her band members and herself. Thus, starts a tempestuous relationship between these two.

F...more

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Oct 18, 2012 Amelia (smellyia) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fanfiction

So I'm going to go out on a limb here and be a little bit silly on this book. I first saw it on someone's Pride and Prejudice Modern Fanfic Rec List and thought now that's just pushing it. I moved on to other fics (free ones) and fell in love with modern adaptations in addition to Regency AUs.. However, I kept going back to this one little post about this story and not finding anything that screamed at me the other day, I said screw it. Darcy Rock Star here I come. I completely expected to hate...more So I'm going to go out on a limb here and be a little bit silly on this book. I first saw it on someone's Pride and Prejudice Modern Fanfic Rec List and thought now that's just pushing it. I moved on to other fics (free ones) and fell in love with modern adaptations in addition to Regency AUs.. However, I kept going back to this one little post about this story and not finding anything that screamed at me the other day, I said screw it. Darcy Rock Star here I come. I completely expected to hate it, but I didn't. I wanted to cringe from the cliche's every chapter, but I didn't. I thought my eyes would've fallen out of my head for all the rolling, I assure you they are well situated in their sockets.

The good: Darcy is hot. Nice twists and turns. Music aspect isn't AS cheesy as it sounds. Loved Charlotte and Alex Lucas. Caroline Bingley in a fairly OOC, but absolutely refreshing take in this genre. Richard Fitzwilliam....the best cliche of all. Oh and DARCY'S HOT.

The eh: Jane and Charles' "disagreement" - I found Jane's reaction to some misunderstandings with Charles quite immature and not at all how the character would respond given the build up. Also, it was quite OOC for some of Jane's basic character traits. Yes, there were still some definitive cheesy moments - like most of Jane and Charles' scenes. The title is terrible - would've much preferred the original "Slurry" because I found the story behind that unique and lovely.

Here's the deal. This wasn't bad. Hell, for a romance, it was pretty darn good. If it wasn't self admittedly P&P fanfic then I'd have to raise an eyebrow at the parallels, but because it is, I can more thoroughly appreciate the author's ability reshape an established story into something unique and fun. I think I might even read it again just because Darcy's hot in leathers. I think the key to remember with this is to not expect much (and for you lit virtuosos forget worrying about POVs and grammar bc it will make you crazy in this) and read for a fun story with a very HOT Darcy. Do I need to explain about Darcy any further?(less)

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Oct 24, 2011 Christi Snow rated it 5 of 5 stars

My Review:
Okay, I probably should preface this review by saying that I am not a HUGE P&P fan. I like the story okay, have read the book a couple of times, own a couple of movies, but never really understood the horribly stand-offish attitude of Darcy. This book was a really, really good twist on the story though. And amazingly, it managed to tell a really fascinating story while staying VERY TRUE to the original. I am really impressed.

Like the original book, it takes a while for the characte...more My Review:
Okay, I probably should preface this review by saying that I am not a HUGE P&P fan. I like the story okay, have read the book a couple of times, own a couple of movies, but never really understood the horribly stand-offish attitude of Darcy. This book was a really, really good twist on the story though. And amazingly, it managed to tell a really fascinating story while staying VERY TRUE to the original. I am really impressed.

Like the original book, it takes a while for the characters and story lines to get established, before you get caught up in the story. I would guess that I was about 25% into the story when this happened for me.

In this version of the story, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Charles Bingley, and Richard Fitzwiliam make up the mega star rock-band, Slurry. They are two weeks away from heading out on a 7-month tour and have lost their third opening band (there are rumors that they are impossible to work with and that's why no one stays.) They are trying out a new girl band, Long Borne Suffering, which is made up of Elizabeth & Jane Bennet, and Charlotte Lucas. The girls are thrilled to join the tour, but before they even begin, Elizabeth overhears Darcy warning the guys not to sleep with any of them, because the girls will just use them as a step on their way to fame...and the normal P&P story continues from there.

I really, really enjoyed the way that the story has been re-interpretted into the modern rock world. So creative!! The characters are the same. The overall set-up is the same. It has just been re-invented into the modern rock world. I don't know how Heather Lynn Rigaud did it so seamlessly!

*Lady Catherine de Bourgh is the record label exec in charge of the backing for both bands.
*George Wickham is a former bandmate of Slurry who was kicked out of the band and now makes music videos.
*Mr. Collins is the lackey from the label whose come to oversee things with the bands so that they don't screw up.
*Both Lizzy & Will are swimmers and often unwind after concerts by swimming in the hotel pools. A wet Darcy...yes, he's wet a LOT in this book.

The best thing is that this is Pride & Prejudice with HOT SEX!! OMG, they are rockers and they don't hold anything back. It's really fun to see them going at it!

Overall, I really enjoyed this one! Like I said, I am not a huge P&P fan, but it kept my attention and was definitely entertaining!!

A tattoo'ed Fitzwilliam Darcy who's 6'5"....that's an idea that I can get behind.
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May 11, 2013 Emily Ever rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: didn-t-like-it, new-adult, obnoxious-heroines, poorly-written, total-crap

Meh.

I really liked the premise of this book, but I feel the same about this book as I do about most fanfiction - why not change the names and make it into an entirely different story? It worked for E.L. James. I mean, Rigaud changed the story already, why does it have to be about these same characters?

This read like really bad fan fiction. There was an obnoxious amount of telling and not a lot of telling. Some of the explanations went on and on and were super repetitive.

The interactions between...more

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Nov 16, 2012 Katherine rated it 2 of 5 stars

I liked the premise of the book - imagine the characters of P&P all being rock musicians - sounds odd but the author made it work. Darcy was still reserved, prideful, controlling. Liz was still obstinate, determined, and spoke her mind. Bingley and Jane were still sweet and obviously in love. Richard was still the tough guy (though his addictions surprised me). I liked the new twist on Charlotte being given a chance at better happiness than just Collins! Yes Collins, Lady Catherine, Wickham...more

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Oct 12, 2012 Mandy Rizzo rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

Alvin and the Chipmunks???

"three members of a girl group [with] three members of a rock band. That just sounds so hokey. If you tried to sell our story to a movie studio, they'd just laugh..."

News flash, they did sell the story and made the movie. It was was Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel. Unfortunately "Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star" as a book is just as unbelievable as singing chipmunks.

While "Rock Star Romance" is one of my favorite sub-genres I just couldn't get into this one, every...more

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Mar 18, 2012 Maria Fernanda Gonzalez rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebooks

I wans't really sure about this book when I first saw it. I mean, a re-tale of Pride and Prejudice where Darcy is a rockstar? With this cover? I was immediatelly "Hmm... I don't know". But because my friends recommended it, I decided to give it a go. And it starts out very nicely. The band thing is cool, and the characters seemed to behave in acordance with the Austen's original novel. By the middle of the book, thought, it was getting ridiculous. The original Pride and Prejudice was forgotten a...more

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Nov 14, 2011 Susan rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

I somewhat shamefacedly admit to liking a lot of the P&P sequels, variations, etc. but this was a wall-banger from the get-go. While the idea of Darcy as a rock god, and Elizabeth Bennett as an aspiring rock guitarist, has potential, the execution was amateurish and painful to read. And the sex scenes - oh my god, shoot me now! Even if I did want to read about modern day Elizabeth and Darcy doing it like rabbits (which I don't), I definitely would not want to subject myself to this type of l...more

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Sep 10, 2011 Mary (BookHounds) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, from-publisher-author

Fitzwilliam Darcy and the rest of the cast from Pride and Prejudice are reimaged as rock stars in the perfectly told tale of love, betrayal, music and just the right amount of lust. One one side you have the guys from Slurry, a dark, heavy rock band based on Puddle of Mud which is headed up by Darcy with a bad boy reputation. And the girls, the Bennett sisters which have their own sound like Cheryl Crow and Michelle Branch through a band named Long Bourne Suffering. When the two bands are thrown...more

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Jul 30, 2012 nurmawati djuhawan is currently reading it

Shelves: romance

ini salah satu fanfic dari pride & prejudice nya jane austen...tentunya di modifikasi sedemikian rupa...
mr. darcy nya jadi co usia 20 tahuan...kaya raya, ngetop sebagai pemimpin band yang namanya SLURRY (kenapa bukan SLURPEE sekalian ;p), keren. sexy, cuek, dingin akibat kematian tragis ortu nya dan meninggalkan dia yg mesti mengasuh adiknya satu2 nya...georgina..
kenapa darcy main musik ? soalnya mami nya dulu pemusik sukses...bokapnya pengusaha kaya...so jadilah darcy seperti sekarang ini.....more

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Jan 26, 2012 Mely rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook, romance, 2012-read

I strongly suspect this will be terrible, but I really really wanna read it anyway. And it came down to $1.99.

It is so sad that I broke my "no new ebooks until I've finished the ones I've already paid for" rule for this and not any of the books on my wishlist that will not embarrass me.

I guess either you will understand the irrestible attraction of a Pride & Prejudice rock star AU or you won't.

Thank god at last I am free of this atrocity.

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Jan 24, 2012 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Well, I picked the book up because I was intrigued by the idea of putting Pride and Prejudice in a modern setting. There were some success and some misses here. The author used most of the same main characters, but some of them were given new roles, some were made more prominent, and some just didn't seem to factor as much as in the original. That is to be expected to some extent, otherwise it is just copying what was already so masterfully done by Jane Austen. My biggest issue comes with the in...more

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Aug 31, 2011 Maria Grazia rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: austen-inspired, read-in-2011

Straight to the point. This is not Austen. Forget her and only after that you can enjoy yourself.
What I appreciate is that this book is totally honest, starting from its cool cover. Just look at it ! You can’t expect a Regency Ball, nor characters dancing to the rhythm of stiff conventions or stuck to propriety and good manners. Look at that mini-skirt, those close bodies and their sexy looks. Do they remind you of anything Austen-like?
OK. Once we’ve cleared that up, we can start focusing on th...more Straight to the point. This is not Austen. Forget her and only after that you can enjoy yourself.
What I appreciate is that this book is totally honest, starting from its cool cover. Just look at it ! You can’t expect a Regency Ball, nor characters dancing to the rhythm of stiff conventions or stuck to propriety and good manners. Look at that mini-skirt, those close bodies and their sexy looks. Do they remind you of anything Austen-like?
OK. Once we’ve cleared that up, we can start focusing on this fast paced, sexy, contemporary romance set in the transgressive world of … Sex, Drugs, Rock’n’Roll!
Darcy is as hot as he is talented. Fast music, powerful beats and wild reputation have made him, a virtuoso guitarist, and his band, Slurry, into rock’s newest bad boys. They have just been through a dark, complicated , troubled period. But they are ready to go back on stage, if only they could find a new good opening act! Darcy, Richard Fitzwilliam and Charles Bingley are desperately looking for a good band.
Elizabeth Bennet and the Long Borne Suffering – her sister Jane and her friend Charlotte Lucas – can’t believe their eyes and luck when Slurry come to listen to them on one of their gigs and they are stunend when their manager Alex Lucas tell them they’ve been offered a contract for a long tour and hired as Slurry’s opening act.
Though experienced rock stars and idols of thousands , the three Slurry men don’t suspect those three girls are going to rock their world!
Elizabeth is fiercely independent and does not trust easily, she’s sure she’s seen the worst the music industry has to offer. Charlotte Lucas and her sister Jane have also talent to spare and they soon become a successful band themselves.
Travelling and playing together for months, as the days and nights heat-up, it becomes clear that everyone is in for a summer to remember. Can you imagine what a ride it can be? Packed with sexy and musical adventures .
Re-writing Pride and Prejudice has become a favourite sport of many, I know. How many new sexy/hot versions are there out there? But I’m sure that lovers of spicy modernizations will be fond of this new witty, uninhibited , beautifully written rock’n’roll version.
Final warning: Adult content – Explicit sex scenes
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Oct 17, 2011 Larisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

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4 1/2 stars.

75% of this novel is fabulous: great dialogue, believable characters for our time that keeps you up reading waaay past bedtime to find out how the author wraps it all up. Yes, as a P&P fan you know Darcy & Lizzy, plus Bingley & Jane will end up together, but the author deals with Lady Catherine, Collins, and the dreaded Wickham is fresh, with the characters more rounded. The communication between the characters still has the necessary misunderstandings, doubts, prejudices...more

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Sep 30, 2011 Serena rated it 4 of 5 stars

Are you looking for an edgier Lizzy and Darcy story? Fitzwilliam Darcy Rock Star by Heather Lynn Rigaud is the hot little number for you. The stage is set with furious rock and roll, sex in all positions and places, and yes, even drugs. If you don’t like foul language or graphic sex, you won’t want to read this one because rock stars are living on the edge and rough around the edges.

Rock and roll is a hard business and in it band members are chewed up, spit out, and often become divas or broken...more

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Apr 30, 2012 Eliza Baum rated it 2 of 5 stars

This book started off strong. I loved the concept, and I loved the prologue. I couldn't stop giggling at the idea of my favorite characters in these new roles, and I'm a sucker for a musician anyway, so this was a great combo.

Unfortunately, that giggly feeling didn't stick around. I got to 63% and finally just had to put it down. At that point, I had been skimming for easily 20%.

The POV hops between characters with dizzying frequency, and even if it hadn't, all of the perspectives other than Eli...more

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Nov 20, 2011 Karine Mon coin lecture rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Original post - in French - on my blog: http://moncoinlecture.over-blog.com/a...

It is a known fact among my friends that I love Austen-related-books. Of course, the idea of a rock star Darcy was very appealing to me. And it started out pretty well. I really liked the setting, I thought that it was really modern and that the author had transposed really well Austen's story in 2011. There was good ideas, it wasn't toooo similar the the original story, the use of the names and places was great... I...more

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“Did you hear about the lawsuit? Mary asked.

"No, what?"

"I hear that he is so big," she lifted her eyebrows to indicate what she meant, "that he put a girl in the hospital and she is suing him, because she can never have babies because of him."

"Ewwwwwwwwwww!!!!" the sisters chorused.

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