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    <body><![CDATA[This book was drawn out and then suddenly concluded. The relationship between the main characters didn't really take off until the last bit of the book. It was an ok account on an imagined future of The Collin's girls. I didn't think the chances of one of the girls being an amazing beauty and the ot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49033201">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[First I want to say that this is a fast moving, fun book. I have just finished reading it for the second time. (It is crazy that I read books over and over but I have been so disappointed in the library selection.)<br/>Now the Pride and Prejudice purist in me had complaints! The story is about Mr. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77273014">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was, well it was a nice read now and again. But mostly I just now and then saw characters I knew, there was the &quot;Mr Wickham&quot; &quot;Mr Darcy&quot; &quot;Lizzy&quot; &quot;Jane&quot; and &quot;Mr Collins. She could have tried more to give them voices of their own and not mould them afte...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74258133">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I usually dislike Austen sequels, but I've really enjoyed Elizabeth Aston's series, and this one is especially fun. Eliza and Charlotte were very believable daughters to Mr Collins, and the romantic comedy was sparkling. Personally, I would have preferred to have fewer parallels to the first Eliza's...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56299357">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I know these kinds of books are silly and are probably blasphemy to most Austen-ites, but I can't help it, I love them.  This one was exciting and I couldn't put it down.  The main characters are the daughters of Charlotte and Mr. Collins and the story line echoes a lot of Pride &amp; Prejudice.  It's n...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55876811">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I almost gave up on this book about a third of the way through - it was putting me to sleep and the obnoxiously obvious swiping of the original Pride and Prejudice story was a turn-off.  Luckily things got much better, the story picked up and moved away from the P&amp;P rip-off, the characters became mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67737234">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Aston's series is a continuation of Austen's Pride and Prejudice novel - picks up with Darcy and Elizabeth's daughters.  This is the first I've read in the series and it's either towards the end or at the end - so have requested the earlier novels in the series to read.  Enjoyed it.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this back-to-back with The Second Mrs. Darcy and found that it was enjoyable when I just pretended it had nothing to do with Pride and Prejudice.<br/><br/>Aston is a fairly good writer, so I'm bothered that she felt the need to attract readers by attaching her books to Pride and Prejudice w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33943694">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved Pride and Predjudice, so I thought I'd give the book a try... it was really good!!  However, I wish I had read &quot;Mr. Darcy's Daughters&quot; first... this one seems to reference somewhat of a continuation of the book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book piggy backs on &quot;Pride and Prejudice&quot; to bring us the story of Mr. Collins and Charlotte's daughters.  Well told and fun (but then I like pretty much anything Jane Austen related.)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I just love this author and how she takes the extended family and friends from Pride and Predujice to create her own stories.  She follows in Jane Austen's style and themes.  Great story!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fifth of the series by Elizabeth Aston, and concerns the daughters of Mr Collins and Charlotte.  This is probably the best series of post Pride and Prejudice history so far.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Really enjoy her books!!  I was not disappointed!  They are very fun clean books.  This one is on the Collins family and Eliza Collin is very much like her aunt Elizabeth Darcy.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very loose continuation from the basic premise of Pride and Prejudice.  The characters are interesting but the story was a little too formulaic.  ]]></body>
    
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