The Darcy's and the Bingley's starts well. Ms Altman fleshes out the last chapter or two of Jane Austin's book making the first two sections of the book a pleasure to read.

It is a delight when both Jane and Elizabeth are expecting their first child. She does well with the Bennett's although we see little of Kitty and nothing of Mary. Their time is coming I suspect, it's doubtful Jane Austin would not have liked making Mr Darcy a lush or that he would be so antagonistic towards Bingley whom she described as having an "easy nature".

If part three had continued along the line of the first two all would have been well. There is concern over Caroline Bingley's suitor, a good start. The problem of the proper man to marry is believable and so is a brother's concern about this Lord James Kincaid. Dr Maddox is a attractive character who takes care when Darcy is injured and Darcy's recovery is well done. Then the plot really gets pretty fanciful and degenerates.

It was really low comedy having four soused, supposedly dignified men sitting around a table among empty bottles singing "Hail the the Chief", particularly after the brother of one was just killed.

Her dialogue and grammar in the first two sections is good and pretty close to that of Austin's. Later in the book it degenerates along with the story line. I always cringe when an author uses Watergate Testimony English such as "that moment in time" and "that point in time'. It is a moment,a point, or time because they are all the same. Later in the novel she often uses "a lot of" and "okay". Oh, a Scot wears a Tam O'shanter and not a beret, and he has a laird or chieftain, not a chief.