Darcy's Voyage in Austen Variations

Dec 05, 2022 Sheila Majczan rated it it was amazing

I looked this author up on Amazon many years ago at the recommendation of another very popular JAFF author. When I was reading this book's plot, my first thought was that this story was going to be "too far out in left field", too much of a deviation from the original P&P story. BUT I found it to be a page turner, despite the stretch. I won't go over the story line as other reviewers have covered such. Scenes which stay in my imagination: the scene at Pemberley during which Elizabeth discovers h ...more

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Mar 22, 2017 Melanie Stanford rated it it was amazing

An excellent P&P variation!

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Nov 06, 2017 Gerry rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, historical

This unique take on the P+P story is well written with enough differences to make it refreshing and yet the characters are still those I fell in love with when I was a Tween.

I love that Kara Louise detailed Wickham’s character as the schelp most people think him as anyway with his sneaky thieving side strongly emphasized.

Caroline Bingley is even cattier in this story than in Jane Austin’s novel and I completely love it.

This was a real page turner for me. I did a marathon read the first time arou ...more

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Jan 16, 2018 Elin Eriksen rated it really liked it

A marriage of convenience story where ODC marries at sea based on a platonic relationship. Loved it!

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May 26, 2024 Faustine added it

Shelves: not-finished, jaff

DNF at the end of the kindle sample. I usually like Kara Louise’s books but somehow I couldn’t get into this one. It wasn’t subtle enough, the lady introducing herself to Darcy, how ODC constantly crash into each other, etc. I might try again later, because I liked the blurb.

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