Review: Put On Your Big Girl Panties & Enjoy the Ride
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 11, 2014
I almost didn't read it, but I did. I certainly did not want to like it, but I LOVED it! For me, reading the same old P&P; passages that are reconstructed to fit into a storyline gets so boring. There are only so many times I can read Lady Catherine's diatribe on the shades of Pemberley being thus polluted.I was initially apprehensive with a story where Elizabeth marries the blackguard of all blackguards - Wickham, but this book has Drunkenness, Debauchery, Duels and DRAMA! This was the first P&P; story where there are real consequences for people's impetuosity. Lizzy is poor, starving and almost living in the hedgerows, while Wickham is having good time around Town and there is not much Mr. Darcy can do to help Elizabeth. (Or is there?) This is where the fun begins!It is a definitely darker, seedier P&P; variation tale of angst, but frankly there are only so many sugary-sweet Darcy & Elizabeth stories one can take. There are some really cringe-worthy moments, but you will keep turning the page. I can't remember the last P&P; version that I liked as well as this one. If you need a little angst in your P&P; vagary, this novel is definitely for you. Enjoy!