Review: Good Read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2012
This is the first time I've read a P&P; variation set in modern times. The characters are only a shadow of what they are as we know them,but as a stand alone romance novel, it's not bad. I had a hard time reading through the beginning of the story. I thought Darcy was very unlike able at first (actually I thought he was a complete jerk), but once you get in the middle of the story where Elizabeth and Darcy become friends and then a couple, it gets better. I loved the interaction between them and their constant struggle of being platonic friends. I also enjoyed how each chapter starts with a date and a blurb from some gossip magazine about what is supposedly happening in their relationship.  I thought the length of the book was too long and some scenes could have been edited out or shortened. There were time I laughed out loud with the humor and then gasped at one scene as it described Darcy's struggle trying to be a friend only with Elizabeth whom he's physically attracted to. It was quite a shocker! As Caroline Bingley said in the original: I am all astonishment!All in all, this was a good book and I'm glad I found it. The best part of the book is the middle.