The Darcys of Pemberley: The Continuing Story of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

I read the Kindle version of this book yesterday. Yes, all in one day, very easily. It was enjoyable. I have read most of Austen's work, and certainly am a fan of the BBC (Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle) version of the story. So nothing here needed to be explained.Like others, I found the climactic kidnapping scene a bit hard to believe, but it didn't ruin the good read. I enjoyed spending more time with these characters, and was not overly bothered by the rather coy sexual references (I think the author did a good job of letting us know that, hey, these are married couples and they DO have sex, without going overboard to either revel in or disguise the fact.)I guess what is missing for me is something no modern author can actually reproduce. That is the sense of time, place AND the knowledge that comes from exactly how these people would behave, and what social pressures they would have been under. I don't think it's possible for a writer in our day to capture that delicious sense of satire that Austen delivered so well.However, all that being said, I think this book stayed true to most of the characters (Wickham excepted) that we've become fond of. And it certainly kept me entertained for an afternoon and evening. So, if you like Austen, I'd recommend it. But it's NOT Austen, so just look at it as somebody's vision of 'what happened next.' Somebody who attempted to stay true to Austen's tone as well as character, and to a large extent succeeded. As such, it works very well.

This is a well written and edited story charting the second year of the Darcy and Bingley marriages. It has a clear Austenesque feel although I did find that the first half dragged somewhat.

The style of writing is reminiscent of Pride and Prejudice but without some of Elizabeth's displays of quick wit and Darcy's outbursts. It takes a while for the story to get going but it does and it turns into a bit of a page turner. I'd recommend this as a holiday read. Enjoy!

I really did like this book. It is a great sequel to P and P and I think that the author did it very well. It follows on from the end of the original and to me it seemed very much in the style of jane Austen. A good plot too. I have now ordered the sequel to this one, Return to Longbourn.

Just like reading any Jane Austin book. Really good.

At first I quipped at the notion that any writer could successfully extend one of my favourite books of all time. The writing easy and casual to read, I easily slipped back into the story as if I were experiencing the master herself, but there were a lot of decorative use of character language to encourage familiarity - and whilst there was some growth of Lizzys character, I would have preferred more. Perhaps spending more time on that, than recounting some of the original would have been best but it did not deter from my enjoyment of the story. Although appearing to finish fast, I enjoyed it thoroughly and I wouldn't have imagined a better story for any of the characters of the original. I would recommend it highly. So if you are like me and are contemplating an excuse to skip this, don't! I promise you shall be pleasantly surprised and rewarded. Enjoy!

I loved this book! I don’t think it would have read any different had Jane Austen written it herself. The author had a difficult path to tread but I think she managed it admirably. I have read other sequels to P & P but I found them to go off on a different tack altogether; a mistake this author did not make.It is often harder to follow a previous path than to make your own. In my opinion Shannon did a marvellous job and I feel that I was able to revisit with the characters again in a delightful way.

I enjoyed the book however there was a few things that has annoyed me a bit - first, spelling - ms winslow has decided to use american spelling and therefore the book doesnt tie in with the original austen classic. secondly - I felt as though wickham loved elizabeth more than his own wife which again that doesnt bode well with the original story as wickham is a cold hearted individual who lusts after power and money. And thirdly - The kidnapping of elizabeth is a little far - fetched since wickham has been banned from pemberley and according to the original, has been disgraced by his behaviour to the Bennet family. All in all, I thought that this book is a good book, but the author has poorly conducted this and made it into 20th century style rather than 18th century style which in my opinion, is a little disappointing.