I have been trying to read the Mr and Mrs Darcy Mysteries since I first heard about them a few years ago. And I have not been disappointed.
Jane Austen sequels usually fall into two categories: awful and wretched. Mr Darcy Takes a Wife was awful and wretched. Putrid actually.
But Pride and Prescience was fabulous. The characters were interesting, but true I felt to Jane Austen's work. The relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth was really well written - all the wit and spirit of the original, not at all ruined by them actually being married now. The story was intriguing, but not too contrived. Having Darcy respond as a rationalist and Elizabeth use her intuition was an effective plot device, because they each had merit as such.
My only niggle was that the English characters sometimes lapsed into Americanisms, but that was only a very slight concern. I'm really looking forward to the other books in this series.
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