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Mr. and Mrs. Darcy have an exceedingly passionate marriage in this continuing saga of one of the most exciting, intriguing couples in the Jane Austen Literature. As the Darcy's raise their babies, enjoy their conjugal felicity and manage the great estate of Pemberley, the beloved characters from Jane Austen's original are joined by Linda Berdoll's imaginative new creations for a compelling, sexy and epic story guaranteed to keep you turning the pages and gasping with delight. What people are show more saying about Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife, the bestselling Pride and Prejudice sequel. show lessTags
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Abysmal. There are so many strange moments in this book that I found myself repeatedly thinking "Oh come on... that's just ridiculous!" Berdoll's attempt to make Darcy & Elizabeth a racy couple pretty much crashes and burns in this sequel (where it was only moderately successful in the first). There are so many useless new characters introduced that it becomes increasingly difficult to remember who is who and how they relate to the story at all. I slogged through til the end, simply because I try to always finish a book, but, frankly, I regret the time spent. I am a completist, which is why I started this book at all, but I will NOT be reading any forthcoming books that continue this particular rendition of Pride and Prejudice.
I know there are a lot of Austenites out there who truly despise this, as well as its predecessor, Darcy Takes a Wife (and boy does he!), but I thoroughly enjoyed both. True, Berdoll does tend to overwrite a little, and it seems as if a dictionary is a must while reading them, but I enjoyed the storyline of both. Berdoll did what Jane could not...she added a realism and depth to all the characters that stretches beyond the proper English veneer. This is truly Darcy & Elizabeth behind closed doors, and I loved every minute of it!
Rambling repetitive beginning in this sequel to a sequel. Still in soap opera style - I didn't particularly enjoy this book but it was addictive reading just like the first. You want to keep reading just to find out what will happen next.
While this novel contains moments of humor and excitement, I found it to be a tad dry. There was too much going on, too many characters, and not enough of Darcy and Elizabeth and Pemberly for that matter. What's the name of the book again?
I grew weary of Wickham and his conquests, his bastard children and his dastardly deeds. I didn't care, frankly, to read any of it, but I had to for fear of losing some of the plot. I resented every moment of it, and found out later that I could have skipped half of Wickham's story and come to a more pleasurable conclusion.
It's not a bad book. Darcy and Elizabeth are still adorable together, they still like it sexy, and now they have children. Well. How utterly domestic.
I grew weary of Wickham and his conquests, his bastard children and his dastardly deeds. I didn't care, frankly, to read any of it, but I had to for fear of losing some of the plot. I resented every moment of it, and found out later that I could have skipped half of Wickham's story and come to a more pleasurable conclusion.
It's not a bad book. Darcy and Elizabeth are still adorable together, they still like it sexy, and now they have children. Well. How utterly domestic.
Darcy & Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemberley is Linda Berdoll's second story in her continuation of the Pride & Prejudice story.
[If you're a Jane Austen purist, stop reading here.]
I do find Berdoll's books to be a lot of fun. She contines the P&P story from a modern perspective but manages to use much of Austen's style and insights. It's a fun combination if you ever wondered what happened between the sheets at Pemberley when those two explosive personalities met. Now We Know.
Of Berdoll's two books, I prefer the first. This one contains a lot of retelling of her first book and really doesn't have all that much plot and action for 429 large pages. But if you love Elizabeth and Darcy, it's worth it.
[If you're a Jane Austen purist, stop reading here.]
I do find Berdoll's books to be a lot of fun. She contines the P&P story from a modern perspective but manages to use much of Austen's style and insights. It's a fun combination if you ever wondered what happened between the sheets at Pemberley when those two explosive personalities met. Now We Know.
Of Berdoll's two books, I prefer the first. This one contains a lot of retelling of her first book and really doesn't have all that much plot and action for 429 large pages. But if you love Elizabeth and Darcy, it's worth it.
From the very beginning, I had a sneaking suspicion that this book was not going to be as good as it's predecessor. First of all, the author was continually rehashing much of what occured in the first book. Okay, that was my first gripe. Then, she seemed determined to impress upon us just how much Darcy still lusted after his wife's enormous bosom (due to breastfeeding the twins) while Lizzy was terribly unhappy with her post-pregnant figure, ignorant of how lush and pleasurable Darcy found it. Bodily fluids seemed to be talked about ad nauseum as well!
As I continued on (against my better judgement, I really felt like tossing the book in the garbage it was so tedious at points) I was getting more and more fed up with the plotlines, show more that centered very much around Wickham and his past conquests, whether it was Lydia or some Parisian courtesan that sought revenge upon him for impregnating her ages ago while at Cambridge. These plotlines were my least favorite in the first book and seemed to be center stage in this one! Interspersed was a Georgiana/Col. Fitz plotline as well as Lady Catherine who was still determined to unite Rosings Park with Pemberley come hell or high water. The fact that Georgiana lied about being pregnant, thus tricking the Colonel into marrying her was glossed over as well as her rapidly getting pregnant with him, in spite of the fact he's still hobbling around from his injuries and forced to partake of the waters of Bath for their honeymoon.
I was told to keep reading... and so I did.
Finally, the book got good around the last 75 pages or so, but it did not make up for the first 350 pages I slogged through!
Yet, it was enjoyable to read about this Darcy and his long legs, his everpresent ability to stand proud and erect (as another part of his body ), and he even has the ability to sit down without having to adjust his coat tails as other men do! He and Lizzy after much trial and tribulations are finally able to resume their passionate life together in and out of their marriage bed.
I thought it was very clever and ironic to have Marie-Therese be Cesarine's daughter (Wickham's). That was very good, yet the way she wrapped it all up at the end, having him sign away his name and agree to be Tom Reed, I didn't think that would hold water. It seemed kind of fuzzy and not well thought out. And, it was predictable he'd get shot in the balls too. I was just waiting for it to happen. Don't waste your time with this one, there a lot more fanfic out there online that is better than this drivel. show less
As I continued on (against my better judgement, I really felt like tossing the book in the garbage it was so tedious at points) I was getting more and more fed up with the plotlines, show more that centered very much around Wickham and his past conquests, whether it was Lydia or some Parisian courtesan that sought revenge upon him for impregnating her ages ago while at Cambridge. These plotlines were my least favorite in the first book and seemed to be center stage in this one! Interspersed was a Georgiana/Col. Fitz plotline as well as Lady Catherine who was still determined to unite Rosings Park with Pemberley come hell or high water. The fact that Georgiana lied about being pregnant, thus tricking the Colonel into marrying her was glossed over as well as her rapidly getting pregnant with him, in spite of the fact he's still hobbling around from his injuries and forced to partake of the waters of Bath for their honeymoon.
I was told to keep reading... and so I did.
Finally, the book got good around the last 75 pages or so, but it did not make up for the first 350 pages I slogged through!
Yet, it was enjoyable to read about this Darcy and his long legs, his everpresent ability to stand proud and erect (as another part of his body ), and he even has the ability to sit down without having to adjust his coat tails as other men do! He and Lizzy after much trial and tribulations are finally able to resume their passionate life together in and out of their marriage bed.
I thought it was very clever and ironic to have Marie-Therese be Cesarine's daughter (Wickham's). That was very good, yet the way she wrapped it all up at the end, having him sign away his name and agree to be Tom Reed, I didn't think that would hold water. It seemed kind of fuzzy and not well thought out. And, it was predictable he'd get shot in the balls too. I was just waiting for it to happen. Don't waste your time with this one, there a lot more fanfic out there online that is better than this drivel. show less
Darcy & Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemberley is the sequel to Linda Berdoll’s Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife and since I so thoroughly enjoyed the first sequel, I thought I’d try my hand at Darcy & Elizabeth.
Darcy & Elizabeth doesn’t have the same flow as the first but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It was just kind of shocking how different the two styles of writing between her first “sequel” and the second was. I found this story easier to follow than Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife; and thought the addition of old and new characters added to the story instead of distracted from it. I think what happened to Lydia, and Elizabeth having to come to her aid, was very true of her character. I especially liked how the story didn’t show more focus on just Darcy and Elizabeth.
However, in the beginning, this one rehashes so much that happened in the first book, almost like you’re reading SparkNotes, that I feel like nothing happens for the first 100 pages. It takes a while for the novel to get going but once it does, it reads like even better FanFiction than the first.
All in all, I liked Darcy & Elizabeth, but I don’t love it, and I really wanted to love it. show less
Darcy & Elizabeth doesn’t have the same flow as the first but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It was just kind of shocking how different the two styles of writing between her first “sequel” and the second was. I found this story easier to follow than Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife; and thought the addition of old and new characters added to the story instead of distracted from it. I think what happened to Lydia, and Elizabeth having to come to her aid, was very true of her character. I especially liked how the story didn’t show more focus on just Darcy and Elizabeth.
However, in the beginning, this one rehashes so much that happened in the first book, almost like you’re reading SparkNotes, that I feel like nothing happens for the first 100 pages. It takes a while for the novel to get going but once it does, it reads like even better FanFiction than the first.
All in all, I liked Darcy & Elizabeth, but I don’t love it, and I really wanted to love it. show less
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- Darcy & Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemberley
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- 2003-03-21
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- Come live with me, and be my love, And we will some new pleasures prove, Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks. - John Donne
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- To Kathryn
Sister, Cohort, Friend - First words
- To all the world the month of June in the year of our Lord, 1815 would come to be know as the season of Waterloo. To the members of the Darcy household, it would be called that, but not remembered as such. Far too many other ... (show all)events of greater personal importance to them had transpired to remember it so simply.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)He had in his hand a pillow. It was not the exact shade of the one she recalled, but it was red. Where it had been hidden, she had not a clue. For it was undeniably tasselled. And not at all discreet.
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