So silly and yet such an indulgent and delicious read when all you're breathing in is hot summer air at the beach... As far as an epistolary retelling of "Pride and Prejudice" goes, this is well done and well imagined. It almost gets four stars for allowing me the sheer mindless pleasure of escaping into a world that surely wasn't as romantic as we'd like to imagine it.To my dismay though, Ms Grange doesn't manage her characters' writing styles consistently, and she had me roll my eyes at a few stylistic slip-ups here and there that just don't fit within the general flow. A few things also seemed very out of character, like Darcy going on and on about his violent love for Elizabeth in letters to his cousins. I just cannot imagine Darcy EVER filling page after page on this subject, he is much too stately and collected to pour out his heart and ramble on like 15 year old Lydia. This book was all right, I didn't enjoy it as much as Colonel Brandon's Diary though, even though it was interesting seeing all the characters voices in the letters they wrote. Although towards the end some of them seemed to repeat information we all ready knew... but it was interesting to see the two characters who Jane Austen envisioned the remaining Bennet sisters - Mary and Kitty marry.But it wasn't the kind of book I'd read again.
What do You think about Cher Mr. Darcy (2013)?
Loved this book and now I want to read her others. Very clever the way it was done.
—katt_luvs_ya
Enjoyed it more than I thought I would! Ah the art of letter writing!
—Tohiro
Amanda Grange can do no wrong. That is all.
—anna
Very true to the original story. Loved it!
—Angela
