Mr. Darcy's Refuge: A Pride & Prejudice Variation in Austen Variations

May 07, 2014 Sheila Majczan rated it it was amazing

After having read this as soon as it came out and now finally deciding to do reviews on all the JAFF I own, I read through all other 89 reviews and gave direct comments to some. I will not repeat what is already written in so many reviews other than to say that Abigail Reynolds is one of my favorite JAFF authors, and I appreciate that she has the ability to come up with so many imaginative alternate endings and situations and sides to characters, i.e., Mr. Bennet's past history with a bully, Col ...more

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Aug 24, 2012 Nicole Barton Sasser rated it really liked it

Shelves: p-and-p, kindle, jaff, physical-library, author-abigail-reynolds

Status: Read from August 24 to 25, 2012

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

My Library Notes:

Mr. Darcy's Refuge: A Pride & Prejudice Variation
by Abigail Reynolds
Paperback, First Edition, 239 pages
Published August 1st 2012 by White Soup Press
ISBN: 0615669751 (ISBN13: 9780615669755)

Trapped for three days by a flood, and trapped forever by society because of it…

The river isn't the only thing overflowing in Hunsford when a natural disaster forces Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy to work together. The residents of flood- ...more

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Nov 06, 2012 Ceri rated it it was amazing

Shelves: austen-inspired, historical, austen-variation

This is another of Abigail Reynolds what if scenarios on Pride and Prejudice. The book begins as Darcy is about to go to the parsonage at Hunsford to make his ill-fated proposal, but the difference is that it's been raining very heavily and the river bursts its banks while Darcy is there, before Elizabeth properly has a chance to reply. The village is flooded and Elizabeth and Darcy are stuck for days together in the parsonage with stranded villagers to look out for. Thus they are forced to spen ...more

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Apr 28, 2014 Laura rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, historical, austen, jaff-trope-compromise, regency

A well-written and well-characterised story. I would've preferred the conflict and tension between Lizzy and Darcy to last longer as halfway through the conflict comes from a source outside their relationship which drives the rest of the story. I also felt that Lizzy's change in opinion was a bit sudden (straight from dislike to love, with barely any confusion, or doubt). I'm also not particularly a fan of how this author insists on writing endless pre-marital "steamy" scenes that just don't fee ...more

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