The Falmouth Connection: A Pride and Prejudice Variation in Austen Variations

Feb 24, 2017 Nicole Clarkston rated it it was amazing

No spoilers here, just a dreamy sigh and a half-eaten bar of chocolate to testify to this amazing story. Joana never disappoints! Her romance is so delicious, her angst is so natural, and each word is so carefully chosen to leave the reader with shivers and pounding pulse. Never stop writing, because I need some more of this Darcy!

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Mar 21, 2015 Sheila Majczan rated it it was amazing

July 2017: I won an audible version of this favorite book and listened to it while at times reading along on my borrowed KU copy. I did note that there are revisions which in no way changed my loving everything about this book. The garden scene remains one of my favorite reads out of many books and I have read of many others agreeing with that opinion.

I have to say that this is a wonderful book, I have read the author's other books and while I enjoyed them, do believe that this one is her best. July 2017: I won an audible version of this favorite book and listened to it while at times reading along on my borrowed KU copy. I did note that there are revisions which in no way changed my loving everything about this book. The garden scene remains one of my favorite reads out of many books and I have read of many others agreeing with that opinion.

I have to say that this is a wonderful book, I have read the author's other books and while I enjoyed them, do believe that this one is her best. The prose is true to Jane Austen's time, the descriptions, both of setting and of points of views are so enthralling one wants to take one's time to read every word, to NOT rush nor skim over the pages in an effort to reach the end.

I don't want to type any spoilers but, as the book description states, this is a variation that picks up at Rosings & Hunsford and varies in that Darcy does reveal to Col. Fitzwilliam his intentions towards Elizabeth. As we proceed Darcy, as usual, gets some advice from Col. Fitzwilliam but that self-same person giving out the advice is also the one to apply a hatchet job to Darcy's plans unknowingly!

Providing transportation in his carriage for Elizabeth to meet up with her family on their way to Falmouth where the Bennets are to finally meet a long lost aunt of Mrs. Bennet's, Darcy finds time and again his attempts to propose are stifled by man, by weather, by circumstances and then by his learning of her true feelings during the journey and shortly after he follows them to that locale.

Joana Starnes' language and descriptions of Darcy's tangled and frustrated thought processes are captivating. I found myself with tears in my eyes with the bittersweet events, with the turns of discovery, with the fatal stab in his heart's emotions. And then Elizabeth has some discoveries of her own to make and not from a letter written after a refused proposal. I do not have a Face Book account so didn't get to see the photos of Cornwall posted there, which Dave mentioned, but my imagination did draw some vivid pictures from the words herein.

I highly recommend this book. An interview with the author along with a review posted on Austenesque Reviews made it clear that this is a book not to be missed by JAFF readers. A

I now own a paperback copy of this story. ...more

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Nov 01, 2014 Ceri rated it it was amazing

Shelves: austen-inspired, austenesque-no-sex-scenes, austen-variation

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I was so excited to see that there was a new book by one of my favourite Austenesque authors, Joana Starnes. I’ve read and thoroughly enjoyed two of her books this year, ‘The Subsequent Proposal’ and ‘The Second Chance’, both of which mix characters from other Austen books in with our favourites from ‘Pride & Prejudice’, but ‘The Falmouth Connection’ is a variation featuring only characters from ‘ ...more

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Nov 05, 2015 Beau North rated it it was amazing

Ms. Starnes continues to astonish with her beautifully detailed anguish. "Poison. Poison. Every thought was poison." Ripped me to pieces. A fun spin on an old tale, with gothic overtones and an adventurous spirit. . Plenty of excellent twists and turns, the newer characters did not feel forced or shoehorned in as original characters sometimes do. A most satisfying conclusion (and a surprising one for the character who is ever my favorite). I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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Sep 02, 2015 Nicole Barton Sasser rated it liked it

Shelves: jaff, p-and-p, kindle, 2015-austenesque-lovers-challenge

3.5 Stars

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Apr 09, 2017 Laura rated it really liked it

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

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Nov 19, 2014 Victoria Kincaid rated it it was amazing

Shelves: austen-variation, austenesque-reading-challenge

Loved it! The plot took them through some unexpected twists and turns, but I felt it was true to the characters. Lots of adventure and beautiful scenery of Cornwall.

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Mar 14, 2015 Chiara Lanzi rated it really liked it

It is the first novel I read of this author and I really enjoyed it!!
It was well written; on several occasions I found myself laughing, especially when Darcy talks with Colonel Fitzwilliam and with the arrival of. Mr Bingley. The dialogues and interactions between the two friends are very funny!!
Lydia is different for some points of view: she , as usual, speaks out of turn but at the same time she seems more mature than the original character.
Mrs Bennet is fantastic: this time she dotes on Darcy ...more

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