Traci S.

This is a fun ride

Revisado: 04-19-25

I LOVE LK's stories, they always take have an interesting twist, they always have strong intelligent female characters and they always stray slightly from canon, but are always recognizable as a P&P variation. Anne dB and Lady Catherine in this, they are everything! Lydia has a very successful and fitting storyline - it fits her character so well. ODC, they have a fun, enlightening journey with so much witty banter (my favorite thing in this genre!) and lots of growth. Wickham gets the treatment he deserves. And this book is so long, I love that becasue I never want the good ones to end. So this was high on my positive list.

Harryy Frost is a master at this genre, I love all of his character voices and he really brings a well written book to life. I loved this book, I highly reccomend this and all of LK's books. They are a joy to listen to (except a Fortuitous Fall - that needs a new recording. I get that she let he daughter read it, but for a paid for book it's really unprofessionally read unfortunately.)

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Could have been amazing

Revisado: 03-29-25

Loved this story, the dialogue is amazing, Lizzie is so good in this story. The narrator kinda ruined it for me though, she's a talented narrator - for the right story. This is not it!!!! Her voice is heavy/deep, kinda sultry, a bit hissy and whispery. It does not at all fit a story that is witty with saucy banter. Had this been read by Stevie Zimmerman, Harry Frost, Elizabeht Klett, Simon Alison, David Pickering - any of them would have made this an entirely different book. The story is so good and distinctive, and the dialogue is so cleaver. I would read the book rather than listen, the book is worth it!

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Might be the BEST P&P variation I've ever read!!

Revisado: 03-23-25

This story has everything I want in this genre, it was SO GOOD, I can't get over it. Seriously!! It starts right after the Netherfield ball and takes a wide left turn from canon from there. But, the diversion is so good. There is tragedy in the beginning, but then you see every single character learn and grow and evolve beautifully. And the way the author crafted the dialogue and the storyline was truly amazing. I have well over 150 books of this genre in my collection, there are some that are incredible and some that are not so much. So many of them have dialogue that feel like it doesn't flow proper, or jumps around or ends abruptly or the storyline does the same thing. This book (to me) felt like the storyline was meticulously mapped out, and evolved slowly but with such precision. There are many new characters introduced throughout and each one served an exact purpose and added to the storline greatly, all of the original cast is included also, it was a wonderfully developed story. I especially loved the growth and development of ODC, they both seriously struggled at moments, and to listen to them come together and the dialogue crafted around them falling in love is to die for good. While this story does follow a long and winding path to happiness, it's not at all angsty, which I appreciated. I'm not a super fan of that nervous, why are they doing this feel of some of the more angsty stories. This one feels like every single character made the right decision at the time for them and even though it took longer for them to come together, their harder path made that coming together all the sweeter.

Simon Alison is a new to me reader, he did an amazing job with this book!!! Seriously, the regulars SZ & HF could have read it also and I know I would have loved it, but Simon was the perfect fit.

Just do yourself a favor and buy this one. I am going to be listening to this over and over forever! Well done Nan Harrison ❤️

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Clever mix-up of magic and P&P

Revisado: 03-19-25

I loved this story, the author did a brilliant job of creating the world of P&P with magic. In this tale, magical abilities and skills are as important as wealth and societal status, so FWD is not only wealthy, handsome and well connected but he is also a powerful Wizard, as is Mr. Bingley. The Bennett family has a magical component that is woven into the story in a masterful way as well. The framing of this tale follows the events of canon, so it starts in Merryton, the insult at the assembly happens, the trip to Kent, then Derbyshire and back to Merryton. But the intertwining of the magical world makes it completely new. The characters stayed true to themselves and were completely recognizable from canon and other PP variations. I highly recommend this listen.

The narrator did a really good job, I've listened to other books she has narrated and this one is way better than previous. the reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that she is a bit jolly overall, I'm not sure if its the tone of her voice or her reading style, but it was something I noticed. Also, she has a pronunciation thing that was really noticeable that was a little distracting. But overall I think it was well done.

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Great continuation to the story

Revisado: 03-14-25

Loved this second book in the series, I hate that we have to wait for the third release. I want it NOW 😝 I love AR's stories with the fae and I love her cast of characters that are not from P&P. Frederika and Jasper are favs!

This book (series) does not follow the normal P&P storyline, in fact it's pretty much a complete departure, but you still feel like the characters are true to themselves. This book continues the story from the first book where Elizabeth is a dragon companion and FWD is coming to accept that dragons aren't evil killers. Like all my fav P7P versions, you get to watch their love and respect for each other grow through trials, instead of just happening overnight. The cast of characters is amazing, most of them are not true to canon, but they all have wonderful personalities and make the story quite exciting.

I've listened to this twice already (I purchased it only a few days ago) and I'm sure will re-listen a few more times prior to book 3 - which 🤞 is released really soon!!!!

Narration is amazing, I love Elizabeth Klett from AR's other stories, her voice is so friendly. And Harry Frost is one of the masters in the category!

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should be titled Deliberate Misunderstandings

Revisado: 02-17-25

Don't get me wrong - this book is very well written, my mid-stars are purely based on it not being my type of JAFF story. First - the way in which the story is presented is along a timeline where you jump from several characters perspectives over and over within that frame of time. For instance title: March 23 - Wickham (insert his thoughts/doings for that day). title: March 23 - Jane Bennet (insert his thoughts/doings for that day). title March 23 - Jane Bingley (insert his thoughts/doings for that day). You get the idea, it does this for the entire book and each thought or action for that day is maybe 2-5 minutes of story. It gets to the point where it's really challenging to follow. And to make it even more challenging, the narrator will change from the male narrator/perspective to the female narrator perspective and repeat the same conversation, it just all comes across very disjointed. I love both of these narrators very much, I think with a book this style they would have done themselves a favor and used just one of them. They are both talented enough to carry off the entire book.

The second reason for my mid-score is the deliberate misunderstandings in this book are too blatant and go on and on and on and on and on. You don't really start seeing any resolution until an hour before the book ends. While I don't mind misunderstandings, 13 hours of them is extreme, it was almost making me feel tense listening. Again, if you like this type of read, it's well done. But I just prefer a bit of misunderstandings in the beginning and then resolution earlier in the story so you can watch the characters love grow through witty conversation, events that they attend, seeing their actions speak louder than their words. I mean EB & FWD spend TWO WEEKS walking for an hour every single day in Kent and don't come to one simple resolution over the thoughts they are obsessing over the entire time? And Caroline lies to Bingley blatantly and he then cuts Darcy off cold for an extended period of time without asking a couple questions or having an adult conversation! it was just too much.

The third reason, again, is very personal. One of my favorite elements of this genre is the cleaver dialogue in many of these stories. I love when authors come up with new characters who add spice to the story and make you laugh out loud - Viscount Saye in Amy D'Orazio's books, he's an all-time favorite! I love when the relationship slowly builds through witty banter where they are learning about each others character and where they get to experience each other over a lengthy period of time to gain understanding. I don't know, this felt more like tracking each characters movement through the story rather than living their experience through dialogue and experience. It felt like the focus of the writing was directed more towards creating tensions and excuses for them not to connect rather than building their love story on a solid foundation. They hated each other and then all of the sudden they loved each other for no good reason.

overall, it's technically written well, each performer did an excellent job, but when I add it all up it's too angsty, lacking heart-warming interactions, and a choppy listen because of all the bouncing around.

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Good story - it's unique in the genre

Revisado: 01-15-25

I enjoyed the story, as much as could with the HORRIBLE narration. Not that I had much confidence in VV, this is my first try at it and I was hesitant to say the least. Well, it is awful!! So I'll not be going down that road again, no matter the good story reviews or the fact that they are free. the mispronunciation are horrific, the terrible inflection, you totally loose the story with the bad narration.

The story itself is set very differently than any other PPV that I've read. I loved the characteristics of EB, Jane, Mr Bennett ❤️ the Bennett family as a whole (except Mrs. Bennett). Caroline was super crass and terrible in this one. There are aspects of the story that took a long time to build and others that seemed to move at the speed of light, so some skilled editing would be helpful.. But overall I really enjoyed the story itself.

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A completely new twist

Revisado: 12-23-24

I LOVED this book, I wish it were longer. I'm so, so happy to see some Jann Rowland books being narrated by Harry Frost finally, I have tried many times, but just can't listen to his usual narrator, so to have HF narrating give me joy. I love his stories, they are always smart stories with great dialogue and unexpected story lines. This is no different - it is set at the same time as canon, but things go a bit different starting at the assembly and it ends in a completely unexpected way. I LOVED Mr. Bennett in this version, he is the version of himself that I always imagine in my head. ODC and Jane and Bingley are as expected, with some fun moments of banter between ODC.

I would definitely recommend this story - the story is great + the narration is great and it's long enough to get a well developed story. Again, I wish it were longer - maybe a longer epilogue with more detail? Anyway - it's worth a credit.

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Narrator ruined a great story

Revisado: 12-06-24

Loved this story line so much, some of it may have been cleaver dialogue, too bad the narrator was SO HORRIBLE that the story was lost in the reading. She seriously sounded like a hissing, sneering snake lady for every character. I'm sorry to be so negative, but there are some cases where it's justified, and even though I bought this on sale, I still wasted good money on this terrible performance! Don't be like me and waste your money on this audiobook, buy it and read it instead because the story is worth it.

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interesting premise

Revisado: 12-04-24

loved the storyline - the expanded family was great. I felt like I was being read a list of family members and dates of births and marriages for half the book. The reader may have been part of the problem, while she's a proficient narrator, she didn't add much vocal flair. I would consider this book an ok listen - not great, but certainly not bad. I just had the overall feeling that I was being told a story with basic details rather than immersed in a sweeping novel.

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