from tjsjohanna

A run of the mill romance, retelling the "Pride and Prejudice" story in a modern setting. This is the third book I've read by the author and I was disappointed. I read "Mr. Darcy's Obsession" and thought it was a fun re-telling. But the last two have just been steamy sex romances with very little...

from mullgirl

This is a modern, loosely-retold version of Pride and Prejudice. Very loosely. Overall, this one is a mixed bag for me.Ms. Reynolds has made Lizzy into Cassie, a brilliant marine biologist with a past and family she's afraid will come to haunt her. Mr. Darcy is Mr. Westing, the privileged son of ...

from blodeuedd

Just mention Pride and Prejudice, be is sequel, re-make or something else and I want to have a go at it. This one I liked and it had me at the "ball" where they meet. She asks him to dance and he says no, and then she leaves with a sense of having been judged and found wanting. She got me there.I...

from Bodagirl

Meh. I was with the book until the book-within-a-book part, which seemed forced and just ramming the Pride and Prejudice connection down the reader's throat.

from mmoj

Cassie is a marine biologist from the slums of Chicago (I felt like this wasn't well-researched and just a set-up for something later in the book) who is working on the coast doing research for another paper so she can receive tenure at the college she works at. Her friend Erin, has met a man and...