This was bad. I started reading this because I'm pretty sure it came from a Modern Mrs. Darcy post about good
P&P rewrites, and Modern Mrs. Darcy almost never leads me wrong. But she must not have actually read this one, because it was just bad. Which is such a shame, because it had such potential. The story is basically a rewrite of
P&P but with a gender-swapped Lizzy and Darcy: Darcy Fitzwilliam is a rich businesswoman going home to visit her family in Pemberley, Ohio, and Luke Bennet is a carpenter who has always stayed home. I thought it sounded potentially interesting and I am always up for gambling to try a Jane Austen rewrite. However, this gamble was not rewarded. There were so many issues. Darcy Fitzwilliam is apparently a multimillionaire at the age of 29 (a partner in the Wall Street world), with no proof that she actually works or does anything useful at all. She flew home to see her family but they never actually spend any time together. She goes awkwardly caroling with the Bennet family, on their own. People keep asking her why she's not married or wanting to have kids yet--in 2017! Luke's rejection of Darcy's first proposal was forced by his then-fiancee? So many ridiculous and obnoxious conversations in this book that were completely unbelievable. It started out okay and just got worse and worse by the end. I finished this in only an hour and a half or so because I was skimming by the end to not have to dwell on any of it any more. I don't rate very many books with only one star on goodreads, but this is one of them.
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