Darcy's Voyage by Kara Louise
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Kara Louise's Darcy's Voyage is a re-imagining of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen that places Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet on Pemberley's Promise on their way to America. Louise knows these iconic characters and retains their personalities easily through dialogue and internal monologue, and the novel uses shifts in point of view to provide readers with more than one side of the story.
Lizzy is going to America to visit her Aunt and Uncle Gardiner who have expanded his business to the New World, while Darcy is headed to America to fetch his sister Georgiana after she visits her companion's family in America and her companion falls ill. Traveling by sea in those days could be rough and some passengers never made it to their destinations. With a backdrop of adventure and possible disaster, Lizzy and Darcy strike up a rapport that defies convention.
"'This is something I have to do.' Elizabeth looked out the window. She saw the masts of the ships, some with sails completely unfurled and already sailing, and others with sails still furled tightly about their masts. Elizabeth's heart skipped a beat as she suddenly felt a wave of excitement pour through her. Yes, this will be a life-changing adventure. I will not be the same when I come back!" (page 15 of ARC)
Louise's rendition of the story is imaginative, and the shifts in POV -- while numerous and sometimes from paragraph to paragraph -- are not jarring enough to push readers out of the story. Readers will enjoy how Darcy and Lizzy interact with one another on board the ship and how the expectations of society are always on their minds. Louise has captured the essence of these characters and added her own flare to the story. Darcy's Voyage is well worth the read.
Thanks to the author and Sourcebooks for sending a copy of Darcy's Voyage for review. Don't forget to check out the giveaway of this book.
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About the Author:
Ever since Kara Louise discovered and fell in love with the writings of Jane Austen she has spent her time answering the “what happened next” and the “what ifs” in Elizabeth’s and Darcy’s story. She has written 6 novels based on Pride and Prejudice. She lives with her husband in Wichita, Kansas. For more information, please visit her website, Jane Austen’s Land of Ahhhs.
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This is my 7th book for the Jane Austen Challenge 2010.
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This is my 3rd book for the Everything Austen II Challenge.
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This is my 45th book for the 2010 New Authors Reading Challenge.