Falling for Mr. Darcy Paperback – May 1, 2012

I wouldn't change anything in the original P&P by Jane Austen. (I'd be crucified if I even thought about it...LOL) Having said that - I am always happy when I read changes in JAFF that many readers say they could have seen as more logical events, i.e., Mr. Collins marrying Mary and Darcy relating his past with Wickham while in Meryton in order to protect not only the Bennets but also the entire community.I am a romantic and I like to read what is going on in our players' heads. In the canon we don't read about what Darcy is thinking. So, although we know Elizabeth "hates" Darcy due to his behavior and his words both at the assembly and at Netherfield while she is tending Jane, we only gets hints about what he feels towards Elizabeth and very few at that. So this story picks up after those two scenes and we are all inside his and her thoughts. I found this one first scene delicious: she is on horseback as she can't walk but expresses fears about such (We learn why later). So he climbs up and holds her - the scents, the touches, the closeness, the conversation and the effects on both - oh, sigh! As we continue on: I really liked the back and forth by both as, "he/she loves me, he/she loves me not" goes on and on. We hear much more of this from Elizabeth than in canon but we also hear what we only knew in looking back from Hunsford about what Darcy is struggling with in his attraction to her and concerning the acceptability of such from his family's and the ton's viewpoint. Yes, Col. Fitzwilliam uses his wit and insight to help many times and that struggle is one thing he addresses.The author was very clever in how she managed to redirect Collins' attentions in her script. I LOVED Mr. Bennet in this adaption (my favorite Mr. B.), loved his relationship with Lizzy, his wisdom in stewardship and his developing relationship with Darcy. His best words of advice to Elizabeth, "Give it time, have patience". What a surprise in his meeting with Jane and Bingley after Bingley proposes!Yes, this author does as many have in putting words from canon into other players' mouths and under different circumstances - well done. Good imagination used here.I had no problem visualizing the scenes in my head or using my senses to experience certain "things", i.e., Caroline's perfume, Lady C.'s sick room, the lemon smell of Darcy, etc. I found it quite funny when Darcy is peeking between bonnets and eavesdropping on Georgiana and Lizzy while in the Milliner's shop...."Wife shopping indeed!"I agree with others who state that Elizabeth never did get her explanation as to why Darcy left Netherfield without so much as a "farewell" when things seemed to be going so well between them. Can't blame her for her doubts here and her regretting that she allowed herself to feel something for him.I do like what happened to Wickham - Jane Austen let him off too easily and the fact that he compromised the daughters of most, if not all, the shopkeepers in Meryton (and probably elsewhere) plus left debts with shopkeepers and gambling debts with friends and acquaintances plus his dealings with Georgiana and his snookering of Darcy, Sr., Darcy having to pay all those debts off, etc. and Darcy seeing his own father grant to Wickham favors when Darcy knew the real Wickham. No, I find I like the fate he received in this book. Jane Austen's treatment of Wickham worked for her plot as Elizabeth had to learn of how he "saved" Lydia, but in this story this author is justified with her fate for him.And I had tears in my eyes more than once. I found this book to be a page-turner and will read it again in the future. I like this author and look forward to reading more from her.

A lovely little romp in p&p!There were some very very minor modern epithets in some of the dialogue and a couple minor cultural things (there was quite a bit of talk about wedding veils in several scenes that were important plot points and veils didn't get introduced for another 100 years) that were slightly jarring but only because I do a lot of costuming and research.It didn't take away from the overall story had I not known this information. I loved the character writing and Elizabeth's interactions with Mr Collins were some of my favorite.

I think I would have enjoyed it more as a novella. It felt a bit stretched out, so the pacing wasn’t quite it for me.

I have read many P & P variations. Most are lack luster, this author stayed true to the characters but gave a fulfilling rendition. Also adding twist of fun. This is my second book of this author, I will read all and hope for more!

Alrighty, I'm going to start by saying that I LOVED this book and that it isn't the owner of this account who is writing this review (although I believe he read the book too). The author of this review is his young, 'Pride and Prejudice' obsessed child. With that aside, down to the business at hand.The first thing I took note of when reading the book was that it didn't immediately restart 'Pride and Prejudice'. The story begins just a short while after Jane and Elizabeth return home from Netherfield after Jane's illness. Having been relatively new to adaptations and taking a chance on this one when I asked for it, I liked that it didn't completely re-write Austen's work. As I became more apt to reading these adaptations, this book provided a gentler, more gradual transition from reading Jane Austen to reading the works of those who want to put a spin on her story, so I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone who wants to start slower into the realm of P&P adaptations.For Elizabeth to be out for a walk, become injured, and encounter Mr. Darcy in "Falling for Mr. Darcy" I find to be an occurrence entirely believable for Elizabeth given her disposition, which I also liked very much. Mackrory doesn't have her characters doing anything I can't at least somewhat picture Austen's characters doing had the story been reality. The characters are entirely believable as are their actions, and the story flows along nicely as well.I wouldn't say that this could take the place of Pride and Prejudice for me, nor that it is better than the original, but I absolutely beyond words love the speculation of another route to Darcy and Elizabeth finding happiness together. I currently own twelve adaptations, have read them all twice at least, and have two of Mackrory's other works ["Bluebells in the Mourning" and "Yours Forevermore, Darcy"] included in that collection.I am an absolute, TO MY DYING DAY, die-hard fan of the 1995 BBC adaptation and (as much as I don't blame the actors) feel just as strong my dislike for the 2005........version...of the book, and as Mackrory's work here doesn't appear to me to follow the movie version, I like this book even more.The descriptions of the rooms and carefully phrased insights into the minds of the characters were crafted and placed well in the book. It was, for me, enough detail to picture the place or idea in my own mind without becoming distracted from the point of the story. I really enjoyed reading them and the book as a whole. There were so many amazing, wonderful, terrifying, exhilarating parts to this version of their journey, but I will not spoil any further anyone's chance to be as spellbound by such a work as I may have already.

I've read several hundred variations and this is a good one. I like the ones where Darcy is not too reserved to openly display his feelings for Elizabeth once he has acknowledged them.

Loved the quaint and unusual turns of phrase but hated the Americanisms. The English do not refer to the Christmas period as “holidays “.A wedding cannot take place “within a week” without a very expensive special licence and the express permission of the Archbishop. Mr Collins as a clergyman would have been well aware of that.It would also have been nice to have followed theMary/Collins story a bit further.Otherwise a clever, brisk and satisfying story,.

I don't read fanfiction, so wasn't really sure what to expect from it, and I rarely read historical fiction these days, so why did I download this? Well the attractive cover first grabbed my attention, I love Jane Austen and the book was free. It's as simple as that.I fail to understand why anyone would presume to rewrite a great classic like 'Pride and Prejudice' especially using American spellings, phrases and words - unless, of course, they want poor Jane to twist and turn in her grave. This novel is full of 'Americanisms', historical inaccuracies and anachronisms, not to mention a fair few typos dotted around that really should have been ironed out with proper editing/proofreading. It's liberally scattered with quotations lifted from the original - though invariably attributed to different characters, which is again puzzling. When rewriting a story, why 'borrow' so much from the original? It seems a little bit like cheating. All that said, however, it's not at all an unpleasant read, as long as you suspend all your prejudices and accept it as a bit of experimental fun.It takes a different route to the original, though the rewriting of the characters generally did them all a disservice; I roared with laughter at the idea that Mr Bennet taught Elizabeth how to use her knee to good effect with a man, just in case she should ever find herself being grabbed and dragged into an alley. Maybe the idea of that accounted for Elizabeth's permanently sparkling eyes. And my how those eyes did sparkle! The fact that Mr Bennet is a secret ace financier, who manages to secrete away some £75K over the space of 15 years, is also stunning in its absurdity.I thought the idea of Darcy persuading Mr Collins to turn his attentions to Mary was inspired. I always felt rather sorry for her, but I felt it was a pity Lydia didn't get her comeuppance - I don't think she even gave a single shriek in this version, but that's to the good - I never liked her.The characters fail to develop because the author is far too busy dancing around inside everyone's heads telling us in minute detail what everyone is thinking from one minute to the next at a dizzying rate, instead of letting them live and show us for themselves, which is a shame.I was less than halfway through the first chapter before I'd made up my mind to abandon this in disgust, but I'm not a quitter, and something pushed me on to read the whole book. In fact the more I read, the more I wanted to finish, if only to satisfy my curiosity about what boundaries the author would push and what new ideas she would explore. And the fact that it held my attention makes me give it three stars. If you don't know Jane Austen's beautiful original and you don't care much about historical inaccuracies, you'll find this a worthwhile read. It's a bit of fun, at least and makes interesting reading.

I had to stay up last night (until one in the morning!) to finish this book! I absolutely loved it! I have always been nervous about reading a sequel/'what if' story to my favourite novel Pride and Prejudice, but I am so glad that I did!The story was amazing! It was so clever how it all linked in different ways to the original story! I kept thinking 'Oh this is like what happened to Jane, but its happeneing to Lizzy!' or such like. How the different quotes from the novel, film and series were incorporated was very clever! Seeing the use of 'it is tolerable but not handsome enough to tempt me' in a completely different sense was great (and many other similar examples!)One of my favourite scenes was how the classic verbal sword fight between Lady Catherine and Lizzy changed to between Lady Catherine and Darcy! That was fun to read!But, my favourite thing of all had to be Darcy! It was great to see the charming, playful and caring side to him so much quicker than you do in the original novel. The conversations between Darcy and Lizzy were great to read - so funny and playful, and quite flirtatious at times! It made me smile every time they were with each other!I really have fallen for Mr Darcy all over again!

I really liked this p&p variation, I have become somewhat obsessed with reading them recently after discovering Pamela Aiden's works which were also almost perfect. K L Mackroy stuck to JA's writing style for most of the book, sadly however when she gets over excited her colloquial Americanisms tend to slip through; which can be quite jarring when you are pleasantly immersed in regency England.But she can be forgiven for having delivered a truly fascinating, insightful and innovative variant of this marvellous tale that we all love. Elizabeth and Darcy remain the pivotal characters of the story but she cast Mr Bennet in a whole new light, certainly in a manner I would never have conceived of, which was simply genius.This author delivered a well crafted and engaging tale full of truly romantic tension, without resting on tired smutty references. I would whole hearted recommend this purchase and would,have given it a 5 star perfect rating had she been just a little bit more disciplined.

Brilliant Story. The interactions between Darcy and Elizabeth and witty and fun and you actually see why they have fallen in love and are good together.This story diverges after Jane and Lizzy have left Netherfield, Lizzy has an accident while walking and Darcy assists.All our favourite characters are in this book. There isn't too much angst but enough obstacles to have character development. Cannot recommend this book highly enough