A unique forced marriage scenario with an engrossing and painfully descriptive opening of a landslide that had me trapped, right there, alongside Elizabeth and Darcy beneath the collapsed rocks and earth of the Bodden Chapel ruins. Darcy has seconds to realize the probability of Elizabeth’s impending death and leaps to cover and shield her, taking the brunt of the falling rock. The results give us a Darcy made unusually vulnerable by physical blindness from a blow to the head and the relief of an honor forced decision to offer marriage, and an Elizabeth, courage rising, giving and taking comfort from Darcy while entrapped, who then manages to give her headstrong ‘blindness’ a good run and is too stubborn by far. As they are carried through the aftermath, a slow burn realization of affection simmers between them while the author’s rendition keeps them anchored in their canon characteristics and regency norms. As Elizabeth works through the tumult of her mind, we come to discover the attraction that she has held, albeit unconsciously, for Darcy from their first meeting. Letting us feel a bit of Elizabeth’s innate kindness and compassion and her attraction for Darcy just peek out, only to be pulled down the doubt and misunderstanding rabbit hole that Elizabeth falters into yet again.
While the story focuses on Elizabeth and Darcy and their overcoming quite the trauma on a path to HEA, the character and actions of Colonel Fitzwilliam and Georgiana, Jane, Bingley, Mr Bennet, Collins, and even that of Caroline Bingley ring true given the story’s premise. As usual, Wickham gives rise to angst, but his machinations are dealt with swiftly and with some satisfaction.
KaraLynne Mackrory has written some of the most memorable, shiver inducing renditions of Fitzwilliam Darcy I have ever read. This one adds another to my memory to revisit and savor. His fascination and caress of a wayward curl at Elizabeth’s neck will spark my swoon imaginings for some time to come. Highly recommend, along with every one of her previous works!
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When pride leads to stubborn self-deception
Will she be able to shred her blinders …Like last time, I have just read two P&P variations in a raw, but both could not have been much different.I am not sure I liked this Elizabeth, far away from the renowned clever witty creature because of her injured pride, she is senseless to the point of being damagingly prejudiced against the man who saved her. She is harsh, selfish and at time mean, easily angered and while still with sight, blind to everything outside herself and her own comfort, mindless and careless about her own rudeness. So much she borders bad manners and transfers her ire on Darcy.She is such a weird creature, seeing first the worth before the good or misinterpreting things under the poorer light instead of taking time to analyze them.In fact she is quite a coward, she wants to keep going, so much she holds onto her dislike for Darcy like a drowning person to a buoy, as their fates were intertwined, she should instead be looking for to regard him under a different light, but not, she hides in plain sight when he can’t see her. But acknowledging she had been wrong about the man who makes her heart flutter, would concede her own ill placed pride and conceit.It is why her change of sentiments appears even more greater, as she hung for so long to her loathing against the man who saved her to finally fall in love with him, quite a long journey.Mr Darcy is still the proud man is was prior to his injury, he is not flawless but he at least tries to mend his relationship with Elizabeth, she just deaf to it and is the one holding back, keeping him at bay, refusing his extended hand.I read a review about this book being full of angst, outside mine against Elizabeth as I would have bashed her head a few times, it is more the tale of a young woman who struggles to become an adult, throwing tantrums and misinterpreting what she has eavesdropped instead to rationally analyzing the facts.4 stars𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 kisses
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