With My Whole Heart Forever
Wendi Sotis
3/5
Instead of meeting Mr. Darcy first, Elizabeth meets a recently traumatized Georgiana. Mr. Bingley never let Netherfield so the two had to meet under different circumstances. That was fun, but the whole conflict part of the story kind of dragged. I love these retellings because of how clever they are when manipulating the idea of pride and prejudice, the biggest and most obvious roadblocks in Elizabeth and Darcy's relationship. There weren't any central misunderstandings here, there was a villain and a resolution.
Not to say that books without key villains aren't important. I like it when there's someone who is easy to hate because it makes the other characters easy to love. But for this story it was piled on a little too thick and too often. There were like three schemes by Wickham that were described extensively and just kept going and going. It was a weird angle to take when none of his plans actually came to fruition.
Not bad, an interesting and more original take, but without the drama and misunderstandings I'm looking for. Mr. Darcy isn't as great if he doesn't start off a jerk who realizes the errors of his ways and works to better himself. I know it's cliche to keep looking for that but that's the joy of Jane Austen.
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