mimibottoms reviewed on 7/27/2007 + 58 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 12

As the title indicates, this book is about the daughters of "Pride and Prejudice" characters Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett. Of all the sequels attempted of that wonderful Jane Austen story, this one is the best I've read. However, if you are expected to read about the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Darcy, you will be disappointed because they do not appear in this book. It is purely about their daughters as they stay with Colonel Fitzwilliam and his family and mingle in London society for a summer season. The plot and characters very closely mirror that of P & P, which I found to be disappointing. The eldest daughter Letitia is very similar to Jane Bennett. The second daughter, Camilla, is levelheaded and independent, very much like Elizabeth Bennett. There is a love story fraught with troubles for Camilla and a possible love-lost scenario for Letitia, just like the P & P plots for Elizabeth and Jane. Although I was disappointed in these aspects, I still found this to be an entertaining read. It was entertaining to read about the P & P characters that do show up in the book as their older selves... these include Lydia, the Gardiners, and Caroline Bingley. As I said before, this book is a respectable sequel as opposed to some others that have Darcy and Elizabeth having sex like bunnies... Yuck!

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