{"id":714,"date":"2010-11-07T18:33:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-07T23:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=714"},"modified":"2010-11-07T22:21:29","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T03:21:29","slug":"review-in-the-arms-of-mr-darcy-by-sharon-latham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/review-in-the-arms-of-mr-darcy-by-sharon-latham\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: In the Arms of Mr. Darcy by Sharon Latham"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cover<\/a>In the Arms of Mr. Darcy by Sharon Lathan. Sourcebooks landmark, Trade Paperback, October 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4022-3699-0. Pages: 384. List Price: $14.99. (Amazon: $10.19 \/ Kindle: $9.68).<\/p>\n

In the Arms of Mr. Darcy<\/em> by Sharon Lathan is a follow-on to Austen’s Pride and Prejudice<\/em>. Elizabeth and Darcy have been married for a year. Elizabeth is settling into her role as mistress of Pemberly, and they now have a child, Alexander.<\/p>\n

The Bennet family and other friends and relatives are gathering at Pemberly for the holiday season. Naturally, with the new child and a houseful of family and friends there is a lot of grist for the plot mill. Lathan manages to squeeze a story of married bliss, new romance, thwarted love, a mystery, a betrayal, and a couple of presentations at court into one book. <\/p>\n

What is achieved is an interesting look into the life of the landed gentry at the time of Pride and Prejudice<\/em>. Then there is the continuing romance between Darcy and Elizabeth. As a married couple, they do their best to see that all those they love become as happy as they are. Darcy is more than the standoffish aristocrat of the original story and is shown to have depth of feeling and good sense.<\/p>\n

However, the fact that the book has so many subplots, makes it seem unfocused. The mystery subplot has potential, as did several of the other subplots, to be fleshed out and become a stand-alone novel. Instead these interesting sub-stories are set up, minimally touched on, and dropped or solved to get back to the main story of the married live of the Darcys. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say the book isn\u2019t worth reading, after all, it’s well written and continues to allow readers to see the Darcys after their marriage. They manage to have a full life that, as with all newlyweds, is rife with the compromises needed to live together in harmony, as well as the usual minor dramas involved in daily living on a large estate with the responsibility for many other depending on their ability to stay solvent as society changes about them.<\/p>\n

In the Arms of Mr. Darcy<\/em> will not leave you wishing you hadn’t read it, but instead will leave you wondering what is going to happen to the people in the subplots that weave in and out of the main story. Will there be another book filling us in on those characters and incidents, particularly those that involve friends and family or business relations of the Darcys\u2019? We can but hope.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, In the Arms of Mr. Darcy<\/em> is now in bookstores and available so you don\u2019t need to wait to find it and see for yourself if you agree or disagree with my assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Arms of Mr. Darcy by Sharon Lathan. Sourcebooks landmark, Trade Paperback, October 2010, ISBN: 978-1-4022-3699-0. Pages: 384. List Price: $14.99. (Amazon: $10.19 \/ Kindle: $9.68). In the Arms of Mr. Darcy by Sharon Lathan is a follow-on to Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth and Darcy have been married for a year. 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