{"id":752,"date":"2011-04-21T20:37:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T00:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/?p=752"},"modified":"2011-04-21T21:15:30","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T01:15:30","slug":"review-the-trouble-with-mr-darcy-by-sharon-lathan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amperzen.com\/blog\/review-the-trouble-with-mr-darcy-by-sharon-lathan\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Trouble With Mr. Darcy by Sharon Lathan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cover<\/a>The Trouble with Mr. Darcy<\/strong> by Sharon Lathan. Sourcebooks Landmark. ISBN: 978-1-4022-3754-6. 368 pages. (Trade Paperback: $14.99 \/ Amazon: $9.47 \/ Kindle $9.00)<\/p>\n

Book Description<\/strong>: Just as Darcy and Elizabeth are facing the most intense challenges of their marriage George Wickham returns to Hertfordshire bent on creating trouble. But Wickham is only a pawn for someone who is even more unscrupulous than he is, and everything Darcy cherishes most is thrown into deadly danger.<\/p>\n

Knowing that Wickham has nothing left to lose, Darcy must confront his villainous enemy and his own demons at the same time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s a lot going on in this book. For example there’s a trip to the continent, a birth, a wedding, an engagement, betrayal, and more. Reading the story is like being on a roller-coaster ride; just when you think that Elizabeth and Darcy are safe, you turn a corner and once again are thrown into doubt as to what will happen. It’s a book that I found almost impossible to put down until I finished it and then immediately read it again. I laughed. I cried. And when I closed the covers after the first reading — I felt drained and satisfied that things were now as they should be.<\/p>\n

Lathan has a masterful feel for Austen’s Elizabeth Bennet Darcy and Fitzwilliam Darcy. You can hear their voices as if you were reading Austen. Their characters remain the same but with a responsibility to each other that marriage and a child have given them. Their first child is a bit older and we see Darcy as a caring parent. Elizabeth is still a forceful personality but tempered with motherhood and a bit more understanding towards her sisters and mother. First and foremost, Elizabeth and Darcy are in love — romantically, passionately, and totally. The ups and downs of married life have tempered them but their love sees them through the trials of their lives.<\/p>\n

However, books need conflict and Lathan manages to come up with some interesting twists and turns. Some of those conflicts involve problems that are as relevant today as they’d have been in Austen’s time — only then such problems would have been hidden away and not dealt with at all. Lathan has a nice touch making the plotlines relevant to today’s women but firmly grounded in the historical and social era that gave birth to Elizabeth and Darcy.<\/p>\n

I can’t say much about plot other than, as the book description mentions, Wickham returns with malice and a plan. However, that is only the later half of the book. Once you finish reading, you’ll find yourself wondering how so much fit into such a normal size book. Based on how many events occur, you’d expect one of those huge doorstopper volumes.<\/p>\n

All our favorite characters from the previous books by Lathan and from the original novel of Jane Austen are here. Take the time to immerse yourself in another time with characters that we’ve come to enjoy. The only nit I have with the book is that the title implies that Darcy is the problem when, in fact, he’s more the victim of these troubles. The Trouble with Mr. Darcy <\/strong>by Sharon Lathan is in bookstores now. If you’re a fan of her previous books , you’ll be sure to enjoy this one. If you haven’t yet read Lathan’s books that continue the story of Pride and Prejudice<\/em>, you may get confused by the larger cast of characters which can readily be solved by getting her earlier works. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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