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It took quite a leap of faith for me to think of Darcy as an assassin, but it did become more palatable as the novel progressed and Darcy operated as more of a businessman than a killer. The underworld of English gentry was interesting (I wouldn't go as far as to say "intriguing"), and the new characters created by the author were well-developed and contributed nicely to the plot--Lady Dache in particular. Far too often, new characters are simply distracting and boring. There were some interesting turns in the story and some relationships I look forward to learning more about...such as that between Lady Dache and Elizabeth.

And yet, Elizabeth is my biggest complaint with the book...because she's almost never there. Soooo many pages go by with scarcely a mention, except when it occurs to Darcy in passing that he hasn't thought about Elizabeth in a fortnight. What seems like endless time is devoted to the in's and out's of trying to take down the latest threat, and that makes the story (otherwise well-written) very dull. At one point, I found myself almost obsessively checking the bottom of my Kindle screen to see what percentage of the book I'd managed through and was relieved when I hit 51 percent and could take comfort that I was more than halfway there. I know, that sounds horrible, but if Elizabeth had appeared even a little more during that time, I think it would have been more enjoyable.

I also had a problem with the level of feeling Darcy seemed to have for Elizabeth. Although there's more warmth toward the end of the story, he seems almost cold to her otherwise. His proposal seems to come from nowhere, at least emotionally, and I think he should have been more affected by her rejection.

Because the end of the story was okay, I'll probably read Part Two. It's supposed to be from Elizabeth's perspective, though, so I really hope I don't spend most of the book wondering, "Where the heck is Darcy?" (I also hope that the author learns how to correctly use apostrophes. Part One was rife with mistakes.)


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Pride Prejudice Assassinations edition by Leo Charles Taylor Romance eBooks Reviews

This was an interesting P&P variation that I enjoyed. Premise was very different from other variations, though I'm not sure that I like every facet of this Fitzwilliam Darcy. It was well written from an interest, action and conversational standpoint.

I agree with one reviewer that copying too much of the original Pride and Prejudice should not have been done. And, yes, it needed a GOOD editor. Too many misspelled words, omitted words, lack of an apostrophe with possessive proper nouns and 'you' instead of 'your' repeatedly. Overall a good read, except for the editing, and I look forward to the next installment.
Full marks to Mr Taylor for an inventive take on the P&P tale. This is neither a saccharine retelling nor a salacious bodice ripper.

My major complaint, which prevents me from giving this 5 stars is the prevalence of grammatical and spelling errors. A good editor or even competent proofreader should easily have caught 90% of them. I find them very distracting.

I thought Darcy's continued fascination with Elizabeth was downplayed so much that his proposal seemed almost out of character. For all that I plan to continue with the series which is intriguing and rather fun!
The story itself was an enjoyable take on Pride & Prejudice. The spin on the story from Darcy's perspective, as well as creative license that was taken in adding new characters and scenes was fun & I am curious to read the rest of the series. That said, this story would be much improved if it had gone to a professional editor. Numerous misspellings, grammar mistakes and the like keep it from being a book that I'd be willing to spend money on. (That said, if the author were to revise the spelling, punctuation, and grammar, I would certainly pay money to purchase this book for friends and family.) A couple errors that popped out were the 'saloon' at Pemberley, instead of salon, and 'waive' instead of 'wave'. Overall though, for a free book, it was entertaining and worth the time spent reading it.
I think it is supposed to be James Bond meets Darcy. It falls short. If you like reading books with the names Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy (with the actual character traits completely off), and you don't care for the romance and redemption of both parties, this one is for you. Please note, I want to leave positive reviews. I really do. One of the things I love about P & P are the misunderstandings and how EB and FD change for each other to become better versions of themselves. This book is missing depth of feeling. So sorry to say. I read on the writer's home page that he doesn't like criticism. I recommend he not take any feedback personally but to listen and try to see his work from a different POV. I believe he can write but maybe is missing what P & P fictions fans are wanting.
This is the second of Mr. Taylor's books which I'm reading, so that tells you I like his stories enough to keep reading them. But as I find myself halfway through this one I want to grab him by the shoulders and shake him! His overuse, misuse and inappropriate use of the word "for" and prepositions in general, is very distracting, and destroys the flow of a sentence as you read it. Then we have the misuse of the apostrophe in almost every instance. It's being used to connote a plural noun instead of a possessive noun. These mistakes are inexcusable, and no editor should let them pass uncorrected. These books have the potential to be quite good, and I would have given this one 4 stars if not for the all too frequent errors which slow you down unnecessarily. No, I'm not an English teacher, but good grammar and punctuation used to be assumed when you opened a book (or ), because there were editors and proofreaders to make sure of it. If these things don't bother you, I would certainly recommend this book. It's an interesting proposition to make Darcy an assassin for aristocrats, but if you can suspend plausability, it's a good read.
It took quite a leap of faith for me to think of Darcy as an assassin, but it did become more palatable as the novel progressed and Darcy operated as more of a businessman than a killer. The underworld of English gentry was interesting (I wouldn't go as far as to say "intriguing"), and the new characters created by the author were well-developed and contributed nicely to the plot--Lady Dache in particular. Far too often, new characters are simply distracting and boring. There were some interesting turns in the story and some relationships I look forward to learning more about...such as that between Lady Dache and Elizabeth.

And yet, Elizabeth is my biggest complaint with the book...because she's almost never there. Soooo many pages go by with scarcely a mention, except when it occurs to Darcy in passing that he hasn't thought about Elizabeth in a fortnight. What seems like endless time is devoted to the in's and out's of trying to take down the latest threat, and that makes the story (otherwise well-written) very dull. At one point, I found myself almost obsessively checking the bottom of my screen to see what percentage of the book I'd managed through and was relieved when I hit 51 percent and could take comfort that I was more than halfway there. I know, that sounds horrible, but if Elizabeth had appeared even a little more during that time, I think it would have been more enjoyable.

I also had a problem with the level of feeling Darcy seemed to have for Elizabeth. Although there's more warmth toward the end of the story, he seems almost cold to her otherwise. His proposal seems to come from nowhere, at least emotionally, and I think he should have been more affected by her rejection.

Because the end of the story was okay, I'll probably read Part Two. It's supposed to be from Elizabeth's perspective, though, so I really hope I don't spend most of the book wondering, "Where the heck is Darcy?" (I also hope that the author learns how to correctly use apostrophes. Part One was rife with mistakes.)