Three Stars
Book three begins with Darcy and Col. Fitzwilliam on their way to visit their Aunt Catherine at Rosings Park. There he is unexpectedly reunited with Elizabeth Bennet, whom he has sworn to forget.
Book three may be my favorite of the series, it definitely has one of my favorite parts, but it only gets three stars because I found myself thinking, on at least two occasions, “Why won’t this book just end?” It’s looong. And it sometimes seems even longer because so much of it is Darcy comparing his four conversations with Elizabeth to verbal sword play. There’s a lot of that. This simply should not have been a trilogy. There just wasn’t enough for that. Over all it’s great but it would have been even better as a single book.
All of the scenes with Elizabeth, Dyfred, and Col Fitzwilliam are fantastic and amazing. But most of the other stuff is a bit of a drag. Especially when the Irish-Fairy-Witch makes a reappearance. But there is a scene which, oddly enough, made me fall in love with Darcy that much more. Pages 192-200. You are welcome for that little hint.
This book gets three stars and the series as a whole scores four. Had it been cut down to only one book with all of the fantastic parts it may very well have scored a full five stars!
Quickly, I want to say that I totally called Dy from the moment he was first introduced in the series and I love the direction his story is left heading. Also, I would totally read a book just about him. It would be awesome.
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ReplyDeleteQuestion: Do you have a key for the stars you give books? What is your criteria for 1, 2, 3, 4 stars?
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