Darcy's Voyage

This is a very silly “re-imagining” of Pride & Prejudice that bears very little resemblance to the original source. Darcy and Elizabeth meet cute and part, then meet again on a ship bound for America and enter into a marriage of convenience. When the voyage is over, will their marriage be annulled or will they admit they have come to love each other? Might have worked as a romance novel featuring hero and heroine with different names, but fails completely anytime the plot attempts to mirror P&P, despite the author's occasional use of dialogue taken straight from Austen. Darcy especially is a weak copy of the source material and walks around like a lovesick fool. When he gives his famous proposal speech to what turns out to be an empty cabin, the book hit the wall with a bang. I'm not sure why I keep reading these P&P sequels and adaptations; very few of them are any less than awful.