Entrancing Mr. Darcy
Entrancing Mr. Darcy
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On the night that the Netherfield party first attend the Meryton assembly, Miss Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy are unimpressed with each other.
Darcy seeks some quiet from the noise and crowd of the assembly. Elizabeth seeks some cool air and a chat with her friend Charlotte. When Charlotte is delayed joining her outside, Elizabeth looks for her. A light seen through an open door, leads Elizabeth to search a storage room and the cold causes her to shut the door. Unfortunately, Charlotte is not in the storage room; Mr Darcy is!
Efforts to escape fail and while moving around Elizabeth catches her dress on a nail, ripping it substantially. This of course is the point that the internal door is opened and all of Meryton society, see Elizabeth, her torn dress and Mr Darcy.
For the sake of her family's good name, Elizabeth agrees to marry Mr. Darcy. Given the circumstances, they have decided to live apart, and Mr. Darcy has prepared will a small estate called Leonane for Elizabeth's use. Leonane itself, however, sits high on cliff top, an imposing fortress of a house, which all the servants have fled, claiming a curse haunts the place.
When she and Mr. Darcy arrive, their carriage is destroyed, and the horses disappear. Is it the curse? Or is there someone who doesn't wish them to leave? Who wishes to trap them there?
I am not sure about this book. It feels like there is little depth of character which I suppose is understandable as they have only just met.
Lizzy's behaviour is distinctly out of character.
Darcy seems somewhat frenetic, not to mention foolhardy.
Be warned, Wickham is especially vile.
Unfortunately, it was all oddly unsatisfying.
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