ME AND MR. DARCY: Alexandra Potter: Ballantine Books: 2007: 356 pagesEmily Albright runs a bookstore and after her last few dating experiences wishes all men could be like Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. So when her best-friend and co-worker suggests a wild weekend on a beach in Mexico, Emily does just the opposite and flees to England for a tour through the historic Austen countryside with a bus-load of grannies and one foul-tempered man.
This novel has the unfortunate experience of getting released at the same time as Shannon Hale’s Austenland which has the same plot concept though the stories go in very different directions. Me and Mr. Darcy also has some strange twists like when Emily meets the real Mr. Darcy in some kind of (never fully explained) time-warp incident. If you enjoy romantic spin-offs of Austen’s novels then you will still get some pleasure from this story, but there are better books out there.
AJ
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