The Darcy Connection

THE DARCY CONNECTION: Elizabeth Aston: Simon & Schuster: Fiction: 360 pgs.

I have to admit that I have enjoyed Elizabeth Aston's Pride & Prejudice spin-offs a little less with each addition to the series. However, I enjoyed her newest offering, The Darcy Connection, almost as much as I did the original, Mr. Darcy's Daughters. This installment follows the romantic adventures of Mr. Collins' two daughters the ever proper and pious Charlotte and the passionate and impulsive Eliza, named after her godmother Elizabeth Bennett Darcy.

While often predictable, any of the titles in this series are ideal for a quick summer read. Aston writes with humor and intelligence and cleverly weaves in entertaining cameos of characters you grew to love, or love to hate, in Pride & Prejudice.

CZ