TITLE: Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe
AUTHOR: de la Cruz, Melissa
GENRE: Chick-lit
This was another giveaway that I won from GR.
GENRE: Chick-lit
DATES READ: 10/7/2017 - 10/9/2017
MY RATING: 2/5
This was another giveaway that I won from GR.
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In this gender swap, Darcy Fitzwilliam plays the uptight successful businesswoman who must return when her mother falls ill to good old Pemberley, Ohio. At their family's Christmas party, she runs into Luke Bennet, a carpenter content with the simple life. But when a kiss under the mistletoe turns into a one night stand, hi-jinks ensue...
I need to preface this review by saying that Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is one of my favorite novels of all time. It will never drop below my top 10 and will have a place of pride on my bookshelf at all times. So, unfortunately, I did go into reading this adaptation in a bristly and judgmental manner. I couldn't help it!
I wish I had better things to say about this novel! There was the unnecessary gender swap and it is still told from the females POV. Only now, the female is the prig. She's a powerful CEO, who also happens to be a sniveling, whiny, rude, self-centered character.
Mr. Darcy may have been rude, but he had class. He fell for Lizzy because of her wit, intelligence, and stubborn demeaner. Not just because of a hot drunken kiss under the mistletoe!!! Chick-lit needs to strive to be better than this.
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