Jane Austen springs to life again in this book of three Darcy Tales revolving around the wonderful characters of Pride and Prejudice.

Sheila

In the first story, ‘Mr. Darcy’s Christmas’; Darcy is visited by the ghosts (of yes, you guessed it!) Christmas past, present, and future.  A fun twist together of two wonderful classics that I found to be an imaginative if not a bit predictable mix.

The second tale is ‘A Christmas Present’, where we find a very anxious Mr. Darcy fretting over Lizzy who is about to give birth.  This middle story really set a picture in my mind of what the Darcy family could have been like.  This center story really was my favorite.

The third and final installment of the book is ‘A Darcy Christmas’, takes us through the Darcy Christmas’s one by one, some of joy, and some that let’s just say having the Kleenex close by is not ill advice.   I enjoyed these peeks into the Darcy Christmas’s – it was like looking into a family photo album.

For someone (errrrrr me……) who has avoided all of the spin offs with vampires, zombies, and sea monsters… this book came as a pleasant surprise.  I enjoyed the stories centered around the Darcy’s and the fact that this book holds the three stories as a collection was perfect for the time of year when my mind tends to travel towards a sort of book a.d.d. and I skip from one thing to the next.

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Thank you to Source Books for allowing me to review this book