Review: Mr Darcy goes overboard – Belinda Roberts + a challenge

Genre: Pride and Prejudice variation
Pages: 176
Published: June 1st 2011 Sourcebooks

Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard replaces ballgowns with bikinis, country mansions with luxury yachts and the militia with a fiercely competetive squad of local lifeguards…

The Bennet family is enjoying their seaside home in Salcombe when Mrs. Bennet hears that the nearby magnificent villa Netherpollock has been taken by a young man of great fortune. She is determined that one of her daughters will go out with him, until Mr. Darcy glides into the harbour on his yacht and she decides he would be the better catch.

My thoughts:
Yes I am back with another P&P variation, what more can you all expect from me. I am hopelessly addicted.

This one is set at a little fashionable town near the sea. The players are all the same, the story is the same (with exceptions of course, this being a variation and all.) Lizzy still feels hurt by Mr Darcy’s remark, Bingley is still very much in love with Jane, Charlotte still does the reasonable thing and Mr Collins is still a creep. But there are no soldiers, instead there are lifeguards and instead of parties they attend different festivities and sail a lot.

The book is fairly silly, though in a good way. It’s an amusing story in a different setting and everyone is very young and hip. It’s a good book to take to the beach. You will read it fast and be a bit amused during it.

Sure there were things I thought were a bit too strange. Lydia’s change of heart, now that was the freakiest thing ever. And why Mrs Bennet was so set on them getting married, in this age they are all kids still. But like I said, it’s meant to be funny and not taken too seriously. I also noticed that the author has written plays before, and yes I could see this story as  some kind of farce. Especially Mr Collins would do well on the scene 😉 Don’t think too much, some books you just read.

Conclusion:
A nice little beach read.

Cover:
Cute

rating:
Ok

Source: Publisher

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And now to something else. I decided to be a part of a challenge since it has been so long since I last took part. 

Timeline: 1st June 2011 ~ 30th Sept 2011. Only books started on June 1st count towards this challenge.
4 months, 8 books or double it to 1. All romance genres and subgenres

16..why not 😀

I will even try to list the books I mean to read

1. Demons prefers blondes – Sydney Ayers (since I started it today 😉 (PNR)

2. Soldier – Grace Burrowes (HR)

3. Follow my Lead – Kate Noble (HR)
4. Nightfall by Ellen Connor

5. Succubi like it hot – Jill Myles (PNR)

6. Alien in the family – Gini Koch (Scifi romance)

7. Love and Freedom by Sue Moorcroft 

 8.The Secret diaries of M C – Julia Quinn (HR)

 9.Ten things I love about you – Julia Quinn (HR)
10.Seven nights of forever – Evangeline Collins (HR)
11. Heartless by gail Carriger 
12. Play of Passion – Nalini Singh 
13 In the heat of the Bite – Lydia dare (HR PNR)
14 Touch me if you dare – Stephanie Rowe 
15 A wife for MR Darcy – Mary Lydon Simonsen (HR)

 Dreams of dark warrior – kresley Cole (HR)

Midnight Brunch – Marta Acosta (PNR)

A gentleman never tells – Amelia Grey (HR)

 Burning up (PNR and more)

.Prelude to scandal  – Delilah Marvelle (HR)
 The madness of Lord Ian McKenzie – Jennifer Ashley (HR)

But this will of course change, but I at least have a plan :=)