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Pride And Princesses (2000)

by Summer Day(Favorite Author)

3.52 of 5 Votes: 4

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review 1: I read this tale not comparing it to Pride and Prejudice or Emma, although I do enjoy both, I wanted to read this story afresh and without expectation. I found Pride and Princesses to be entertaining and delightful. The dating game idea was fun and I liked the diary which also accompanied this idea! The ending was a sweet and touching surprise. Having already read another of Summer Day's novels (Wuthering Nights), I look forward to reading more of her work.
review 2: This book was disappointing to me. The basic story was good but there was so much going on that I sometimes became confused. The story didn't flow smoothly and seemed choppy in places. I found myself even rereading a few pages to try and figure out what I missed. The ending blew but that has nothin... moreg to do with the quality of the writing. I just was unhappy with the direction the author went for the ending.I loved the characters. They were colorful and realistic, for the most part. A few were stereotypical but they were mostly background characters so they actually fleshed out the story some. The two main characters were endearing and likable. They came from educated families and went to an upper-crusty school but I found myself asking what the heck they were talking about a couple of times. I'd like to say that I'm fairly intelligent, I was an English major in school and can carry on a decent conversation but, if I talked like these girls, I can only imagine the blank stares I'd receive. I have two teenagers and they definitely don't talk anything like these girls. The main male characters were a modern day, teenaged Darcy and Bingley. Jet was awesome from the beginning but Mark (Darcy) was never fully evolved. If I'd never read Austen's version, I'd have no idea what was going on with him until toward the end. The plot just seemed to jump ahead too often like the author expected the reader to just know what was happening without having to explain it. Again, this added to the choppiness. I don't like to leave negative reviews for someone else's hard work but I think this story would've been great if it had been a little more streamlined. Taking out some of the unimportant details and adding to the action would clarify it so much. Using a simpler style of dialogue would help, too. I'm not saying this is a bad book, I actually enjoyed the main plot, I just feel it could be so much better. Would I read it again? Probably. Will I read more books by this author? I've already downloaded another, so I'm at least giving her a second chance. I see a lot of potential. less

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