The Trials of the Honorable F. Darcy by Sara Angelini
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

What a disappointment!  When I look for Jane Austen spin-offs, I like them to have substance, clean language, and tasteful displays of affection.  This book has none of these things.  The characters were mere caricatures of the original book with some of them not even remotely like the original.  Most of the book is set in the San Francisco area--England is a sideline.  Jane and Bingley are surgeons??? So bizarre. And why is Elizabeth's best friend a gay Mr. Hurst?  Lizzy's hatred of Darcy changed overnight, rather than over months.  And they acted on their attraction before really getting to know or love each other--with a LOT of PDAs (so not Darcy's personality). Typical modern romance theme there.  And I really don't enjoy seeing the F-bomb every other page or so.  The idea of Darcy being a judge and Lizzy an attorney was inspired--they played well off each other in the beginning, but that's as far as the inspiration went.


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