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The Darcy Connection by Elizabeth Aston

April 2nd, 2008 by Laura Moncur in Literature

The Darcy Connection by Elizabeth Aston at Amazon.comThe Darcy Connection is the fifth book in the Darcy series by Elizabeth Aston. Here are reviews of the previous four:

You MUST read the previous books to understand anything that is happening in this book. By now, every chapter is filled with inside jokes and old friends, but if you haven’t read the series in order, I fear the book’s enticements might suffer.

When Mr. Collins married Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth Bennett was shocked, but Charlotte assured her that she would be happy in this life with a silly man. Now, we join the Collins’ daughters on their first journey to London. Although Mr. Collins is now a bishop, he isn’t a rich man. He hasn’t inherited Longbourne, and it appears that he may never do so. The only way he can advance is if he has family connections and the only daughter who can do that for him is Charlotte, his eldest. She is an icy beauty and she is whisked away to London with her godmother and sister, Eliza, in tow. Eliza isn’t entranced by the season in London. She is in love with a squire’s son back in Yorkshire and nothing can attract her eye, not even the insulting Mr. Bruton.

I only found two quotes from this novel:

The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If you have a secret, you have only to whisper it to your dearest friend with the strictest injunction that it will go no further, and within half a day the story is all over town, and when you do make what would seem to be a perfectly sensible remark, you will find it reported in the most grotesque form, thus incurring no end of criticism to rebound upon you.
Elizabeth Aston, The Darcy Connection, 2008
One’s life is not as fixed as one believes. Surprises may lie in store for you, the unexpected often tends to happen, sometimes bringing in its train the most delightful change in one’s life or circumstances.
Elizabeth Aston, The Darcy Connection, 2008

George Warren is the bad guy again, and by this time, I’m wishing someone would just run him through. Mr. Darcy, would be a good candidate, but the opportunity was lost. I became disgusted with the book at the point when there is a duel. A DUEL! That was just too much for me and I realized that I’m just reading a romance novel. I preferred the adventures of the other Darcy women to these Collins girls. And, once again, there were too many marriages at the end of the book. In fact, there were characters who were never allowed to utter a word on page that were married off. Was that really necessary?

Ironically, I can’t wait until the next book comes out. How long do I have to wait?

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