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Exceptional writing! Solid and a pleasure to read; technically speaking, there was very few mistakes or awkwardness to detract from the story (I noted one compliment/complement mixup but that was the only one!).

I will note that this is one of the cases where the author either did not understand the standard entail as Austen wrote or chose to change it from canon; Mr Collins is cast as the son of Mr Bennet's sister and that just does not fit with canon. Nor was it a critical plot point and I do believe could have been changed to fit with canon without any impact on the story, at least this first book! Second, I found the Gardiner's connections to be... a bit much. It was well done but I can't help feeling it went just a bit too far. Yes, yes... Lizzy is indeed quite up to the task off Mistress of Pemberley, but it just felt like the author was making her a bit /too/ perfect for it.

That said I /adored/ this version of Mr Bennet. Absolutely brilliantly done! Also, Mr Bingley - the scenes between Bingley and Darcy when the misunderstandings are straightened out were just wonderful. Spot on characterization that came out extremely satisfying! Extra characters from the Darcy, Fitzwilliam and de Bourgh familes were all excellent additions that fit perfectly.

If I have a complaint, it is that Darcy and Elizabeth reach a perfect understanding too smoothly and Darcy's one lapse in the progress towards this does not feel totally believable. However, it resulted in some very satisfying scenes so I guess I will forgive this. ;)

Five stars is well deserved here. I have not a moment's hesitation in recommending this variation to anyone. Please note that there are no intimate or adult scenes written here any more than was in Austen's work.


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A Tapestry of Lives Book 1 A Variation on Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice edition by Jean Sims Romance eBooks Reviews

This story was recommended by Talia and Claudine on Goodreads as being exceptional. I bought it almost immediately but was a little dismayed at the $7.99 price for Book 1...as that means I would have to pay about $24 for the entire story which was published for free online according to several reviews. I did not find it worth that high price and doubt I will buy the next two volumes unless the books come up on kindle Unlimited or someone wants to lend them to me. I found little real angst in this first book and as it ended on a high note did not feel any pressure to immediately buy the next book.

This author did do something in this book which I have rarely read in other JAFF books (and I have read hundreds) which is to go into great detail about the family histories, the marriages and the acquaintances between major and some minor characters. Some of the reviews disparage this practice. I had mixed feelings the intertwining of families and friends was leaning towards being too coincidental, too sappy and disruptive to the main plot at times for me. But on the other hand it explained a character’s opinion (good or bad) of the other party as they interact. Ms. Sims didn't seem to leave any family out as we read about the Bennets’, the Collinses’, the Gardiner’s, the Darcys’, the de Bourghs’ and the Fitzwilliams’ background. How they were all related through thick, through thin, through plotting and through chance took a great deal of creativity, I will concede. We even get a history of the building and then rebuilding of the Pemberley estate itself.

I have read tales in which Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet and/or their relationship have been handled in very different ways from canon and this one veers into that concept in presenting versions of events. A good portion at the beginning of the book has to do with Elizabeth turning to her father to reveal and discuss what has occurred up to this time between herself and Darcy, as she gives him Darcy’s Hunsford letter to read and respond to. He does have some words of wisdom in this variation, “…I believe that the gentleman has been misunderstood. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that he makes it difficult to be understood.” Father and daughter have an extensive and insightful talk about the mystery that is Mr. Darcy. (This portion was one of the best in the book, in my opinion.)

I did like how Mr. Bennet has a change of heart and even how some of this is due to his early experiences in romance and what he took from those. (Sad that he didn't have those thoughts earlier.)

In this first book he and his wife (after some manipulation on her husband's part in reasoning with her) make changes in how they are guiding their daughters' venturing into society and their education in the home. What the final result is to these efforts only the next two books will tell. Those of us (and I imagine anyone reading this review to be a part of "us") who know the P&P story from canon know that a certain younger sister, if her character is as in canon, will not bend to any new rules without a fight! Mr. B. also takes some action as per the other revelations in Mr. Darcy’s letter re a certain nemesis of his.

Then in the next set of events we see Elizabeth going off to help in the Gardiner household in London as Aunt Gardiner has a need due to her condition. How she meets Darcy and his sister is one of the action scenes in this book, one I have not read in other variations. Darcy has long discussions with relatives or in his mind about events, the outcomes and his handling of such in the past and plans for the future, if any. Uncle James Darcy is a new character and what a character he is, as he gives Elizabeth his account of certain “friends” or relatives of the Darcys’. And then there is the discussion between Elizabeth and Bingley, while both are visiting in Derwent House (Darcy’s townhouse)…much is resolved between them.

There is a discourse in more than one section about literature being read by various parties with particular note of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft with remarks about how that author’s personal life affected acceptance of her book and of her ideas. And it is of note that Elizabeth’s extensive reading, her discussions and debates with, first, her father and, then, Darcy are used as reasons why he was attracted to her, as she was so different from other young ladies in society. (Georgiana is also reading a book in 3 volumes written by “a Lady”.)

I did like this book but my biggest complaint is the price. If that is not a problem for you, this would be a recommendation from me as it was an enjoyable read.
I don't know why most everybody is giving 5 stars to this book. The book is well written, based on grammar and story flow, but boy, does she repeats some tellings over and over. When a situation takes place is first describe by the affected character, then sometime later it is told, essentially the same way by others, why it has to be that way, we readers can understand a reference to it without being told again. There is a lot of wondering and detail description of things and scenarios that made me skip pages at a time, for example Chapter 15, what was that all about? That chapter is a story within itself, it felt that the author needed to add some sort of non-existing angst and added that story, whereby there is a lot of rambling about Aunt Gardiner family and why she left Lampton and connection to the Darcy family, 18 - 20 pages of who is father, or mother, and why the couple in that story moved to Lampton, etc. etc.....wow that was difficult to read. At the end there was not much angst, which most of the time I prefer, but the resolution was sometimes painfully slow. The story premise was very similar to many "what-ifs" P&P books, this was was well written and that is the reason I gave 4 stars
Exceptional writing! Solid and a pleasure to read; technically speaking, there was very few mistakes or awkwardness to detract from the story (I noted one compliment/complement mixup but that was the only one!).

I will note that this is one of the cases where the author either did not understand the standard entail as Austen wrote or chose to change it from canon; Mr Collins is cast as the son of Mr Bennet's sister and that just does not fit with canon. Nor was it a critical plot point and I do believe could have been changed to fit with canon without any impact on the story, at least this first book! Second, I found the Gardiner's connections to be... a bit much. It was well done but I can't help feeling it went just a bit too far. Yes, yes... Lizzy is indeed quite up to the task off Mistress of Pemberley, but it just felt like the author was making her a bit /too/ perfect for it.

That said I /adored/ this version of Mr Bennet. Absolutely brilliantly done! Also, Mr Bingley - the scenes between Bingley and Darcy when the misunderstandings are straightened out were just wonderful. Spot on characterization that came out extremely satisfying! Extra characters from the Darcy, Fitzwilliam and de Bourgh familes were all excellent additions that fit perfectly.

If I have a complaint, it is that Darcy and Elizabeth reach a perfect understanding too smoothly and Darcy's one lapse in the progress towards this does not feel totally believable. However, it resulted in some very satisfying scenes so I guess I will forgive this. ;)

Five stars is well deserved here. I have not a moment's hesitation in recommending this variation to anyone. Please note that there are no intimate or adult scenes written here any more than was in Austen's work.