Entrancing Mr. Darcy by Valerie Lennox ★★★☆☆
Oddly unsatisfying
Darcy seeks some quiet from the noise and crowd of the assembly. Elizabeth seeks some cool air and a chat with her friend Charlotte. When Charlotte is delayed joining her outside, Elizabeth looks for her. A light seen through an open door, leads Elizabeth to search a storage room and the cold causes her to shut the door. Unfortunately, Charlotte is not in the storage room; Mr Darcy is!
Efforts to escape fail and while moving around
Elizabeth catches her dress on a nail, ripping it substantially. This of course
is the point that the internal door is opened and all of Meryton society, see
Elizabeth, her torn dress and Mr Darcy.
For the sake of her family’s good name, Elizabeth
agrees to marry Mr. Darcy. Given the circumstances, they have decided to live
apart, and Mr. Darcy has prepared will a small estate called Leonane for
Elizabeth’s use. Leonane itself, however, sits high on cliff top, an imposing
fortress of a house, which all the servants have fled, claiming a curse haunts
the place.
When she and Mr. Darcy arrive, their carriage is
destroyed, and the horses disappear. Is it the curse? Or is there someone who
doesn’t wish them to leave? Who wishes to trap them there?
I am not sure about this book. It feels like there
is little depth of character which I suppose is understandable as they have
only just met. Lizzy’s behaviour is distinctly out of character.
Darcy seems somewhat frenetic, not to mention
foolhardy. Be warned, Wickham is especially vile.
Unfortunately, it was all oddly unsatisfying.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout
and am voluntarily leaving a review. All views expressed are my own.
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