Review : Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe

Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa De La Cruz

Genre: Romance, Christmas, Retelling, Holiday, Adult,

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Pages: 240
Published October 17th 2017 by St. Martin's Press

 Darcy Fitzwilliam is 29, beautiful, successful, and brilliant. She dates hedge funders and basketball stars and is never without her three cellphones—one for work, one for play, and one to throw at her assistant (just kidding). Darcy’s never fallen in love, never has time for anyone else’s drama, and never goes home for Christmas if she can help it. But when her mother falls ill, she comes home to Pemberley, Ohio, to spend the season with her dad and little brother.

Her parents throw their annual Christmas bash, where she meets one Luke Bennet, the smart, sardonic slacker son of their neighbor. Luke is 32 and has never left home. He’s a carpenter and makes beautiful furniture, and is content with his simple life. He comes from a family of five brothers, each one less ambitious than the other. When Darcy and Luke fall into bed after too many eggnogs, Darcy thinks it’s just another one night stand. But why can’t she stop thinking of Luke? What is it about him? And can she fall in love, or will her pride and his prejudice against big-city girls stand in their way?

Darcy is successful women who moved out of her hometown Pemberly, Ohio to NYC and hasn't been back for a while. After a phone call about her mothers poor health she is back during christmas time to spend the holiday. She doesn't have time for relationships when shes working 24/7 but doesn't expect to fall in love during this short time.

You know what as a lover of Jane Austen books I knew I Just has to get my hands on this book and let me tell you this book doesn't disappoint. First off its gender swapped so its a whole new outlook, then there is plenty of things to seem very different but also got that main story line/plot of the book to make it clear its a Pride and Prejudice retelling (Yea I know its pretty clear in the title) . The reason I point that out there are plenty of books out there that advertise being a Pride and Prejudice retelling and clearly aren't and it seems like such a waste. Anyways I loved the characters, getting to know them and seeing the differences from which this book was inspired from. So a message for you Austin fans from one to another I recommend you lovely readers to check this book out especially during this holiday season.