First Wrong Impressions A Modern Pride Prejudice eBook Krista D Ball a lady
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Lizzy Bennet’s fundraising mission is to keep her homeless center's clients well-fed through a cold prairie winter. She meets the snobby and pompous William Darcy of Fitz & William Enterprises. While she’d never dare ask him for help, she can’t stop bumping into him — sometimes, quite literally.
But when Lizzy’s campaign is cut short by the disappearance of her sixteen year old sister, William and his younger sister step in to help the woman they want to make part of their family.
Inspired by Jane Austen’s classic, Pride and Prejudice, First (Wrong) Impressions is Lizzy’s quest for happiness, security, and love in the 21st century.
First Wrong Impressions A Modern Pride Prejudice eBook Krista D Ball a lady
In this modernization of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet works for a charity running a homeless refuge, Jane is missing a leg after a car accident, Lydia is a wannabe actress, and Charlotte Lucas has been transformed into Lukas Charlotte, Lizzy's best friend and male co-worker. By the time I finished the first two chapters, I knew I was going to enjoy Ms. Ball's twists on my favorite characters. Lizzy is more outspoken than ever and Darcy's arrogant awkwardness and sly sense of humor is marvelous. I really liked how very human they are. They both do clumsy, stupid, normal things that make me laugh or commiserate, depending on the circumstances.This book is well-written, with a perfect quantity of humor and romance. The author gave it a wonderfully modern feel; I particularly enjoyed the Twitter conversations. It isn't all fun, though. Much of the story is set on or revolves aroung Lizzy's refuge. Her whole life revolves around helping drug addicts, prostitutes and criminals. Sometimes she can really help them, but other times it's not enough.
Lizzy is a boiling mess of frustration during most of the book, leading to many rants. Which leads me to my one complaint about the book. There is so much ranting that after a while it starts, in my opinion, to feel preachy. Lizzy is a passionate liberal and is unafraid to voice her opinions. Good for her. At first, her impassioned speeches were a good way of getting to know her character better. However, after the umpteenth rant against organized religion, conservatives, pro-lifers, etc., it began to detract from my enjoyment of the novel. Overall, I really liked the story and the characters, but by the end I was wondering if the book was just a vehicle for the many, many rants.
I would recommend this book to those who enjoy getting into political arguments with fictional characters, as well as to those who like to see Jane Austen's characters turned on their heads in a variety of interesting and mostly entertaining ways.
I reviewed this book for the Indie Jane blog.
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First Wrong Impressions A Modern Pride Prejudice eBook Krista D Ball a lady Reviews
I am not always a fan of modern P&P versions, usually because they are nothing like the original except the main characters have similar names as the original and the guy is rich and the girl is feisty. But this book is an exception to that rule. The context is so different from the original, but the author does a really good job integrating the main plot points and characters of P&P and even some of the dialogue, but without it seeming forced. I admit that at first I wasn't sure I was going to like the story because the setting is so different, but very soon I was hooked. It's a very easy and fun read.
About half way through the book i felt very, very annoyed with Lizzy and her attitude. Really, could she not keep anything to herself? Everything that came from her mouth seems like just pure flow of conscience with no filter what so ever. She was brash, immature, rude and opinionated at the wrong times.
I Have come to appreciate her some more towards the end of the book but felt that she was not right person to fundraise or to interact with donors, many times she came across as just few steps above her clients, not a good thing.
As I've never read anything by Jane Austin I'm not going to compare the two books. I enjoyed the book a great deal, I found the characters to be realistic and sarcastic. The book itself is set in inner city Edmonton Canada, the main character Lizzy works there with the homeless. Will you like this character? Probably not at first, but there are reasons that it is called First (Wrong) Impressions. She is mouthy, judgmental, overly opinionated, and cusses for most people's tastes, given that she is working with the homeless in an inner city environment I don't believe that they are bad qualities to have. Darcy, the main male character is asinine and pompous in the beginning, and has some faults of his own. The truth nature of his comes through slowly and we begin to see exactly who he is. I admit that I have a hard time reading and taking seriously the whole very rich falling and chasing very average income person however that is why it is fiction.
Side note through out the book you'll see the author talk candidly about the homeless, you can see the honest desire to do something and their passion about the homeless.
Modern version of Pride and Prejudice, set in Edmonton (Canada), such an unusual setting I had to pick it up. In this version, Lizzy works at a center for the homeless (one that doesn't actually exist, but she works closely with The Mustard Seed which is actually a homeless charity that really does exist in Edmonton). Jane is a former ice skating champ who lost a leg in a terrible accident. Darcy and Bingley are wealthy investors visiting from Calgary. There are plenty of local Edmonton and Oilers references to entertain if you're familiar with the city. Overall not bad.
Overall, this is an enjoyable retelling of Pride and Prejudice, set in modern Canada. I liked the strong characters, and I got a good laugh from some of the changes made (LOVED Charlotte Lucas as Luke Charlotte, a closeted gay man not yet ready to come out). The plot took a little while to pick up but it inventively followed the original story with interesting and thoughtful new scenarios.
The main winner, though, is the great detail put into Lizzy's work at her homeless/support center. I was fascinated by what was described and clearly felt the heroine's passion and commitment for her work. These parts of the book were the most engrossing. You can tell the author is passionate about this area of social justice.
There were some dialogue moments that seemed stilted to me, as well as a few typos. Sometimes I felt the characters were a little over the top but, overall, this was an enjoyable and engrossing read. If you're a P&P purist, you might not be able to get through all the changes. However, I'd encourage you to give this a chance. I read it during a rainy day and it was a wonderful diversion.
In this modernization of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet works for a charity running a homeless refuge, Jane is missing a leg after a car accident, Lydia is a wannabe actress, and Charlotte Lucas has been transformed into Lukas Charlotte, Lizzy's best friend and male co-worker. By the time I finished the first two chapters, I knew I was going to enjoy Ms. Ball's twists on my favorite characters. Lizzy is more outspoken than ever and Darcy's arrogant awkwardness and sly sense of humor is marvelous. I really liked how very human they are. They both do clumsy, stupid, normal things that make me laugh or commiserate, depending on the circumstances.
This book is well-written, with a perfect quantity of humor and romance. The author gave it a wonderfully modern feel; I particularly enjoyed the Twitter conversations. It isn't all fun, though. Much of the story is set on or revolves aroung Lizzy's refuge. Her whole life revolves around helping drug addicts, prostitutes and criminals. Sometimes she can really help them, but other times it's not enough.
Lizzy is a boiling mess of frustration during most of the book, leading to many rants. Which leads me to my one complaint about the book. There is so much ranting that after a while it starts, in my opinion, to feel preachy. Lizzy is a passionate liberal and is unafraid to voice her opinions. Good for her. At first, her impassioned speeches were a good way of getting to know her character better. However, after the umpteenth rant against organized religion, conservatives, pro-lifers, etc., it began to detract from my enjoyment of the novel. Overall, I really liked the story and the characters, but by the end I was wondering if the book was just a vehicle for the many, many rants.
I would recommend this book to those who enjoy getting into political arguments with fictional characters, as well as to those who like to see Jane Austen's characters turned on their heads in a variety of interesting and mostly entertaining ways.
I reviewed this book for the Indie Jane blog.
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