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I take no leave of you and send no compliments to your mother

January 6, 2018 by yesknopemaybe 4 Comments

Oh dear, where to start with this one. I wanted to like it, I really did! But ultimately this book was such a let down. It reeled me in by professing to be a contemporary, gender swapped version of Pride and Prejudice. And on the surface, it is. Darcy Fitzwilliam is 29 and works in New York City as a partner in the financial district. She has no friends, no romantic life, but buckets of money. When her mom has a heart attack, she rushes […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Fiction, Jane Austen, melissa del la cruz, pride and prejudice and mistletoe, romance

yesknopemaybe's CBR10 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Fiction, Jane Austen, melissa del la cruz, pride and prejudice and mistletoe, romance ·
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