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Does Fitzwilliam Darcy Rock Your World?, September 1, 2011
This review is from: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star (Paperback)
A combination of Jane Austen and the world of rock-and-roll, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star is a high-voltage and unplugged retelling of Pride and Prejudice that is absorbing and dynamic. Fitzwilliam Darcy, Charles Bingley, and Richard Fitzwilliam make up the bad-boy rock band called Slurry. And with their tattoos, long hair, leather pants, and intensely emotional performances they are some of the hottest and most unique reincarnations of these characters I have ever encountered! The men of Slurry sign up the all-girl band Long Borne Suffering (I love that name!) to be their opening act on tour. And although the men make a pact to not date, sleep with, or fool around with any of the girls, they don't stand a chance when the sexy trio of LBS walks on the scene.
The ladies of Long Borne Suffering (Jane, Elizabeth, and Charlotte) aren't looking for any romance this summer. Opening for Slurry is their big break and quite possibly could launch their music careers. With shows practically every night, rehearsal every afternoon, meetings with their managers every morning, and sleeping on a bus in between, there really isn't any time for men in their lives...or is there?
WOW! Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star has to be one of the sexiest Austenesque novels I have ever read! With a smoldering Darcy, a playboy Richard Fitzwilliam, and a tender Charles Bingley, Slurry is one hot trio and I completely fell in love with each of them! One of my favorite aspects of this novel is that there were three important story-lines. This story is not just about Darcy and Elizabeth, I love the page time and detail Heather Rigaud gave to the Charles/Jane and Richard/Charlotte stories. Be prepared for triple the romance, triple the drama, and triple the sensuality! (Warning: there is a good amount of intimate scenes in this novel, therefore, I'd recommend it for Mature Audiences only).
Heather Rigaud debuts into the Austenesque world with a novel that is inventive, enthralling, and clever! I just loved spotting her creative modern-day parallels for Darcy's rude remark at the Meryton Assembly, Jane Bennet falling sick at Netherfield, and the proposal scene at Hunsford. However, readers should be prepared for this tale to not exactly follow the course of Pride and Prejudice - after all it is modern-day and they are rock-stars!
Looking for assembly balls, Regency etiquette, and Austenesque dialogue? This may not be the novel for you. However, if you loved the passionate and tension-infused novels by Sara Angelini, Susan Adriani, and Abigail Reynolds, then you will love Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star!
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The legend continues...., August 31, 2011
This review is from: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star (Paperback)
Warning: Don't start reading this book at bedtime unless you don't mind staying up all night to finish it! You'll find it almost impossible to put down.
Fitzwilliam Darcy, the hot lead guitarist of top rock band Slurry (dubbed by readers as "the best band that never was") and hero of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star, is a very old friend of mine. When Heather Lynn Rigaud posted an earlier version of it online, I was one of the readers who waited with baited breath for each new chapter to arrive, and this new version is even better. Full disclosure: Heather posted her stories on the same website that I did, and I gave her feedback on the original version of this book while she did the same for my books To Conquer Mr. Darcy and Mr. Darcy's Undoing, but thousands of readers from that site will tell you that it would be impossible for me to overstate how much everyone adored this story.
Slurry, composed of Darcy and his friends, Richard Fitzwilliam and Charles Bingley, are known as the bad boys of rock'n'roll, a reputation they have deliberately cultivated with wild behavior that has driven off their opening act for their big concert tour. Enter the three-woman band Long Borne Suffering (Elizabeth Bennet, her sister Jane Bennet, and friend Charlotte Lucas), brilliantly talented but unable to break through to the big time. They're desperate enough to take the unexpected opportunity to open for Slurry.
Charles Bingley almost immediately hooks up with sweet and understanding Jane Bennet, but sparks fly, both musically and otherwise, between Darcy and Elizabeth, who is a great admirer of his virtuoso talent, his fabulous guitar, the mysterious tattoo over his heart, and his tight leather pants. I won't give away any more of the plot, but lovers of Pride & Prejudice will have no doubt about how this turns out, but may be surprised by some very hot developments between Charlotte and Richard.
This is a fun, compelling, sexy book with characters you won't forget. The original version sparked a cult following online, and after reading Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star, you won't have any trouble understanding why.
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A HOT MODERN DARCY, August 31, 2011
This review is from: Fitzwilliam Darcy, Rock Star (Paperback)
Straight to the point. This is not Austen. Forget her and only after that you can enjoy yourself.
What I appreciate is that this book is totally honest, starting from its cool cover. Just look at it ! You can't expect a Regency Ball, nor characters dancing to the rhythm pf stiff conventions or stuck to propriety and good manners. Look at that mini-skirt, those close bodies and their sexy looks. Do they remind you of anything Austen-like?
OK. Once we've cleared that up, we can start focusing on this fast paced, sexy, contemporary romance set in the transgressive world of ... Sex, Drugs, Rock'n'Roll!
Darcy is as hot as he is talented. Fast music, powerful beats and wild reputation have made him, a virtuoso guitarist, and his band, Slurry, into rock's newest bad boys. They have just been through a dark, complicated , troubled period. But they are ready to go back on stage, if only they could find a new good opening act! Darcy, Richard Fitzwilliam and Charles Bingley are desperately looking for a good band.
Elizabeth Bennet and the Long Borne Suffering - her sister Jane and her friend Charlotte Lucas - can't believe their eyes and luck when Slurry come to listen to them on one of their gigs and they are stunend when their manager Alex Lucas tell them they've been offered a contract for a long tour and hired as Slurry's opening act.
Though experienced rock stars and idols of thousands , the three Slurry men don't suspect those three girls are going to rock their world!
Elizabeth is fiercely independent and does not trust easily, she's sure she's seen the worst the music industry has to offer. Charlotte Lucas and her sister Jane have also talent to spare and they soon become a successful band themselves.
Travelling and playing together for months, as the days and nights heat-up, it becomes clear that everyone is in for a summer to remember. Can you imagine what a ride it can be? Packed with sexy and musical adventures .
Re-writing Pride and Prejudice has become a favourite sport of many, I know. How many new sexy/hot versions are there out there? But I'm sure that lovers of spicy modernizations will be fond of this new witty, uninhibited , beautifully written rock'n'roll version.
Final warning: Adult content - Explicit sex scenes
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