It is a truth universally acknowledged that Miss Caroline Bingley is destined to marry Mr. Fitwilliam Darcy. At least in the minds of Caroline and her sister, Louisa. This Pride and Prejudice story is told from the perspective of Caroline, who is easily one of the most disliked characters of Austen's beloved novel. Caroline doesn't love Mr. Darcy, but believes that she is meant to be his wife. When she meets Mr. Tryphon, she begins to to feel things that she has never experienced. As we move through the story that we all know so well, Caroline must navigate moving toward the future she has always envisioned or following a different path all together.

I am a sucker for anything Pride and Prejudice. Like most people, I am sure, I have a strong dislike for Caroline Bingley. This new take on the classic was entertaining. I really enjoyed how it blends the original story with new characters and a different perspective. Caroline is no less haughty or pompous, but she is a bit more of a sympathetic character. While she believes that she is so accomplished, she is very naive when it comes to her relationships with others in this new tale. McCrosky keeps Caroline true to the original story but adds a depth and humanization to an otherwise extremely unlikable character.

I wouldn't recommend this read to anyone who is unfamiliar with the original Pride and Prejudice, but for those who, like me, cannot get enough of the story, this book would be an entertaining read.

I love Pride and Prejudice, and have read many retellings and adaptations of it. This one was reasonably entertaining, but fell a bit flat for me. For me, a retelling should add something new to the story, or give us insights into a character that we did not have before. I did not feel that this book did that. The introduction of the Eleanor/Tryphon storyline was new, but all the parts that mapped back to P&P bored me, because they were just a rehashing of what I already knew. This book focuses on Caroline Bingley, but I didn’t feel that I learned all that much about her that wasn’t implied in the original P&P. I kept waiting to learn more about her as a person and her motivations for behaving the way she does, but I never felt like she had deepened or become more understandable for me. She was basically exactly the way Austen wrote her, which is fine, but I’m not clear on why a whole separate book needs to be written to tell us that.

I was also frustrated by the rewriting of Mr. Darcy’s motivations in separating Bingley and Jane. In P&P, it’s clear that Darcy convinced himself that Jane doesn’t return Bingley’s affections because of his own prejudices, and he doesn’t reconsider his biases and motivations until after Elizabeth rejects his first proposal and says scathing things about him. In this book, his role in that issue is written much more kindly, which I felt went against the whole point of his character’s evolution in the original.

That being said, the book had some sly humor in parts, which I appreciated, and was a quick and mostly enjoyable read, though it dragged at times. I don’t see myself returning to this one or seeking more from this author, but I’m not sorry to have spent the time reading this book.

This is an entertaining book that looks at Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of Caroline Bingley. Pride and Prejudice is one of my all time favorite books and I have read many retellings and this one is one of the better ones. The book stays true to the original and tells the story from an entirely different point of view. It was fun to get a look at Caroline's life in London, her relationship with her brother and sister, and her pursuit of Mr. Darcy. The ending was surprising to me but I thought it made sense. I would recommend this book to Jane Austen fans.

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Okay, so, it was just annoying. It was simply Pride & Prejudice from Caroline Bingley's perspective. Only it was boring and didn't really lend a new perspective to her. She has a romance which she then decides not to pursue because of Darcy and then because of common sense ... I'm confused.

What was the point of this book ...? Boring me and showing that there really wasn't anything interesting about Caroline anyway? Humanizing her and then giving her an unhappy ending because we still hate her and yet we don't hate her because we've tried to humarize her?

I thought Miss Bingley Requests was a very interesting read. Judy McCrosky did a good job transporting readers back to the world of Jane Austen.

I did not really enjoy this book and I really should stay away from books about Caroline Bingley and the other secondary characters but somehow they keep pulling me in. I always leave disappointed though. I did enjoy the writing style though.

I enjoyed the perspective of events from Miss Bingley’s point of view, which I think the author wrote well in keeping with Austen. I did find the new characters were unbelievable and by the end I lost all interest in that plot line.
I did notice a few glitches with timeline/ P&P events, so be prepared if you are a big fan!
Lighthearted and enjoyable

I have said it before but i will say it again. I am a sucker for Austen fan fiction. This one was a little different. Told from Caroline Bingley's point of view. It is always different to read from the pov of an antagonist. The villains never considers themselves a villian so it is interesting to see their version of things. Caroline is not a villian as in evil but she is a foil for Elizabeth and acts against her in Pride and Prejudice so she is one of the antagonists in the original. In this book, the reader gets a look in her head. She honestly believed she and Darcy were altar bound and she made decisions with that plan in mind. At the end, i almost felt sorry for her. She isn't completely a sympathetic character so i could not really pity her.

In all, i liked this book. Ms. McCrosky stayed true to the original and that made me happy. I have already recommended it to others.

I love reading variations and continuances of Austen novels and was very excited to read Pride & Prejudice from Caroline Bingley's perspective. I enjoyed most of this book. There were parts that were out of order compared to the original story. That irritated and confused me.

I liked how close to the original characters Ms. McCrosky stayed and how she explained Caroline's behaviors. I also liked her character development of Louisa. Miss Austen did not go into much detail about this character. It was nice to be able to see more.

Miss Bingley Requests is a spin-off of the classic Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. However, this time, the story is told through the eyes of Ms Bingley. It was an interesting read, though I did find it a bit slow in some sections. Nonetheless, would recommend to Austen fans.

For fans of Pride & Prejudice who will enjoy taking a dive into an alternative narrative from the point-of-view of Miss Bingley. Miss Bingley Requests is the sad tale of great expectations, societal pressure, and the choices a young lady makes who is not as brave and brash as Elizabeth Bennett. Readers who enjoy light historical romance will enjoy Miss Bingley Requests and are sure to return to their copy of Pride & Prejudice as soon as they finish.

Thanks to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for the advanced read of Miss Bingley Requests by Judy McCrosky.

You know, I think it’s great that Judy McCrosky took on the perspective of the very unlikeable Miss Bingley and built on it, and made it work. Well done!

I am a long-time, Jane Austen fanatic and I love my Austen fictional friends dearly. But not Miss Bingley. It is still a very entertaining story and just the feelings evoked being around the original characters gives you the chance to linger longer in their lives.

Very recommended.

3.5/5

I really enjoyed this book. The characters are well flushed out and built on the original, also the telling from Miss Bingley,s point of view is perfect. Everyone is still the same but you understand them better. Will recommend this book to everyone.

This is Pride and Prejudice, told from Caroline Bingley's perspective, who is, let's face it, one of the least likeable characters in the whole book. In this, she is just as vapid and snobbish, but she is also amazingly stupid. How could she not think that her new friends were up to no good. It is an easy read, but a bit too long for what it is. As a fan of Jane Austen, perhaps I am not the best person for this book. I think the real rating for me is 2.5, but as I gave 'Mansfield Park' 3*, I couldn't bring myself to rate this one on a level with an actual Austen novel.

**Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy**

I adore a re-telling of Pride & Prejudice as much as the next Austen fan but Ms. Bingley doesn't improve on further acquaintance. The book is competently written but tough to enjoy because of the unlikeable heroine.

Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

I'm a huge Austen fan and P&P is my favorite. Cliche, perhaps, but whatever. So I was pleased to see another retelling of it from Caroline Bingley's perspective. My interest was short-lived, though, because this Caroline Bingley was pretty much as she was in the original - unlikable and unchanging. I don't mind an unlikable character as long as they grow and change and learn from their mistakes, but that isn't Miss Bingley. It got pretty tedious after a while..

I really enjoyed this closer look at the character of Caroline Bingley. It'd be easy to write this off saying that it wasn't anything like Jane Austen's vision, but this author isn't Jane Austen and she told the story in her own style. I felt the author stayed true to the essence of Caroline as laid out in the original Pride and Prejudice story though. Her haughtiness and superiority came through in every line. I found myself turning from page to page trying to figure out what the end game of all the events was going to be and my guesses weren't far from correct. Take this book for itself and you'll really enjoy it, don't expect it to be Austen, because it's not!

I received a copy through netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Poor Miss Caroline Bingley.... Although not a loveable character, she does evoke some sympathy in this reader.
That being said, the book seemed to drag for the first two-thirds. Not bad, but not great either.

I received a copy through netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love when people try to rewrite Austen and get it right :c)

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Although I have not enjoyed Jane Austen's books, I do love her stories. That sounds odd but the language was always too much for me. I was excited to read a book from Miss Bingley's perspective. I was never quite sure what her motivations were in the original story.
I enjoyed several parts of this story:
The characters from a different viewpoint were interesting. Especially how she saw Darcy and his potential. Caroline is a vapid, spoiled child who saw people as either above, equal to, or below her. She did see their value unless they could elevate her some how.
Watching Elizabeth eviscerate others was fun and I enjoyed seeing that others could see Darcy's attraction to her.
The author did a good job writing within the period without wrecking the original story.
Things I didn't enjoy:
The story was too long.
Caroline's childishness got old quickly. Her machinations and relationship with her sister became irritating.
Parts of the story felt unnecessary and bored me.
I could see how someone who really love's all of Austen's writing would enjoy this different perspective but it is not one that I would recommend to those just looking for a good read.