Although there are some wonderful quotes from Pride and Prejudice that introduce each chapter perfectly, our hero is not Mr. Darcy from Austen's novel. He has some of the personality but he is a different character. Equally romantic, though. Our heroine is not Elizabeth, either. She is a wonderfully developed character who has to find her way without losing her compass.
Excellent book!

I reviewed this advance reader’s copy on @netgalley and thank also @stmartinspress for allowing me to have the opportunity to read!

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I was interested in this book because I am a devoted Austenite so anything related is always up my alley.

Hara is a sports journalist that gets an opportunity to interview Charles (a famous basketball player) but who really catches her distaste is Derek, Derek Darcy.

As they get to know each other, Hara starts to realise maybe Derek’s bark is worse than his bite.

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I have zero interest in sport but I really enjoyed this book. I liked how the authors wrote enough of a storyline so that the sport of basketball was a background character rather than a focal point.

Suggestion 📖

If you are interested in a faithful retelling of Pride and Prejudice in a modern way. I enjoyed it and I thought the authors did a great job. I enjoyed it.

Hara Izara is an up and coming sports writer. Problem is that she works for a small newspaper and, is desperate to move up. When she wins a private interview with Charles Butler, the golden boy of the Fisher Basketball team, who NEVER gives ANY interviews, she thinks that she is finally on her way to the big leagues.
Problem is that Hara has always believes in first impressions and, has no idea how absurdly wrong she is.
When she has to run the holier than thou management gauntlet of the team in order to interview Charles, Hara starts to realize she is severely out of her depth. Then, she realizes that Charles is insisting that his best friend, Derek be in on the interview.
There is something about Derek that pulls Hara in immediately but, her first instinct with him is that he's a jerk. He is Charles' best friend from childhood and, always protective of him.
This is a very convoluted story that takes you on a roller coaster ride. However, it is a fascinating roller coaster ride.
There are many more games being played than the one on the basketball court and, Hara has to work her way through them all, sometimes with dire consequences.
You'll want to read this book!

A modern P & P variation, which is why it caught my attention. Story about Hara, who is a new sports reporter/writer. (I believe she is EB in this stroy). She is doing a story about Charles Butler (CB), a professional and lead basketball player. Of course he is friends with Derek Darcy, lead defensive player of the team. Hara met Naomi (who I think is suppose to be Jane Bennet). She was given this big chance after winning a contest, which helped boost her confidence.

As always, Derek has a stuffy/haughty persona when Hara met him and CB was the friendly one. She did the well-controlled interview and attended some parties, whence she discovered more about the two players. The story and trails she was following was bigger than the actual story she initially thought. Discovering it almost cost her life but it gave her carreer and lovelife a boost. In the end, there were 2 sad endings and one big happy ending.

I am not much of a sports fan so I didn't get the twist in the end (someone probably knowledgeable at the illegal workings of the sports may have). I didn't expect the twist (esp with CB playing a role in it). I think it is an engaging story, it kept my interest to know what was going on. I think I might have gotten the idea why it was titled "The Wrong Mr. Darcy" (can you tell me why it is so?) I recommend reading it.

I was given a free ARC and I am voluntarily leaving a review

This was a really interesting riff on Pride and Prejudice. If you like Austen plus a whole lot of drama and intrigue, you will dig this. It wasn't quite the book for me, but it was certainly a wild ride!

DNF at 20 percent.

Many other reviews go into much detail about what is wrong with this book. Problematic on all sorts of issues.

My biggest problem outside plotline problems is writing altogether. It was choppy. Transitions were unclear. Nothing was happening, I was at 20 percent of the book and wasn't sure what the point was about supposed to be. I didn't find any comedy in the first 20 percent of the book.

Also, the title and the info about that is going around this book is misleading. This book isn't a retelling of P&P; it just taking the names and very little of the plot, the characters don't like each other at the beginning.

This push for the subgenre RomCom in Romance has been a thing recently with fiction as RomCom books, but they lack comedy or too heavy on the drama. This book falls into this category. A romance/love story in a book does not make it a romance genre book.

From other reviews, I’m supposed to know who this author is and I don’t have the first clue. This book is okay. The story moves along at a fast pace, maybe too fast because the romance comes at you without a lot of build, the drama of the story was predictable, but overall an entertaining read.

Thanks to the publisher for a review copy via NetGalley.

I have a confession to make. I have not read Pride and Prejudice. Is that possible? I know I have read Emma by Jane Austin. I read it a very long time ago and I didn’t like it. As I am sure we have all discovered, as we change, our view of books can change. Maybe I would like it now.

I think I have seen part of the movie Pride and Prejudice, the one with Keira Knightley. It was okay but I don’t think I saw the whole thing.

I know that people love the book and because of that, there seem to be many books that follow the plot of the original. In the way things happen sometimes, I read two books lately that are connected to Pride and Prejudice. The first was a book that I requested as an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC). I don’t know what part of the promo led me to want to read it. (I received a copy of the book in exchange for a fair review.) The second was my book club book, Unmarriageable, which is Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan. I didn’t think I would read it; partially because I didn’t think we would have book club and partially because, well, another Pride and Prejudice book? Much to my surprise, I liked Unmarriageable and it was a quick read. So, if you are a Pride and Prejudice fan, you might want to try it.

The Wrong Mr. Darcy is set in the United States in current time. One of the writers is Evelyn Lozada, who is “an American television personality” and is one of the six main cast members of the VH1 reality show “Basketball Wives”. This information means nothing to me, but it does help to know this when you read the book. This book is not a re-telling of Pride and Prejudice. In this story, Hara Isari, is a small-town sports reporter trying to break into the big leagues. As the book opens, she is visiting her father, who is in jail. He has been in jail for 10 years for operating an illegal sports betting operation. His network was so extensive that when he was caught, he brought down several professional athlete’s careers. Hara is excited to go see her father as the book opens as she has won the opportunity to interview Charles Butler, who plays for the Boston Fishers, an NBA team.

While in Boston, Hara meets other sports writers and other team members like Derek Darcy. Darcy is starting his second year but had had a terrible rookie year due to an injury and is back this year to prove himself.

The story is told from both Hara and Derek’s perspectives while they both find out who to trust and exactly what Is going on with the team and the owners. One of the pivotal questions, which Hara doesn’t realize on her way into the situation, is why was she picked for this interview? Derek also has questions about why his friend, Charles Butler is acting so strange. They had been close friends but it seems that there is something going on with Charles.

The story moves along well. Except for the name “Darcy“ and the dislike that Hara has for Darcy through part of the book, the rest of the plot is NOT Pride and Prejudice.
This book is a nice light read with a few unexpected plot twists.

The book will be published on August 25, 2020. You can pre-order it now on Amazon.

Thanks for reading!

I tried a couple times and just could not get into this book. I'm not sure if it was the writing or the pace of the story or the fact that I didn't really feel connected to any of the characters. I was intrigued, but ultimately this one just didn't work for me.

Wrong on many levels. I felt like I was unfortunately watching a poorly scripted episode of The Housewives.

Remote relation to Pride and Prejudice at best. Seems to just be used as a marketing tool.

Overt plot

Never really felt connected to any of the characters. There was poor development and little follow through on traits.

Getting through some of the scenes was tough. The representation of the Female experience was grossly inaccurate at times.

Hara Isari is part African-American, part Japanese American who knows little about her ancestry, but she does know lots about sports, thanks to her father. Unfortunately, she can only talk to her father about sports when she visits him at prison, which she has been doing on her own for years. Her father was convicted serious crimes involving sports betting.
Hara works for a small town newspaper, but has big dreams. She believes she finally has a shot when she wins a contest to interview big name NBA star, Charles Butler. Charles to seems to have the typical bravado of sports stars. Hara can't help being intrigued by rookie Derek Darcy who is Charles' longtime friend. Derek may be handsome, but he come off as more than a little arrogant and not willing to talk much.
A variety of dramatic and traumatic events throw Hara and Derek together and they both wonder of they misjudged each other at the beginning. Can Derek become the "right" Mr. Darcy.
A world of basketball and all the drama behind the scenes is well explored and seems realistic with plenty of down and dirty dialogue. The authors have crafted both empathetic and despicable characters that will keep readers emotionally charged and engaged.
The authors have small from PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at the start of each chapter that contacts this modern tale to Jane Austen's classic novel. There are even other characters, besides Derek Darcy, who have names connected to the original book. Yes, many of the circumstances in THE WRONG MR. DARCY are quite different from PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, but both books look at society and how money can affect your place in it.
Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for giving me the opportunity to read and review this novel.

This romance was inspired by the iconic Pride and Prejudice, which you can clearly tell (and part of its appeal). At first the sports talk is sort of off-putting to me because sports aren't my thing, so it took a bit to get into the story. But the writing was sharp and reeled me in. It's very engaging and characters Darcy and Hara have so much chemistry from the get-go. It's oh-so-juicy with twists and turns and I loved it! While it was slow to draw me in, by the end, it is a very cute and adorable romance, which I did enjoy. It's a romance with plenty of action and drama. And by the end, I just wanted more! Like, give me an epilogue or a sequel, stat!

I saw the title paired with the description of a "multicultural Pride and Prejudice" and thought I would give this digital ARC (Advance Reader's Copy) via NetGalley a try.
But properly decoded, by "multicultural" they mean "not just about white people," with POC leads, and by "Pride and Prejudice" they mean they loosely referenced the female lead's supposed obsession with Jane Austen by having her read some at the beginning and reference it once or twice mentally, and they used variations on some of the names for the characters.
This isn't a light and fluffy comedy of manners that pairs nicely with a cup of tea.
This is a moody drama of sports, shady behind-the-scene dealings, athletes being players -- pretty much a soap opera, reality tv show kind of read. The title references the hot and cold personality of our male lead, a professional athlete named Darcy, which surprises our ambitious female lead, who wants to be a professional sports reporter and just managed to win a contest for an exclusive interview with Darcy's bff, the mvp of the big city team. Darcy is infamously cold to everyone, especially reporters, but when he becomes "the wrong Darcy" -- a kindhearted albeit private person -- our Lois Lane starts catching feelings, which she does not appreciate.
If you're deeply craving sloppy social drama, this could fit the bill.

Rating: two out of five cat fights 💅💅
(one just for having two POC leads)

I am a sucker for a retelling or a reinvention of a classic story. I’ve read several excellent reinterpretations of Pride and Prejudice, and was excited to receive an advance review copy of The Wrong Mr. Darcy from the publisher and NetGalley.

The Wrong Mr. Darcy unfortunately left a bad taste in my mouth.

Other than employing a few of the same character names, it was difficult to draw many parallels between the source material and the plot of Lozada’s basketball-themed The Wrong Mr. Darcy.

The only real parallel was the antipathy between the two main characters, Hara Isari and Derek Darcy, which then evolved into a very un-Jane Austen-like bang session. As an avid romance reader, I am here for the steam. However, I didn’t really buy their chemistry, and the rest of the characters felt very one-dimensional and cartoonish. Marketed as a romantic comedy, it was decidedly low on both romance and comedy.

The plot, such as there was, felt forced, and the rising action and climax (Hara and Derek get it on, she investigates possible story, main player’s side piece suffers miscarriage and attempts suicide) quickly devolved into a chaotic conclusion with a game-rigging scandal, assault, murder, and then just as suddenly, they get their HEA.

I was left genuinely a little bit confused by the abruptness of it all.

Also, I really hate the “c” word, and it was used at least twice as a derogatory term toward the female protagonist.

Unfortunately, I’m giving this one two stars.

Unfortunately this was not what I had hoped for. 😔

Billed as (VERY loosely) following the Pride and Prejudice story, Hara is a biracial young woman trying to make a name for herself as a sports journalist with a father serving time for heading an illegal sports betting operation. Derek is an up and coming rookie on an NBA team. After winning a contest, Hara travels to Boston for an exclusive interview with Derek’s star teammate. She uncovers more than she
bargained for including bribery, fraud, betrayal, etc.

This was just too over-the-top for me with a little of everything thrown in. I found the writing uneven and the characters not very engaging. Just not entertaining. I would probably have given it up but was committed for a review.

Thanks to #NetGalley and #StMartinsPress for providing me the ARC. The opinions are strictly my own.

This was just so bad. I mean, I know it is a YA novel, but it was incredibly juvenile. This is not a book I would recommend to anyone and I'm kind of upset that I actually read it and didn't just DNF the title.

As someone who enjoys reading Jane Austen fan fiction, I was excited by the book’s title and the statement that it was lightly inspired by Pride and Prejudice. However, The Wrong Mr. Darcy deviates from Austen’s story quite a bit, with little in common with the famous tale. So if I look at this book without the comparison, it is a story about a woman, Hera Isari, starting out in the world of sports journalism, with some strikes already against her. Besides being a woman in a man’s world, Hera’s father is in jail after committing crimes within the sports industry, so her last name is not well received in her industry of choice. However, despite all this, Hera’s offered a chance to interview a famous basketball player, Charles Butler and meet his best friend Derek Darcy. Over a period of about a week in the company of the basketball players, their families, and their fans, Hara faces multiple layers of deception from unexpected sources as well as tragic situations way beyond her control. In the midst of the chaos and elements of distrust, Hera an Derek find a way to start a relationship.

There are some aspects of the story that appealed to me, such as Hera’s approach towards other women, where she finds and befriends some people who are influenced by fame yet manage to stay relatively grounded. Her sense of loyalty is also admirable, as she does anything she can to protect those she cares about. The story winds up with multiple storylines crashing together with tragic results that were dramatic and unexpected, and overshadow the overall story a bit. Though I found the tale compelling, the end is overly complex and the comparison to Pride and Prejudice is not a realistic one.

I received an advance copy of the book from Net Galley and have written an objective review.

I really liked this book! It's a romance book that is also a Pride and Prejudice retelling -- how awesome is that? If you haven't read Pride and Prejudice, you'll be fine when you read this and if you have read Pride and Prejudice, you'll like this one a lot too!

Hara has great determination for her career. She had a serious of very unfortunate events. She cares more about the other people involved then she does about herself. There are a lot of twists and turns and really keeps your attention. The heartaches that come to her during this book are awful, but she shows what a great person she truly is.

What a nice find. This was the first book I've read from this author and I really enjoyed it. The story was different from anything I've read recently and really captured my attention. It was so well written and the characters were fantastic.