I have read several Pride and Prejudice retellings over the past year, and this was one of the best.
I liked that many of the characters in the original telling were given greater depth of character, especially Mary. I liked the world building with the inclusion of dragons and how regency society formed to include dragons was unique and interesting. The romance between Darcy and Lizzy was sweet and had low angst. But, the thing I appreciated the most about this story is that although it included some of the high points from the original tale, like Jane being ill at Netherfield and Lizzy's visit to Kent, it was its own tale and had its own new and unique scenes, and it didn't include dialogue from the original. Maybe there were one or tow lines from the original included that I missed, but I don't think so. Most of the retellings I have read include some of the more well known lines from Austen's P&P and a few have even included whole paragraphs from P&P. This one did not.

"But our estate, Longbourn, was entailed - only bound gentry could hold the property. When our firedrake left, we would be cast out, a household of women with no livelihood and no home." (quote from the book)

Step into the world of Jane Austen Fantasy and you will never want to leave. Dragons, Enchantments and Magic have added a whole new dimension to the Austenesque sphere, and M. Verant's 'Miss Bennet's Dragon' is a worthy one to be added.

"I am gentry of marriageable age. Destined to be a wyfe and bind. But today, I discovered I am woefully uneducated about draca." (quote from the book)

Dragons, legends, bonding, social injustices, intrigue and the power of good versus evil abound in this first book. Yes, this is a retelling, however there are enough differences to make it new, refreshing and riveting...how could it not be with draca and...well, you will have to read it to find out! Just know that Mr. Bennet's health is failing and when things start falling apart after the Netherfield ball, their lives will never be the same again.

"I would not abandon Jane to a nest of vipers." (quote from the book)

I was 'bound' from the beginning of this unique rendering. We see the events from Elizabeth Bennet's perspective. We learn along with her about draca and her dealings with Mr. Darcy and especially, Mr. Wickham...for they have their own secrets...though at times, I felt she should have made some connections sooner. However, I don't wish to say too much to spoil your own enjoyment! Yes, I had a quibble or two regarding the lack of draca knowledge and propriety concerns at times, but as this is a 'fantasy' novel, I went with the flow and enjoyed it immensely.

"It was good he had not come sooner. I did not wish to raise dangerous questions in the mind of a man I could not trust. Questions I could not answer even for myself." (quote from the book)

The development of Mary Bennet's character was a special bonus in this story. She is not the only sister to have a major role either. Elizabeth has her own secrets and visions, but when the darkness that lurks within certain characters comes on full display, it will leave you feeling breathless and unable to put the book down!

"I had cried myself out among the trees. Now I was calm but brittle, as if sealed with cracking varnish. My emotions parched." (quote from the book)

I have now read several Austenesque fantasy novels along with many Austenesque variations, sequels, and retellings. I recommend this well written, historical leaning novel for it's all encompassing story line, romance and suspense. Though this is only book one in the series, I felt it ended at a good place with no real cliffhanger. You just want to know where you will be taken next.

Thank you to M. Verant and NetGalley for an ARC of this book for a fair and honest review.

I feel that with more work from a sophisticated editor, this might have been a much better book. As it is, the reading is easy, the language fine, but the storytelling has very frustrating issues. The impression I get is like it was written from a prewritten timeline with scenes set up to tell the Pride and Prejudice story through dialogue only. Characters are inconsistent, do not react organically to situations, and there are no segues or expositions to set scenes up. I also can't help but feel that the author missed the point of Jane Austen's works and instead created very dispassionate and lowest common denominator appeal for Elizabeth Bennet.

Story: Draco are bound to aristocratic women upon marriage - through a combination of blood and money. The better the type of draco, the more powerful the marriage. Elizabeth Bennet is dealing with a rowdy family, a lovestruck older sister, and a sudden and surprising ability to communicate with and talk to dragons. When she catches the interesting of Mr Darcy while in the process of communicating with a dragon, his dislike of her turns to interest.

Most disappointing to me was that yet again, a modern retelling has to make the heroine a 'unique snowflake' in order to attract the attention of the love interest. She will do so through a dramatic act, of course, that uses her 'unique snowflakeness.' This is in contrast to Austen's works, whose underlying theme was that the love interest was attracted to intelligence, wit, or profound emotion - and that the attraction was allowed to slowly grow over time. We have none of that here and so Austen's strengths were carelessly thrown out the window, with scenes ruthlessly stripped to their barest wordage.

Another issue was that reactions to situations just didn't make sense. E.g., Jane is bitten by a creature whose poisons are known to be deadly (the scene in the original book where she is laid up with a cold at the Bingly estate). Jane knew what bit her yet calls it a bee sting and gets very ill in bed, even knowing how serious it is. Even odder, when Elizabeth learns from Jane what bit her, she says it "..is known to be fatal." Yet no one seems to have ever come across that type of poison - either to identify it or any remedies. Even the doctor decides to amputate the 'bee sting' leg. It's like it's the first of that bite in history despite Elizabeth noting that people know it is likely going to lead to death. The lack of logic here and everyone's lack of serious concern is incongruous.

That isn't one example. In another conversation, we get this line: "I believe you scored a hit, Mr. Bingley." I said before I could stop myself, for Mr. Darcy looked like a fencer acknowledging a touch, although I had only seen fencing on stage at Hamlet." So, if she only saw fencing in a play, how does she know about how fencers acknowledge each other and why would it be the first thing she thinks of here to compare the situation? And there are other situations - such as Elizabeth being obsessed about learning about dracos, having a washer woman come by who knows all about them and yet she ignores the woman and instead goes to a library and gets frustrated by the books not having much information. Too many scenes in this book happened in a strange vacuum that defied logic.

The writing is very clinical here. We don't get much set up for scenes and people just start talking to tell the story rather than letting it unfold organically and naturally (this is why the book feels like it was made from a 'scene checklist'). We just don't get much idea of what people are thinking or why they are saying what they do. E.g., Elizabeth will suddenly start asking a young chambermaid how old she is and how she got the position. Why? No idea, it's just suddenly and randomly done. Likely, it is to set up something later with that chambermaid but at the time you are reading it, it is so strange. We really need to hear Elizabeth's thoughts here (and in many other scenes) to understand why. Otherwise, everyone feels like cardboard cutouts rather than actual people - deus ex machina at its worst. And it's another case where an author needs to show, not tell all the time.

Because the characters acted so incongruously and because we never had much in the way of their thoughts or actions, this read felt mechanical and underwritten. It also jettisoned the heart of what makes Pride and Prejudice so distinct in order to pander to a modern audience that sadly seems to need their protagonists to be unique snowflakes rather than intelligent and witty individuals. I know that writing intelligent heroines takes high skill - and I fear that is why so many YA and modern romance books fall so short in creating intelligent women.

As I noted earlier, Miss Bennet's Dragon is not a terrible read. Those who have not read many books likely won't know what they are missing in terms of sophisticated storytelling. But this is a soulless read that superficially touches upon Austen and feels clinical and forced. It checks the boxes of Austen scenes without ever understanding their depth and nuance. A good editor would be able to guide the author on understanding how best to expound and improve the overall storytelling experience - and to bring some desperately needed heart, emotion, and depth to the characters and plot. This was so unromantic as to be dull. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.

England, early 19th century, the Napoleonic wars are in full swing, Mrs Bennet is eager to marry off her five daughters so that the family does not lose their home on the death of her husband to a cousin. And the most prominent families in England all keep draca, which are bound on marriage and remain with the couple until the death of one of the spouses.

The book combines two of my favourite genres, Regency historical fiction and fantasy, and while at first I was a little unsure about how well the two would sit together, once I had read a couple of chapters and settled into the world of the novel, it was actually a highly enjoyable read. The presentation of the characters felt true to the original book, and the story of the draca fit in surprisingly well among scenes recognisable from Pride and Prejudice.

Diehard Austen purists will still hate it but those Austen fans who enjoyed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies will find a lot to enjoy in this novel.

With thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for my ARC.

Obviously this is a rewritten version of Pride and Prejudice; yet it is far more than that, as well. It is a fantastically good version, including draca (aka dragons) as serious characters whose actions influence the storyline as much as any other character, and I loved it.
There is so much to enjoy; the depth of the world and character building, new facets of characters and discovering the world of draca, where the monsters are not the draconian beasts bound to married couples.

You can read the blurb to find out about the storyline, so what I will say is this: if you enjoyed the original story; if you’ve ever sighed over a historical romance novel; delighted over a fantasy full of dragons, or enjoyed the witticisms of characters then this is the novel for you - the book you didn’t previously know that you have to read... Enjoy, I did.

An updated retelling of Pride and Prejudice with Dragons a perfect blend, what’s not to love. Characters old and new are interwoven in this fantasy. You are introduced to draca the dragons connected to special members in families bound on a couples wedding night. Members in the Bennett family will bring to life the old stories. Good and evil will thrive. Elizabeth’s relationship with Darcy is so complicated, dark and passionate. In the background is Napoleon and the french wanting to bind their own draca to have an advantage in the war to come. This is a very exciting retelling moving along at a breathtaking pace. Elizabeth and her sisters are given a modern makeover. A time for change is on the horizon. I will certainly love to read the next instalment in this series.
I was given an arc of this book by Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I am a sucker for Jane Austen retellings. Especially Pride and Prejudice. That one is my favorite. So When I saw the title Miss Bennet's Dragon my attention was grabbed. When I read the description my interest peaked, and when I finished I was not disappointed.

Miss Bennet's Dragon is the story you know but with dragons. In this regency world, draca are a sign of status, wealth, and power. On the wedding night, a draca is bound to the husband and wife. Solidifying the status of the couple and household. Miss Bennet is sure her daughters will bind powerful draca once they are married to wealthy gentlemen.

Her second eldest, Elizabeth, is curious of where draca come from and why. Especially when they start following her orders. She wants to test this new power but she doesn't want anyone to know. So she must be discreet since Mr. Darcy wants to watch her every move.

Miss Bennet's Dragon will give readers familiar and new scenes, familiar and new problems, and a familiar characters in new situations. These situations will test their hearts, minds, and wills.

I enjoyed the fantasy aspect of this book with the draca and the dragon. I hope that the typos are fixed before the release of this book even though I saw very few. I hope book two is released sometime this year as I need to know what happens next.

This was a great way to reread a classic. Some fun additions to our most loved plot. The dragon bits didn’t hurt the plot.

Pride and Prejudice and dragons? In this fantasy version of the Austen classic, the “binding” of small, dragon-like creatures on a couple’s wedding night is an important status symbol. Filled with bits of ancient legends, the story follows the classic’s plot loosely, with some surprising twists. If you are a lover of fantasy and Regency romance, this book is for you!

It is a truth universally acknowledges, that once someone has fallen in love with Jane Austen, they are going to need as many well-written retellings as is possible.
Although with so many retellings and reimaginings on the market, it is a rare thing indeed for a book to find that gloriously different spark. To fix this problem, add dragons!
I adored Miss Bennett’s Dragon. Not only because, well dragons, or because of the delicate charm in keeping with a fantasy of manners, but because of the beautifully explored characters. Plus these explorations open up beautiful new possibilities. I mean, why can’t Mary be a social justice warrior and composer? Why can’t Georgiana Darcy be an intelligent woman, and passionate and accomplished musician who has instruments sent to her from across the world just so that she’ll try them out instead of a sweet and dainty little butterfly? Why can’t Lydia be something that I won’t discuss because a: spoilers, and b: this is a pg rating.
All of the Austen and dragons that you want, as well as the sharp social commentary, droll humour, and discussions of sexual and gender politics that you forgot were a part of what you loved about Austen in the first place TURNED UP TO 11.
(Seriously, no spoilers, but there is a moment in which two characters make eye contact over a mention of the poems of Sappho and I can’t even)

Confession: I read a lot of Pride & Prejudice fanfiction,. Wonderful, awful, and everything in between. So, how does this book stack up?

We are shown right away that this England is not the one we know. The land has many breeds of draca; draconic creatures that range in size from the size of a man's fist to a medium-sized dog. Members of the gentry form bonds with draca; in fact, it is the only way they can keep or inherit an estate. Many beliefs surround draca and their bonds with their humans. As Elizabeth Bennet discovers through the course of the book, much of what she has been taught about draca is just plain wrong.

The book starts, as in the original, with Charles Bingley renting an estate near Longbourn. The story diverges as the changes in the society wrought by the presence of draca and the machinations of Napoleon's spies drive new plotlines. Napoleon wants a draca (France seems to have none), and will do anything to obtain one. Meanwhile, Elizabeth realizes that she is developing new powers, being able to influence, and even order draca that are not bonded to her family. (at one point, I found myself speculating that in the far future, one of this Elizabeth's descendants will be Lessa of Benden Weyr)

It would not be Pride & Prejudice without Elizabeth and Darcy getting off to a rocky start. But the reasons for this Darcy's behavior is, of course, draca driven. In particular the death his mother, Lady Anne Darcy, haunts him and his sister.. Georgiana Darcy also has unusual draca related powers. Wickham makes his appearance, and is even worse than his original counterpart. And Lydia? Oh, Lydia, Lydia, Lydia. I didn't see her plot line coming, bus it is line with her original's character, and it brings about the action packed end of the book.

I think this is an interesting addition to the growing list of alternate Pride & Prejudices. I found myself dragged in, wishing to know what was the truth about the draca. I liked how the presence of draca altered Elizabeth's and Darcy's relationship. We get to see Mary and Lydia Bennet in a new light. I liked the new characters added to the storyline, whose main function is to guide Elizabeth on her quest to understand draca and her growing powers. So, if you don't mind a little fantasy with your Regency romance, you will probably enjoy this.

To be completely honest, we picked this one up because the title is a scream. Miss Bennet's Dragon? You mean, Pride & Prejudice with dragons? And yeah, that's pretty much what you get. That said, if you're looking for a "P&P with dragons" that still manages to keep the spirit of the original while still providing a fully-coherent fantasy world, this hits the spot.

The plot stays pretty close to Austen's original until Darcy's proposal. After that the motivations of several characters begin to diverge, leading to significant plot changes. This is also where our interest started perking up - sure, it's fun to read a close retelling, but we are reading a fantasy for a reason! We especially liked some deeper investigation of Lady Catherine's odiousness, a more critical eye on Mr. Bennet, and a much more sympathetic treatment of Mary.

The ending grew in scale to include more contemporaneous politics beyond handsome militia in Meryton, and this was both welcome and a little out of place. That said, the finale's more epic scope lines up well with fantasy expectations. We had great fun reading it and are looking forward to the next in the series!

3.5 stars!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-arc of this book. My opinions are my own.

As a fan of both Pride & Prejudice, and books about dragons, I was very excited to get to read this book. I wasn't quite sure what to expect though. Like I said I love P&P so I was a bit scared this book wouldn't do it justice. And maybe this book isn't the next instant classic, but I've enjoyed it very much indeed!

Of course all of our well loved characters are present in this book. We get to see a bit more of Mary Bennet and of Georgiana Darcy, which I loved! They are both great characters who deserved a little more screen time, so to speak. But there are also some new elements to the story, most importantly the draca. These are small dragon-like creatures. The story begins with Elizabeth Bennett feeding her family's firedrake. She soon learns she has abilities very few people have - she can speak with draca and see the world through their eyes.

The story unfolds as you would expect, with Jane and Mr. Bingley falling in love and Elizabeth discovering that Mr. Darcy isn't as horrible a man as she thought he was. But the presence of the draca make for intriguing differences with the original story. As readers we slowly learn more and more about the origins of draca and their reasons to bind with human families.

To me, this book was thoroughly enjoyable. I just couldn't stop reading! I loved seeing Elizabeth and Mr Darcy get to know each other better and better, and finding out they were very much in love indeed. Having said that, I did feel that some of the characters didn't act the way I would have expected them to. Then again - this is a retelling, so characters are bound (ha, pun intended) to be a little different from their original counterparts. To me, the ending felt a bit rushed. I would have liked to read more about the reasons why Lydia acted the way she did and how her relationship with Wickham truly worked, for instance.

I do recommend this book to anyone who loves Pride and Prejudice, and Dragons. It's a great read if you just want to escape from this world for a bit and emerge yourself in the well-loved world Jane Austen created, with a little extra draca magic!

I never heard of this book, but then I went to NetGalley to leave a review and here it was! And how could ignore it? Pride and Prejudice plus dragons? Count me in! And I have to confess that I am quite a fan of Lizzy and Mr. Darcy. I just had to read this!!

And it was just so good!! Sure, it is not perfect, and there were a couple of things that I did not really enjoy, but it was sort of mesmerizing. Once I started it, I couldn’t put it down. It was just so fascinating! And it is, for a good part of it, more a mashup than a retelling. And I loved it!

<i>It is a truth universally acknowledged that a hungry firedrake is an irritating beast.</i>

And we have dragons! They are not enormous creatures, they are the size of a domestic animal. They can vary, because there are different kinds of dragons, with different abilities and peculiarities, but for the most part, they are, in size, like pets. And they are a sort of glorified pets. I thought of this part like strange and quite unbelievable, because sure, your pet is a dragon (and how cool it sounds??) so how is it possible that so little is known about them? But then I realized that this wasn’t so far from the mark. I mean, we have dogs and cats as pets, but we do not know so much about them either, at least in some respects, so this makes sense too. It was maybe something that could have been developed a bit better because come on! The total disinterest in dragons was astounding, truly. But on the other hand, even if we know a lot about our more traditional pets, it is also true that it is a really recent thing the idea that they have a proper mind, and emotions and we have started to study all of this, but in the present days, so I think that, on this, I can cut some slack to the author.
Anyway… they have dragons!!! I know, I know, I have said it quite a lot of times but… dragons! And I really liked the way in which they are portrayed in there, even if sometimes they are just some glorified pets.

So, I loved the dragon parts and I made it abundantly clear, but there were quite a lot of other things to like. Elizabeth is really well done, she is quite “fateful” to the original Elizabeth Bennet, and I loved her. And the same goes for Mr. Darcy. From a certain point on, the plot diverges from the original Pride and Prejudice, but this is quite obvious, but they both stay quiet in characters. And I loved them and their relationship so much! We have so many good dialogues, witty and interesting, and this helped the reading quite a lot. The other characters are interesting too, but some of them came out like caricatures of the original ones, Mother Bennet is one example (and even if she is quite a mockery on the original book, she is somehow worse in there), but she is not the only one. And this was one of the things that I didn’t appreciate. The other one is the relationship between Elizabeth and her sister Lydia. Or better, it is not the relationship per se, it is that Elizabeth is too naive about her, I cannot say more because I don’t want to spoiler anything for you, but she is quite obtuse in her naivety. And since Lizzy is quite rational and, usually, smart, this was annoying.
But those two points were the only ones that didn’t sit too well with me. All the rest I simply loved! And I have to mention Mary and Georgiana. They are quite great characters in there, and they were quite surprising, each one in her own personal way. They get more development in there, and they are their own persona. I liked this quite a lot.

The writing is fluid, and we get some humor in there, and all things merge wonderfully. I had a great time with this book, and I am looking forward to the other books because this was a really nice surprise.
One last thing, since I talked about this somewhere above: this is not really a retelling, it is also not really a mash-up, I cannot really say what this is, maybe a sort of fanfiction? But whatever this is, it is good!

This isn't just a rehash of Austen; it's definitely an AU fanfic, though a good one. There are plenty of the usual anachronisms and Americanisms that you almost always get when 21st-century Americans set books in 19th-century Britain, but overall it's a capable job.

While it bills itself as a "retelling," what the author has really done is stripped Pride and Prejudice back to the skeleton - situations, events, relationships, character names, and in some cases, but definitely not in others, character personalities - and built something else on top of it, something that's quite a different story, especially towards the end.

Not only because this England has dragon-like creatures (and flourishing remnants of pre-Christian Britain; I detected some hints of anti-Christian sentiment in a few other aspects of the story, too). The original is about relationships and the society that constrains them and warps the people within it. This is much more of a fantasy adventure story, and drops those central concerns of Austen much more into the background. The more tediously silly characters (Mr Collins, Mrs Bennet, and Lady Catherine) don't get to talk nearly as much; their silliness is established more by telling than showing, because it's not the author's focus.

The story is narrated in first person by Lizzie, not by Austen's wry and sometimes cruel narrator. This gives it more immediacy, and also softens the portrayal of the Bennet family.

Her mother is still silly, though not as tragically so. Her father is inept, but her love for him covers the worst of his failings. Jane is still sweet; there's not much more to Jane, in the original or this version, than that, though here the consequences she suffers from events are much more serious. Kitty is still... rather superfluous and underdeveloped as a character.

Mary is, perhaps, the most transformed from the original. No longer a prosy, conventionally pious pseudo-intellectual who plays the piano adequately, she is deeply unconventional, the opposite of pious, highly intelligent, a skilled composer, and socially aware not so much beyond her years as beyond her year. It's true that Mary Wollstonecraft, who lived before the book is set, did articulate at least some of the ideas that Mary expresses here - though not in these terms, and there doesn't seem to be any reference to her writings or, indeed, any other writings available at the time. Mary is just a straight-up anachronism, an essentially early-21st-century young woman plopped into the early 19th. I have to say, I like this version of Mary more than the original (and it's clear that the author likes her a lot more than Austen liked the original, too), but there's no getting away from the fact that, of all the anachronisms, large and small, that creep into the book, Mary is the largest.

Lydia is also transformed, from a thoughtless child to a complete sociopath; Wickham goes from a rogue and a rake to a traitor. There's a lot more overt engagement with the events of the time, both the Napoleonic Wars and the debate over slavery (not yet outlawed in British possessions overseas, though it was illegal in Britain itself by this time). In Austen generally, these things are in the background, referenced subtly but never the focus; here, they are out in the open, and the war in particular comes to the characters and involves them whether they want it to or not.

Mr Darcy is pretty much the original, even in the parts that depart from the original plot and introduce entirely new events and situations. Lizzie is maybe just one step too special, but she is a fantasy heroine, after all. I appreciated the inversion of a trope, where <spoiler>the hero goes off without telling anyone to do something brave but ill-advised and gets captured, and the heroine has to rescue him</spoiler>. I also enjoyed the moment where <spoiler>Lizzie, having no clue what she's saying, says to Mary and Georgiana, "You two will have to explore Sappho on your own."</spoiler>

I haven't read the book version of <i>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies</i>, but I have read the graphic novel, and it consisted mostly of large chunks of original Austen prose interspersed with nonsensical martial arts scenes. This is a much subtler, and to me more successful, rewriting. If you're looking for faithfulness to Austen, or even a focus on what she focused on, this is not it. On the other hand, if you're looking for Austen-inspired adventure fantasy that's well told, and don't mind (or won't notice) a few 21st-century intrusions, this definitely is it, and I recommend it to you.

This is a reimagined version of Pride and Prejudice but with dragons. I will say it is not a word for word, scene for scene retelling like P&P&Z, which I think works in its favor. This for me was its own story but with characters we know from the original story. Some we see less of and others we see more of.
I loved the added dragons and fantasy to this story. I will say I wish there had been a little background on the draca (a type of dragon) that families can bind closer to the beginning because I was wondering on the history as I started reading. Still I found myself intrigued by the story and how it would play out and I just could not put this down.
Again, this is not a scene for scene retelling, we see some familiar scenes that are roughly in the same order but we may not get to them in the same way. It is written in its own way as well, so it does not take many of Austen's words, only a few lines are used and the rest are written in a more modern but still in the time period way. Learning about the draca was interesting. I loved that Mary Bennet had more of a role. It was nice to see more from a sister we do not get a lot from in the original.
This also goes slightly beyond the end of P&P which makes sense with how the story plays out. I will say towards the end it does drag a bit but it was not to the point that I felt it was too much.
The end felt satisfying and does not feel like a cliffhanger though there will be a second books which I am intrigued to see what it is going to be.
Overall I felt the characters stayed true to their original personalities but they are just in a world with mythical creatures. I think if you are a Jane Austen purist and do not like these retellings or modern takes, then this is not for you. However, if you are okay with liberties taken with the story you may love, then this is fun and entertaining!

Pride & Prejudice is the book that started my love of reading. I’ve read countless spin-offs and alternatives including Mr Darcy Vampire and Pride & Prejudice Zombies. So of course when I spotted Miss Bennet’s Dragon it was a must read.

I started reading the minute it hit my kindle but...
It took me longer to settle into than I expected. A lot longer. And I’m not entirely sure why. I think it’s probably because it sticks more closely to the original in some ways. Certain events and quotes are used whereas most if not all of the other books have been what happens after. Anyway for whatever reason I was slow to settle but once I did I was hooked. Now it’s just a case of waiting for the next book....

The blurb is good so I’m skipping my usual summary (you don’t need to read it twice).
All our favourite characters are here, plus the ones we love to hate plus dragons. What’s not to like?

Okay so I’ve sat on this review for several days. It was originally going to be a 3* read. My most common rating and not the negative it seems to be for a lot of readers. I very rarely give 5* that’s reserved for the books that come around once or twice a year if I’m lucky.
But I digress...
I can’t seem to easily move on. I want the next book and I keep thinking back to this one so I’m upping my rating.

I voluntarily read a review copy kindly provided by NetGalley

I love Pride and Prejudice. I also love all things supernatural...so requesting this book was a "no-brainer" for me. I liked the injection of the supernatural and the subtle and not-so-subtle twists and turns it injected into this classic story. The story didn't go the way I originally thought it would, but it was much better than my imaginings. I would love to read more from Verant.

What bliss, 2 of my favourite things, Pride and Prejudice  & Dragons. A perfectly realised alternate world which pays homage to the original with an injection of imagination and fun. There are myriad P&P spin offs and embellishments and I have read lots of them, but this is my favourite. M Verant has done justice to Austen and developed some characters in a fascinating manner, whilst managing to insert modern sensibilities and attitudes without seeming unlikely or unwieldy. More please. Thankyou to M Verant, Acerbic Press and Netgalley for the perfect escapist read.