Spellbound at Pemberley is a Pride and Prejudice variation by Abigail Reynolds. I like to call it JAFF (Jane Austen fan fiction). And if you’ve never read any this is the perfect book to start with. This was a delightful pride and prejudice romance with magic. The world building was excellent and the clean romance was heartfelt. I loved Darcy and Elizabeth. The growing relationship held me captive and I just couldn’t get enough. This was a promising start to a wonderful series.
If you love dragons and magic I highly recommend it.
Thanks White Soup Press via NetGalley.

This was probably a 2.5 star read for me. The first half was clunky and awkward. The entire book took me 3 days to get through which is not common for me at all. The second half was a little better with more plot and story, but I still found the writing difficult to connect to, and over all, the characters lacked depth. I would most likely not continue with this series.

I just finished it and now I have to wait until October for the next one!

The story was so cleverly written, with witty dialogue and banter, especially between Elizabeth and Darcy.

But the endearing new characters (including dragons!) are wonderful and I'm so excited to read more about them!

This book was amazing. I absolutely love pride and prejudice and I was so happy to find this pride and prejudice historical fantasy retelling. The writing and world building was fantastic!

A Pride and Prejudice variation? Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy? …and dragons?

I will admit to wondering just what I was getting myself into when I started reading this but that quickly faded into the happiness of reading a purely fun read; I cannot stress that enough - this one turned out to be exactly what I didn’t know I needed and I’m so glad I gave this one a try!

This was my first book by Ms Reynolds and I can’t wait to read more 😊 (I’m especially looking forward to the next title in this series). I just checked amazon and the author has 63 titles, including this one, available on Kindle Unlimited 😍

If you’re a fan of Pride and Prejudice variations and romantasy - this one’s for you.



Thank you to White Soup Press and NetGalley for the DRC

Rate 4/5
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Honestly this book was beautifully written the plot was solid and the character development was amazing for their time.

This book i would recommend for anyone that wants a fantasy spin on an old classic, however this book was not for me!

I am more into the suspense and the back and forth, and especially major spice with a morally grey character.

Pride & Prejudice is the book that started my love of reading. I’ve read loads of variations including vampires and zombies.

So I couldn’t wait to start this one. It took to while to get used to the whole land talent thing. Plus the repulsion as well, that’s just a horrible thing to have to live with. Once I’d settled in I enjoyed it.

But then I am a sucker for all things Pemberley related.
One thing I have to mention is I didn’t realise it would end on a cliffhanger.

I voluntarily read a review copy kindly provided by NetGalley and the publisher.