(with Hunky Dreamboats!)
In Essentials (Much As It Ever Was), by Vangie The premise of In Essentials: the summer before the Netherfield party’s arrival in Meryton, Elizabeth visits Pemberley, while Mrs Younge dies in the middle of the Ramsgate affair. In consequence, each of the familiar plot points is turned on its head, even while the story stays…
Omens by Abigail K When we first considered this theme, Omens immediately came to mind as a follow-up review to A Glimpse, though I hadn’t read it for years and didn’t remember much more than the premise and rather liking it. It’s not an alternate reality in the sense that the others are, where the…
A Lifetime in One Night, by Alyson L. It’s dream sequence week here at SC(WHD)! Not really, but this story is similar to the previous tale, in that it involves a bizarrely true-to-life dream sequence wherein our intrepid Hero and Heroine only discover their deep and abiding love whilst they sleep. Oh, wait! It’s a…
First impressions: an epistolary AU retelling of Sense and Sensibility, with the alternative pairing Brandon/Elinor. AN and header both literate and to the point. Very promising! Conclusion: not easy going, but finished it. Why you may want to read this: it is charmingly written; you like epistolary stories; you think Brandon & Elinor are the…
The Last Man in the World aka Mr Fiztwilliam Darcy: The Last Man in the World by Abigail Reynolds The Last Man in the World (TLMITW) is, like most of Abigail Reynolds other stories, a what if story, taking an element of P&P and changing it, thus changing the story that follows to something else…
Firstly, a note of thanks to my inimitable colleague Miss Kenton, for graciously taking my place in the roster last week. Madam, I am in your debt. And now, to the review! Disenchanted by Kara As a fantasy/sci fi fan in general, I am always eager to partake of Austen fanfiction that takes us to…
An Arranged Marriage by Jan H Elizabeth’s father dies shortly after Darcy’s proposal at Hunsford. In order to save her family from poverty she agrees to marry Mr. Darcy, however her opinion of him has not improved since his first proposal. This is the story of how she comes to know him and fall in…