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title: Mr. Darcy, Vampyre


author: Amanda Grange


published: August 2009, ARC

genre: romance

pages: 308

first line: Elizabeth Bennet's wedding morning was one of soft mists and mellow sunshine.


rated: 4 out of 5

Amanda starts where Pride and Prejudice ends and introduces a dark family curse so perfectly that the result is a delightfully thrilling, spine-chilling, breathtaking read. A dark, poignant and visionary continuation of Austen’s beloved story, this tale is full of danger, darkness and immortal love.

Mr. Darcy, Vampyre starts off with Jane and Elizabeth Bennet getting ready for their double wedding. The two sisters are excited and nervous about the special day, and both are happy as can be.
Once the ceremony is over, Darcy and Elizabeth head on out on thier wedding tour.


As the days pass, Elizabeth is worried because Darcy has not visited her bedchamber at all. She wonders why he is acting so distant.

He sat with his face turned away from her and she watched him, examining his profile. It was strong, with handsome features, yet there was an air of something she could not quite place. He was the man she had married, yet different, more reserved, and she wondered if it was just because of the tiring nature of the journey or whether he was reverting to his former aloof ways.

First they go to France, where Lizzy meets Darcy's friends and family. They then travel to a remote castle in the Alps, where Darcy wants her to meet his uncle, Count Polidori. While inside the gloomy castle Elizabeth has a bad feeling and wants to leave. She knows the servants are whispering about susperstious things, there is a creepy tapestry hanging above her bed and the Count himself is a bit odd. The one request Lizzy has for her room is a mirror, which she is denied because for some reason there are no mirrors in the castle. Then one evening the Count has a dinner party in her honor, and a mysterious fortune teller shows up. She reads Lizzy's palm and warns her about grave danger.


The Darcy's continue on thier wedding tour and end up in Venice.

Strange tales began to come back to her, folk tales she had read in the library at Longbourn, stories of strange creatures that preyed on the living and haunted the forests of Europe, half men, half beasts, mesmeric and seductive but evil and dangerous, creatures who bit their victims, piercing thier skin and drinking thier blood; beasts which could be held at bay by garlic.

I really enjoyed Mr. Darcy, Vampyre . I'm a sucker for anything Pride & Prejudice related and I like vampires, and the two came together perfectly in this book. It was fun and interesting and the plot had me sucked in from page one. I like how Elizabeth keeps thinking back to her home in Meryton and her beloved sister Jane. She continues to write Jane letters while she is on her honeymoon.

Oh, Jane! If I could only tell you half the things that have happened to me since leaving Longbourn. There have been many difficult and frightening things in my life but there has been much of great beauty too; the dread and awful majesty of the Alps as Darcy and I rode over thier snow-capped heights; the peaceful tranquility of Piedmont; the great river Brenta with its weeping willows trailing thier branches in the water; Venice rising like a dream from the lagoon, basking in the morning sunlight, ageless and timeless and serene.

You can visit the author's blog here or website here.

You can read a book excerpt here over at the Austenprose blog.




Take a look at the UK cover:



Pretty cool eh? I don't know which cover I like best though. I think the U.S. one.


Special thanks to Danielle over at Sourcebooks for sending me a copy of this book!

Now onto the giveaway details:

To enter to win a copy of Mr. Darcy, Vampyre :

1. U.S. and Canada residents only please

2. for one entry to win, leave me a comment on this post, include your email adress

3. for an extra entry, blog about this contest and leave me the link.

4. I will draw a winning name on Monday August 17, good luck!

This contest is now closed, thanks!