Prejudice & Pride

You know Darcy: rich proud standoffish disapproving one of the greatest romantic heroes of all time. But you dont know this Darcy because this Darcy is a woman.In Prejudice & Pride Lynn Messinas modern retelling with a gender-bendy twist everything is vaguely familiar and yet wholly new. Bingley is here in the form of Charlotte Bingley Bingston an heiress staying at the Netherfield hotel on Central Park as is Longbourn transformed from an ancestral home into a perennially cash-strapped art museum on the edge of the city. Naturally it employs an audacious fundraiser with an amused glint in his eye called Bennet. All the favorite characters are present and cleverly updated: Providing the cringe-worthy bon mots is Mr. Meryton the nerve-wracked executive director of the Longbourn whos always on the lookout for heiresses to join his museums very important committees. (Universally acknowledged truth: Any woman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a social committee to chair.) Collin Parsons is still in obsequious if ironic awe of his patroness Lady Catherine de Bourgh. The wicked Georgia Wickham toils as a graphic designer at Redcoat Design by day and schemes against Darcy by night. With her trademark wit and style Lynn Messina takes the genres she does best--chick lit mashups and Regency romance--and weaves them into one delightfully entertaining tale that doubles as a fun guessing game.