I am a huge Jane Austen fan with “Pride and Prejudice” being one of my favorites of her novels. In “Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe”, author Melissa de la Cruz does a modern re-telling of the story (though turned pretty much completely 360), sets it at Christmas time and incorporates considerable adult themes into the tale.
Darcy Fitzwilliam is the rich and prideful young woman at the center of the story. Her family has lots of money and has lived in Pemberly, Ohio for years. Her less advantaged neighbor is Luke Bennet. Luke is a carpenter and has family members who are a tad embarrassing. These two meet up again after years of not seeing one another and sparks begin to fly. The outcome, if you know the original book, is pretty well set in stone but how we get there is the tale of this book.
There are sexual themes in this story that are adult in nature. Unlike Jane Austen’s novel, I would suggest this book for a more mature audience.
I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.
