Mr. Darcy Presents His Bride: A Sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Book

Wow -- an Austen spin-off that didn't make me want to die!? Well done, Mrs. Halstead! Actually, all foolishness aside, it's really a great story that honors the original style and content and characters of the original work. It's so rare to find of one of these types of books that actually does so. I think another reviewer put it really well -- most spinoffs approach it all with an overly modern sensibility.

Darcy and Elizabeth have become engaged and now they're about to be married. That's where we begin -- not quite where Austen left off. Then we get to see how the marriage settles. I feel like the title is appropriate -- everybody is waiting to see what Darcy's bride will be like. That means his servants, his friends in society, his enemies, and his relatives who objected to his engagement in the first place. It's interesting to see how Elizabeth enters into society, and how characters from the original change, or don't change, and to become invested in all of their concerns again. It's really well done, and hard to put down.