Timothy Bowden’s Pride and Justice reimagines Jane Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice in a world where there is no organised police force and nothing to stand in the way of a new breed of costumed villains, who hide their identities behind aliases and prey on the vulnerable.
Elizabeth Bennet is living a double life; accomplished but headstrong young woman by day and masked, leather-armoured crimefighter by night.
News of a dangerous villain targeting Hertfordshire leads her to suspect the newly arrived Mr Bingley, the young man her older sister happens to be falling in love with.
Elizabeth must fight two secret battles at once.
One is physical, against the villain and his henchmen.
The other is waged in assembly halls and drawing rooms as she fights to carve out her own space within the confines society has set for her.
At first, I read this book because I was asked to, but I am certainly glad that I did.
The plot works convincingly with the well-imagined changes to canon that still retain recognisable parallels to Jane Austen’s classic story.
The climactic ending is fantastic and the many fight scenes are thrilling and described vividly.
The writing is excellent, meshing nicely with recognisable Jane Austen passages.
The content is clean although some readers may find the more violent fight scenes too graphic.
This is a dark action-adventure, crime drama, thriller with a psychotic villain who can enthral his victims, compelling them to do terrible things to themselves and others.
The writing is excellent; the evil is chilling; the action scenes are realistic; and the interplay between Elizabeth and Darcy feels authentic.
Julie Chessman
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