Dangerous Magic

A Pride and Prejudice Fantasy Variation

De: Monica Fairview

Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon

A sparkling tale of Regency England, a forced marriage, and two magicians who must work together to save the Kingdom.

Elizabeth Bennet is stunned when someone from the Royal Mage Academy comes to her peaceful country home to take her away. She is even more bewildered when she is commanded to marry a powerful gentleman by the name of Fitzwilliam Darcy. She has always dreamed of marrying for love, and an arranged marriage with an arrogant stranger was never part of her plans.

Fitzwilliam Darcy is equally dissatisfied with this match. An obscure young lady from the middle of nowhere is hardly worthy of his position. But Darcy and Elizabeth have no choice in the matter. Uniting their two forms of magic is essential if they are to defeat Napoleon's magicians. They may dislike each other on sight, but Elizabeth and Darcy have to overcome their differences and find common ground before it is too late.

Fortunately, it is not long before the sparks begin to fly between them.

©2021 Monica Fairview (P)2021 Tantor

Elizabeth at 87years....

Such a well done, interesting P & P telling. The only thing wrong is that the narrative sounds like an old woman, and an old lady voice is wrong for Elizabeth Darcy.

Lady Catherine's voice for Lizzie?

The story is good but undermined by vocal casting. While Ms.Dixon is without doubt talented, her voice is far too... mature for a 20ish maiden. It's like listening to Lady Catherine being courted by Darcy. Like casting Dame Judi Dench (love her) as Lizzie rather than Kiera Knightly.
We are visual beings, even in our imaginations. And our voices age as we do. Just because we can't see their beautiful gray hair, it does not mean that we don't know it's there.

Entertaining

Fun to read, and fun to hear. This is an original take on D & E as magic wielders. The narrator gave a great performance.

Magic warriors to save England

It is war time in a magical England. Fighting napoleons army are magicians from all over England. Darcy’s partner was killed and he need another to help the war effort. Elizabeth Bennet is chosen to be his partner/mate and wife due to priority of the time. Darcy is too rigid to be able to see Elizabeth’s magical abilities and outside forces prevent her from binding.
This story was inventive and entertaining.
The narrator was good and took the time to bring the story to life.

Entire book based on an understanding?!

I am a great fan of Pride and Prejudice and download any variation that sounds interesting…which this one did. The narrator is excellent, though I could understand that for some the distinction between voices/characters would bother some. It did not bother me. What did bother me was that there was one stupid Misunderstanding after r another. It took wayyyyy to long for the Misunderstanding be cleared up; though the original book used this premise as well. I also didn’t like that the H/h were so very easy to be noble and throw away their love for each other. I skipped most of that because it is stupid and silly to rely on that for drama and length of book. That is why I gave the story 3 stars. Why I continued listening is because the other parts of the story were interesting and original. Will I listen to the next book in this series? Probably…or at least until there is these same unoriginal plot twists used for added drama that the book could do without.