First Impressions: A Modern Retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

By: Ruby Cruz

Narrated by: Trish Mckinnley

Lizzy Bennett always told herself she was too busy for love, especially since she was working full-time as a nurse at Meryton Medical Center and helping to care for her young niece. When her sister, Jane, catches the attention of young medical resident Dr. Charlie Bingley, she does everything she can to help her sister find happiness - even if it means enduring the presence of Charlie's arrogant friend, Dr. William Darcy.

In this modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice, familiar characters are reimagined but the overarching question remains: will Lizzy and Darcy overcome their personal and social contrivances to find true love?

©2014 Ruby Cruz (P)2015 Ruby Cruz

Fun story, bad narration

The story is a fun retelling, but the narration is robotic and took away from the story at times.

Great modern Jaff

I really liked this story. I normally read regency Jaff. But it was well written and the narrator did a great job. Recommend it.

Average story and narration

the story was average and the narration was tough to get through. the cadence of the narration seemed broken and awkward at times.

No emotional investment in the characters,

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I love P&P variations, so will usually read anything available, however I don't remember ever yelling "oh good grief" and rolling my eyes so many times.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

This is the first time I have read a modern P&P story so I was hoping.

Could you see First Impressions: A Modern Retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

The script would need more something. I never felt that Lizzie and Darcy really even cared about each other.

Any additional comments?

I wanted to love this book but had to restart a half dozen times, I kept falling asleep.

Feminism grade: B+ Terrible narrator Great story

The narrator is very robotic and sounds very off the whole time which really bugged me but otherwise, the story was great!