Netherfield: Rogue Dragon: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

Jane Austen's Dragons, Book 3

By: Maria Grace

Narrated by: Benjamin Fife

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Elizabeth Bennet thought she was prepared to do anything to make the Dragon Conclave accept her beloved young dragon, Pemberley, into the Blue Order, but she had not anticipated it would leave her banished from her ancestral home and betrothed to none other than Mr. Darcy. But before Elizabeth and Darcy wed, they must find a dangerous rogue dragon before it provokes a war amongst the dragons and brings the fragile peace between dragons and mankind to a catastrophic end.

Nothing written in the annals of dragon lore has prepared Elizabeth to manage a dragon not governed by the Blue Order. Dragons have always loved her, but this one finds her arrogant, selfish, and insensitive to others. With only her instincts to guide her, she must convince the rogue of her good intentions before the Blue Order loses patience and decides on more drastic measures.

Called away to the other side of the kingdom, trying to settle the dragons' unrest, Darcy learns the nature of the force poisoning the rogue dragon against Elizabeth. One nearer and dearer than they could have imagined.

Can Elizabeth and Darcy convince with rogue dragon to cooperate before darker forces turn it against them, without destroying the fragile bonds uniting the couple?

©2018 Maria Grace (P)2020 Maria Grace

Amazing

WOW! This was so good! I loved this story so much. This series has been such a fun and interesting spin on P&P with dragons and such an amazing world. These characters feel so real and make me feel for them. I loved Elizabeth's search for the rogue dragon and Mr. Darcy's search for Lydia. There was a lot of fun action in this book. I hope there are more books in this world since this was the end of this trilogy but I don't want to say goodbye to these characters or this world. I have loved every moment of getting to listen to this. This is a fun series that I wanted more of.

Unique, clever melding

This is the fourth book I have read/listened to by this author and of this series. I’ve enjoyed each one. The melding of Austen’s characters and storyline with the dragon storyline is well done. This, like several other of the books, does not try to follow Austen’s story and merely add in a few words about dragons. The base concept and plot is there, but the alterations and additions the author has made make this a very unique tale.

This is the sixth book I have listened to by this narrator ( Benjamin Fife ). He does well with the accents and female voices. He brings the interactions of the characters to life with the British flair of the time.
The high chipmunk-style voice is interesting to try to understand since I speed up the audio for listening. I’d prefer to listen at 1.6x but can only do 1.4 since the voice is already speed up. But, that’s my choice.

There are no explicit sex scenes, excessive violence or swearing.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and voluntarily left this unbiased review.
Please feel free to comment on whether you found my review helpful.

Story 4/5
Narration 4/5

Best Pride and Prejudice mashup!

Absolutely loved this series! I binged every book when it came out. so we'll written and enjoyable.

The narrator is excellent. Well worth more than 5 stars.

Very satisfying conclusion.

This was a very enjoyable Pride And Prejudice variation. But it was a fantastic fantasy about Dragons. Darcy and Elizabeth are much the same as in the original with similar misunderstandings and a sweet romance. Richard is much more the veteran soldier here and he has a grim mission from the Blue Order. Mr. Bennett’s laziness has very serious consequences. Darcy is more steadfast in his feelings. Elizabeth’s intelligence and ingenuity shines brightly. Her interactions with all the different dragons drives the story. The Blue order and the Concords are explained in greater detail. There’s lots of action, danger and intrigue in this finale.
Benjamin Fife’s narration has gotten better and better with each book. How he can voice the high fast trills of the fairy dragons and the low and slow bass of the greater dragons is uncanny. Plus all the humans and other dragonkind. In this book he also has the accents of 2 foreign dragons. Mr. Fife handles the action and tender moments equally well without getting overly dramatic in either situation.
I purchased all the kindle books in this series and the first 2 audiobooks but came across a promotion on this final book. I received this book at my request for an honest review. This series should be read in order. It isn’t just for fans of P&P variations. If you like fantasy or dragon books with a detailed and well thought out society you’ll love this series.

A DECISIVE ENDING FOR DARCY AND ELIZABETH

I received this audio book for free and am giving my honest and voluntary review

This is book three in the Jane Austen’s Dragons series. Elizabeth is betrothed to Darcy and in search of the rogue dragon on her sister, Jane’s, property, Netherfield. She has a fight with Darcy and is kidnapped by Netherfield. Meeting the dragon, she realizes that he is a pacifist.

The interactions between human and dragon society is enchanting. I love the way cooler heads and domination in a peaceful form prevail to prevent death and destruction. Longbourn’s love for Elizabeth made me feel empathy for the overbearing dragon.

The narration was spectacular and the various voices done by the narrator were superb!

Dragons Abound

This series is my perfect pairing. I love Jane Austin and dragons. The perfect storm of stories. The way the dragons are portrait is wonderful as well as the variety of types. I hope this continues to expand and more adventures are had.

It’s complicated...

I am totally enamored with this series of books. Trouble abounds in this book including a rogue dragon wreaking havoc in the area.

Maria Grace’s world building is fantastic. I love the addition of the new dragon characters and learning more about the Blue Order.

Benjamin Fife is a top notch narrator. I have enjoyed each and every one of his performances.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

Strange Activity at Netherfield

I finally had time to read the conclusion to the story, and as many of the other reviewers stated, it improved from the beginning. Other than the character names and coupling (mostly), there was very little of the story taken from Austen's Pride and Prejudice. This story was quite original. The story begins with Elizabeth, ever the dragon friend, being separated from Pemberley (a separation which continues for the entire book to my utter sadness) and on a mission to find out about a rogue dragon on the Netherfield estate. Darcy is on a quest to find Wickham and Lydia who seem to have run off and may know more about dragons than had been believed. The book starts off slowly with Elizabeth and her dragon friends doing research and Darcy falling more in love with Elizabeth through her letters. About a third of the way into the story, it picks up, but the last two hours of the audiobook are tedium as the court produces sentence upon sentence. (I appreciate when everyone gets everything they deserve, but get to it already!)

A note about the characters. Although, barely in the story, Wickham and Lydia's ending is amusing and fitting. Jane and Bingley never surface, despite the fact that Elizabeth is at Netherfield for the majority of the book Fitzgerald had a complicated part of the story going from soldier to dragon slayer to dragon keeper to...well, read the story. In many ways, he is the glue of this story. And Darcy and Elizabeth - I'm so glad she actually recognized her own arrogance because she did something really stupid with potential to cause problems with a lot of people, not to mention a lot of dragons. In the first two books, we saw her insights solving impossible problems, but finally we got to see the consequence of her doing things her way at a time that she should have listened to others. Darcy had a right to be angry, not that he behaved perfectly, but she refused to listen to his explanation. Anyway, that particular dynamic was fascinating to me and the way they resolved it was actually reasonable, something else I'm not used to reading in romances.

Overall, I liked the world that Maria Grace built. It didn't need Jane Austen to be solid, although that was fun for a while. Also, I think the series title should have been Elizabeth Bennet's Dragons; that's much more accurate. The narration was perfect and the narrator is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

I received a free copy of this audiobook from StoryOrigin and have reviewed it willingly.

Good story

I requested this on the wrong store which is why it has taken me ages to get to the book, I had meant to get it on the uk version and no the us, but here is my honest review on the free audiobook.

The author is a great writer who loves to make sure the story line is long and detailed which helps you visualize each scene clearly whether you are reading or listen to the book. I listen to books while doing multiple things like cleaning, cooking, baking, etc.

The narrator does an awesome job as he always has. Each character has their own voice, tone and attitude which really brings each character their personality.

I really enjoyed the book even though I am very late compared to the previous 2, but it was my own fault for not double checking it was the right platform for the phone I was listening to books on.

Not everyone follows the same rules.

Most of our questions on who was the mysterious voice whispering directions to Elizabeth in previous episodes are explained.
It has occurred to me Elizabeth placed too much on the accord being followed, and some of this story shows it shortcomings.
Never the less, an intriguing tale, and very enjoyable.