For New Yorker Emily, Mr. Darcy has been the man of her dreams since she first read Pride And Prejudice as a child. When she signs up for a Jane Austen tour, the last thing she expects is to bump into the man himself.
Having recently read and enjoyed So, I Met This Guy... by Alexandra Potter, the chance to listen to one of her earlier books seemed like an ideal opportunity to experience more of the author's work. In the introduction to Me And Mr Darcy, the author explains that the book was written twenty years ago and has now been updated to reflect today's society.
Emily is happy and successful in her job as the manager of an independent bookshop. She has plenty of friends; the only thing that she isn't happy about is her dating life. All the men she has met through online dating have been disappointing, which is hardly surprising when she compares them all to her ideal man, Mr. Darcy. When her friend suggests they join a group of women for an alcohol fuelled beach holiday over Christmas, Emily can't imagine anything worse. As an excuse, she books a last-minute Jane Austen tour in England.
When Emily arrives in England, she finds the rest of the tour party consists of elderly women and a journalist, Spike. Emily takes an immediate dislike to Spike, finding him rude and dismissive. It was pretty obvious from the outset where this was going to end. Along the way, as the tour party visits places featured in Jane Austen's novels, Emily keeps bumping into Mr. Darcy.
Having finally met the man of her dreams, it is understandable that Emily compares Mr. Darcy's impeccable manners to those of the abrasive Spike. Mr. Darcy seems to offer everything that modern men don't. Darcy is obviously enamored of Emily; she's very different from all the young women who are constantly introduced to him as prospective marriage candidates.
I enjoyed the fact that Emily was so sure of what she was looking for in a man, but her opinion of the two male characters metamorphosed the more time she spent with each of them. Yes, the storyline was entirely predictable, but sometimes that's exactly what you need in a feel-good book.
Author Details
Alexandra Potter is the bestselling author of numerous romantic comedy fiction novels in the UK, including One Good Thing and Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up, one of the bestselling books of 2022 and 2023 and the basis of a major TV series. These titles have sold in twenty-eight territories and achieved worldwide sales of more than one million copies, making the bestseller charts across the world.
Yorkshire born and raised, Alexandra lived for several years in LA before settling in London with her Californian husband and their Bosnian rescue dog. When she’s not writing or travelling, she’s getting out into nature, trying not to look at her phone and navigating this thing called mid-life.
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