This is an interesting take on not is all HEA following the engagement. People carry their baggage into relationships and ODC couple were no different.

In fact we saw Elizabeth's lack of self esteem show through even brighter (thank you Mrs. Bennet!), causing her to doubt her ability to do Darcy proud as Mistress of Pemberley.
Then Darcy's former colors reappear by beginning to suggest little ways Elizabeth could "improve" herself , i.e. change - because who she is now isn't good enough!

Obviously, without proper communication, which ODC never really learned to do, things will implode and they did. In the most immature way possible. Thank goodness Darcy loves her as much as he does and realizes it for himself and how much a derk he had been too!

At this point it lagged for me as I lost any caring for what happened the these characters. However, I pushed through and glad I did.
The last parts were very interesting. The author gives us 3 renditions of how ODC meeting up again could go. Each worked, but one was Darcy being more manly man than the last.
And it was all worth it to get to the last chapter!
So for that it upped to 3.5 * for me.

Love this author!

I absolutely love Ms. Jeffers' P & P works and this one was just lovely! Set after Darcy and Elizabeth are engaged and prior to the wedding. This variation had its ups and downs as most relationships do, but it was one of the few I have read that have conflicts between the couple during their engagement. It felt slightly out of character but I loved this look at them experiencing struggles as we do in actual relationships. Most JAFF is idealized romance, which is nice but I enjoyed this too.

At first, I was bored. Mushy romance, a bit ooc etc. Then i was annoyed. Darcy too controlling. Lizzie accident prone and petulant.
I grew more and more annoyed by the ridiculous plot and butchering of beloved characters and almost added this to my rare dnf pile.
But I persevered only to be met with a series of 3 alternate scenes for the climax. This is some serious amateur unprofessional stuff. Professionals edit and make choices. They don't give a reader their drafts and ideas. Or at least they choose one and leave the alternate scenes as an appendix. One scene was by far better and less ridiculous than the other 2.
To top it off, the author clearly has no clue about Newcastle. A kid on the street would not call Darcy "guvner" and to describe Newcastle in such negative terms is insulting.
It just added to my dislike of this book. That is without talking about the mistaken words -the malapropisms that make the sensible characters look stupid. And the fact Georgiana calls her brother Darcy.
So much wrong with this. I'm so annoyed that I read it!

This story begins just after the engagement of Darcy and Elizabeth. What could possibly go wrong between the prideful Darcy and the impetuous Elizabeth? We are offered three alternative endings to the tale.