This is subtitled: “a holiday tribute to Jane Austen,” and is written by some of the more prolific (or at least high-profile) Austen adjacent writers. Amanda Grange does the “diary” books (Mr. Darcy, Captain Wentworth, Colonel Brandon, Edmund Bertram, Henry Tilney, etc. I’ve read a few of them, and they’re pretty good). I haven’t read any of Sharon Lathan’s books, they look more like romancey type stuff that I don’t really enjoy). Not sure who Carolyn Eberhart is.
Eberhart’s contribution is “Mr. Darcy’s Christmas Carol,” written in the Dickens-ish style. His father takes Marley’s place, and tries to show Darcy how miserable he will be if he doesn’t spend his life with Elizabeth Bennett. Pretty standard stuff, but a nice story.
Amanda Grange gives us “Christmas Present.” The Darcys head out to see the Bingleys and their new baby for Christmas, while Lizzie is pregnant with their first child. Everyone’s at the house, including the rest of the Bennetts, Lady Catherine, and of course Caroline Bingley. It’s a shorty, but very entertaining.
The last story is Lathan’s “A Darcy Christmas,” which takes us through a couple of decades of Christmases with the Darcys. Again, a very nice story, but not as Austen-esque as I would like.
A light, easy Christmas read for all of us Austenites.
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