Today Sophia Rose is reviewing the audio version of A Man Of Good Fortune by Ali Scott
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A Man of Good Fortune by Ali Scott
Narrator Harry Frost
Historical Romance
Publisher: Quills and Quatros
Published: 1.27.23
Time: 9 hours 34
minutes
Rating: 4.5 stars
Narrator Rating: 5 stars
Format: Audio
Source: Narrator
Sellers: Amazon
GoodReads Blurb:
A RIDE ON A STORMY DAY has disastrous
consequences for Fitzwilliam Darcy, who finds himself grievously injured and
bedridden–and with no memory of Elizabeth Bennet, the woman to whom he has been
married for several years. Recovery is slow as his head injury has made it
difficult for him to read and write, and a suspected fracture in his leg has
made walking painful.
AS DARCY’S RECOVERY PROGRESSES, snippets of memory begin
to plague him and questions arise. He begins to suspect that his wife, and
those around him, know more about the time leading up to his accident than they
are telling him. Why was he riding on such an inauspicious day? And why does he
keep dreaming of his mother’s brooch?
AS THE DAYS PASS, he finds he is increasingly beguiled by
Elizabeth. She draws him in, despite his concerns for her loyalty to him. He
wonders if he can trust her love even as he finds himself learning to be in
love with her again. Will the shadows in the past and the obstacles they have
overcome defeat them? Or will he find happily ever after, once again, with his
Elizabeth?
A MAN OF GOOD FORTUNE is a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride
and Prejudice and takes place several years after the marriage of Fitzwilliam
Darcy to Elizabeth Bennet.
Sophia Rose's Review:
This Pride & Prejudice sequel asks
‘what if Mr. Darcy was in a riding accident and lost the memories of his entire
life with Elizabeth? And, what if he
slowly realizes there is a mystery involving his actions right before his
accident and his wife is keeping the truth from him? Talk about dramatic ‘what if’s! I wasn’t listening for more than five minutes
when I was properly hooked by this new to me author’s book as told by a
long-time favorite narrator.
A Man of Good Fortune isn’t my first
P&P sequel or variation involving the amnesia element, but I think it is
the first one with Darcy experiencing it.
I loved how it showed the endurance and character of Darcy, offered a
riveting mystery as he tries to work out what Elizabeth and others are hiding
from him, but also catches up on what has happened with all the principle
characters since the ending of Pride & Prejudice. There is a solid look at the inside of a
couples’ life in the after the Happily Ever After period.
I will confess right now that I’m not
a fan of secret-keeping from a relationship partner. This sort of story set up, therefore,
stretched my tolerance and patience greatly, as a result, because the secrets
don’t get answers until well into the last third of the story and by then,
Darcy was well enough to go searching and get those answers and not because his
wife would ever have dealt him into the game.
But, for all my frustration with the
secret keeping being the main source of angst, I was totally into the overall story
and Darcy’s personal journey back. His
injuries and his memory loss are a huge challenge to be husband and father to a
wife and child he frustratingly can’t remember.
He was astute and could sense that dire events were going on and there
was a conspiracy involving his wife to keep him in the dark. The author took care of writing his amnesia
to include common related difficulties of losing the ability to read and write
and having to practically relearn these things and take help to even walk which
was a tough blow to his pride. My heart
broke for him through his anguish, but I was cheering him on to come back from
it all.
The first part of the book focuses on
Darcy’s efforts to recover at Pemberley, but then the pace kicked into high
gear once they were in London. The cast
of characters was greatly enlarged and Darcy was able to delve into the secrets
being kept and get to the heart of the mystery.
The buildup was good stuff and there were a series of climax
moments.
There is a quick denouement and then
an abrupt ending. The story’s central
plot was complete, but I wanted to spend a bit more time with Darcy and the
others when they could enjoy the downtime after such dramatic events of
earlier.
Harry Frost narrated this tale so
well. I’ve said it before, but his
talented work brings the story into vivid life and adds depth to an already
good story.
All in all, this was a deeply
emotional sequel tale of struggle and triumph that was worth the early anguish
to get through to the other side and see a couple find their love can survive
the direst of circumstances. For those
who want to find out what came next after Pride & Prejudice.
Sophia’s Bio:
Sophia
is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing,
piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments,
restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible
man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes
Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and
Chocolate.
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that
Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a
prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many
wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading
tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and
romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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