Side by Side Apart: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

What an amazing story. To rediscover herself and fall in love with her husband all over again! Wonderful, truly unique.

This very moving variation has Elizabeth losing her memory after years of marriage to Darcy. It is a story of her coming to terms with her new circumstances—of being a wife and mother. She’s also about to become a mother again, yet has no memory of anything after the proposal at Hunsford. Darcy too, bless his broken heart, faces the possibility she may never recall their past life and love. Poor man.Extremely wary and distrustful at first, she slowly develops a new relationship with her husband and children. Your heart really goes out to all of the Darcy family. We are given some insight into the personalities of their children. Once Darcy realizes the reality of what has happened to Elizabeth, his main objective is to protect her health and that of their unborn child. Will she ever come to love him again?I found this to be a very emotional read. The dialogue in this book between Darcy and Elizabeth, so necessary for her mind’s recovery is outstanding. I started the book late in the evening and couldn’t put it down until sleep finally had to claim me. There is a letter to Elizabeth from Georgiana so moving, it had me in tears. Most P&P memory tropes end with a complete recovery. While this one doesn’t, I feel there was a happy ending. I wouldn’t mind seeing a sequel for this book, and would have enjoyed reading about her getting to know the children more.I loved it and highly recommend it.

In this Pride And Prejudice variation Elizabeth Bennet Darcy wakes up and has lost her memory. She has been married to Fitzwilliam Darcy for 11 years and has had 3 children and is expecting a 4th child, but does not remember anything since Darcy’s awful proposal in the Huntsford parsonage. She wakes up married to a man she dislikes. This book tells the story of her struggle to remember her life and fit into the lives of her family and her husband.I found parts of this story difficult to follow. Certain conversations did not make sense. I think the author likes to use long complicated sentences and this took away from the story. The ending was also abrupt and unfulfilling. It was as if the author just suddenly stopped writing and did not create a proper ending to the story. I was left feeling unsatisfied.Overall I enjoyed the story. It is different from most Pride and Prejudice variations which just change the love story. This book really challenged both Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy. The relationship between Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam was very sweet. He did all he could to ease her back into her old life. She initially mistrusted him but grew to love him again. There is another book by a different author in which Elizabeth briefly loses her memory, but her and Fitzwilliam have only been married for 1 week. This story did a much better job with this theme. This is overall a good story but I think it could have been better.I reread the story and enjoyed it more the second time. To me, this indicates a good story and I therefore reconsidered and gave it 5 stars instead of 4.

Another winner from Meriton Press. Needs a sequel.

This was certainly well written and definitely not short, which pleased me. The storyline is good with Elizabeth's memory loss. I would have liked more about their marriage and kind of how they were probably more in love after 11 years than they were in the beginning of their marriage. The ending was very difficult for me as it was abrupt and disheartening. I guess I prefer something a bit happier.