MRS DARCY VERSUS THE ALIENS by Jonathan Pinnock
Unlike most typical Jane Austen remix/mashups, Mrs Darcy versus the Aliens completely reinterprets the material while staying, in my opinion, true to the Austen characters. Pride and Prejudice is one of my favourite books and I’m not a fan of most attempts to mess with it, but this alternative perspective on Elizabeth’s married life felt fresh and original – and it’s spit-your-coffee-out funny the whole way through. Definitely best for readers who don’t mind a few tentacles with their fiction and won’t be shocked to bits by naughty innuendo. I loved it and could not put it down.
(review originally posted at Advent Book Blog on December 18, 2011)
