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I thoroughly enjoyed this light, easy read. The idea is so clever and it was carried through really well using Georgiana's old fashioned language along with her bewilderment at modern life. The crime was an excellent vehicle with which to explain Georgiana's presence and her desire to stay, and the glimpses of life at Pemberley just added icing to the cake. Plus a delightful love story, what more could a reader want?

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This is an interesting time travel novel hopping between Fitzwilliam Darcy’s Pemberley just after the end of Pride and Prejudice to a film set in 1995.

Big Austen fans will no doubt love an opportunity to revisit Elizabeth and Darcey but I felt it was a little too conceptual for my tastes. A fictional character time travelling 200 years to a film set where they are filming the time and place that fictional person came from, plus there's been a murder, plus there's a love story. it was one thing too many for me to comprehend

The characters felt Austen-esque and I'm sure the love story will be the hook for a lot of readers.

Thank you to Pan McMillan and Netgalley for the chance to read in exchange for an honest review.

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This is an interesting premise for a time travel book. Georgiana Darcey is transported from Pemberley and thrust 200 years into the future onto the set of a Regency drama with the sole purpose of solving of murder.

Georgiana's sudden immersion into the 20th century is certainly amusing. Her confusion at the sight of horseless carriages - cars, electric lights and mobile phones was fun to observe. Her ability to navigate the language and slang of today was impressive. She is written as a strong female character and I found myself warming to her from the start.

Georgiana's friendship with the handsome security guard, Quinn, was believable but a little less believable for me was the actual crime. I felt that this took a backseat to their budding romance.

The ending was satisfying. The author has left a door open for a new book. I think that this has the potential to grow into an interesting series of novels.

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