Miss Bennets Dragon, M. Verant
Miss Bennets Dragon, M. Verant
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Miss Bennet's Dragon
A Pride and Prejudice Retelling

Author: M. Verant

Series: Jane Austen Fantasy #1

Narrator: Helen Taylor

Unabridged: 14 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Acerbic Press

Published: 05/10/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

FOREWORD INDIES WINNER • ROYAL DRAGONFLY AWARD WINNER
“A fantastic fantasy retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.” —The Lily Café
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a hungry firedrake is an irritating beast.
In Regency England, the small, fire-breathing dragons called draca are kept by gentry as pampered status symbols. But Elizabeth Bennet has no time to pamper the Bennets’ firedrake. With an ailing father, she must manage Longbourn and dodge disastrous marriage proposals while concealing a dangerous secret: she can speak to draca.
When a beloved sister falls ill, marriage and money no longer matter. Aided by her brilliant sister Mary, Elizabeth hunts for a cure in the lost lore of dragons. Desperate, she turns to the last man on earth she wished to see again—Mr. Darcy, the haughty aristocrat whose arrogant proposal she furiously rejected.
In the gilded halls of Pemberley, Mr. Darcy harbors his own dark secrets of draca. Even as a fresh spark kindles between him and Elizabeth, those buried truths threaten to tear them apart.
And the stakes have grown higher than a dear sister’s life.
Miss Bennet’s Dragon is riveting, romantic historical fantasy. Listen to it standalone or to start the complete, award-winning Jane Austen Fantasy trilogy. For fans of Naomi Novick’s Temeraire, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carole (in Canada) on January 30, 2023

My Rating: 5+++ "Things that seem simple in the complacency of self-satisfied confidence become intricate puzzles when you care enough to understand the layers and folds of another life." (quote from the book) After reading this for the second time, I found it even more exciting! I had missed so many......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on February 01, 2023

3.75* Re-read 27th - 31st January 2023 With the release of the second book I felt a re-read was required. Original review Pride & Prejudice is the book that started my love of reading. I’ve read countless spin-offs and alternatives including Mr Darcy Vampire and Pride & Prejudice Zombies. So of course w......more

Goodreads review by Val on June 06, 2021

1.5 * rounded to 2. I really love fantasy, including fiction about dragons. And I really love Austen's books. Therefore, when there is a variation of P and P in which these two themes are combined, it will definitely grab my attention. So it was with this book, I was already disposed in advance to re......more

Goodreads review by Sam on September 20, 2023

2023- relisten to remember before listening to VOl. 2 It's a good thing I did, as I didn't recall everything about Lydia. 4.5* Looking forward to Vol. 2 A sci-fantasy version using P&P characters. Dragons and all kinds of variations of dragons take front and center. Lydia becomes the big bad. There is......more

Goodreads review by lori huff on May 26, 2021

Fabulous I have read other JAFF that delves into fantasy and Dragon lore, and have enjoyed the concept. M Verant does a fantastic job of creating an imaginative world of "draca," or smaller versions of dragons, complete with all of the complex supporting rules and circumstances surrounding the draca......more