REVIEW: Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe - Melissa de la Cruz

Title: Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe
Author: Melissa de la Cruz
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: E-Book
Pages: 240 Pages
Rating: ⭐⭐

Goodreads Blurb

Darcy Fitzwilliam simply doesn't have time to fall in love. But this Christmas, a kiss under the mistletoe will change everything...

As a partner at a major New York hedge fund, Darcy's only serious relationship is with her work cellphone. The truth is, she's too busy being successful and making money to have time for Christmas... let alone to allow romance into her life. 

But this year Darcy is coming home to Pemberley, Ohio, for the holidays. There, she runs into her old neighbour and high-school foe Luke Bennet - the oldest of five wayward brothers. When Darcy's enmity with Luke is re-opened, along with a hefty dollop of sexual chemistry... well, sparks are sure to fly. Can Darcy fall in love - or will her pride, and Luke's prejudice against big-city girls, stand in their way?

Thoughts

As you can gather by the title of the book, this is a Pride and Prejudice retelling, and I am a sucker for those, so I picked this up with high hopes.

I found this book a little lacklustre, I wanted more from it and it just didn't seem to deliver for me. I don't know if it is because I was wanting more Pride and Prejudice references, but it just to me didn't deliver.

Now don't get me wrong, there are some good things with the book, the writing was good, and it flowed really well. I didn't find the pace of the book too slow.

I found Darcy to be a good character, but the relationship between her and Luke was just a bit meh, I wasn't excited about them becoming a couple. I would have been quite happy if she stayed with someone else.

Overall an OK book, but not one that I would read again or go raving about.