Not Without Affection

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

By: Caroline Cartier

Narrated by: Ariel Royce, Christopher Rourke

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

When Mr Collins visits Longbourn, Elizabeth Bennet is shocked by the sycophantic behaviour of her family toward the Longbourn heir. Mrs Bennet declares that any of her daughters had better accept the man if he offers for them, and Elizabeth quickly comes to suspect that her father will not defend them should they wish to refuse. Despite her protestations, Elizabeth finds herself engaged to her cousin against her will and her sisters turned against her, showing Elizabeth harsh revelations about Jane's true character. She makes plans to escape the untenable situation, with help from Charlotte, and surprisingly, Mr Darcy, but the marriage moves forward despite their efforts and Lizzy is forced to accept her fate.

When Elizabeth is unexpectedly relieved of her unwanted husband, her new friends at Rosings support her as she builds her new life, while Mr Darcy is relieved to have a chance to win her heart but knows he must wait to court her to preserve her reputation. While he suffers the long wait of her mourning until she can be courted, Elizabeth must decide if she is willing to try again, as estate matters and other parties threaten to end the match before it is made in this 68,000-word Pride and Prejudice Variation.

Trigger Warning: Please be advised that there are a few small scenes in which Elizabeth endures physical abuse in the first few chapters.

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I really enjoyed Darcy’s family

Not without affection is a well written book with good enough angst and romance. Anne was one of my favorite characters but all Darcy family standing behind Elizabeth was wonderful. I think everyone deserved what they got and it was really nice to read something different that I was not expecting.
The double narration was great, Both of them did a really good job. Would read another book from the same author and listen to the narrators again.

Not for the faint of heart P& P Variation, yet most extraordinary!

From the very beginning of this Pride & Prejudice variation you can feel the suspense and trauma to come. This variation is very different from the 187 variations I have read thus far. I highly recommend this new author but also suggest that the storyline should be viewed ages 16 and older. That of course is only my opinion. I can’t wait for this author to create more variations and I plan to follow here immediately.

What a journey

For those that need the trigger warning (info is also given in the description) you can see this is a bad/selfish Bennet family including Jane but not Lydia and an abusive Mr Collins. Mr Bennet ends a very selfish cruel man, his last letter to Elizabeth was shocking. The townspeople around Meryton are very quick to judge and take sides in trying to support Elizabeth and then later not but then support again (this shows how gossip can quickly change people opinions). She had local friends (mainly the Lucas family) who stuck with her the entire time. I loved how Darcy and his family completely loved and supported her and Lydia. Elizabeth goes through an emotional journey as she deals with the trauma of betrayal at her family’s hands and emotional baggage that comes with it. Some of the physical trauma is shown and other parts are off page. At least this is only in the first few chapters. Each person who has gone through something similar has their own individual journey and this was Elizabeth’s journey to find and take her own happily ever after. The double narrators really helps bring this story to life and I enjoyed this.