Me and Mr. Darcy by Alexandra Potter

Overall Rating- 3
Cleanliness Rating- 2.5- for swearing (including a couple f-words)

From Publishers Weekly:
U.K. author Potter makes her U.S. debut with Emily Albright, 29, a New York bookstore manager, who half-seriously blames Jane Austen's Fitzwilliam Darcy for her abysmal dating life: Darcy sets the bar too high. As Christmas approaches, Emily, to avoid a holiday with co-worker Stella, signs up for a tour of Darcy territory, lighting out, amusingly, with a gaggle of gray-haired Darcy maniacs. As the tour group weaves in and out of Darcy locales, Emily butts heads with Spike Hargreaves, a handsome young journalist interviewing the group (for an article on why the fictional Mr. Darcy has earned the title of Man Most Women Would Love to Date). Soon, the jet-lagged, drink-laden Emily finds herself—presto!—time traveling and meeting Mr. Darcy himself, complete with frock coat. As her acquaintance with Darcy deepens, Emily, to her great surprise, finds herself thinking about Spike. Despite the plot's predictability, Potter's chick lit take on Darcy has a refreshing not-trying-to-equal-the-master feel.

This book was cute. It is essentially a knock off of Pride and Prejudice, but set in modern times (not as good as Bridget Jones though). During the Jane Austen Tour, Emily is reading Pride and Prejudice and I like how the author parallels what’s going on in Pride and Prejudice with what’s going on with Emily during her tour. I didn’t care that much for the whole meeting Mr. Darcy bit. It was totally un- believable and didn’t serve much purpose, except to point out that in reality, Mr. Darcy wasn’t all Emily had fantasized about. I guess it taught her a good lesson- that Mr. Darcy is a wonderful fantasy, but he’s not real. I loved the article that Spike wrote about Mr. Darcy. The finished version is in the last chapter of the book and it is very clever and funny!