Hypothetically Married

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

By: Renata McMann, Summer Hanford

Narrated by: Catherine Bilson

What does an aging country attorney know about raising five young women? Apparently not enough, for the first of them to wed is the youngest, and her husband is a schemer. Trying to do better for his remaining wards, Mr. Phillips moves them to London.

Elizabeth is happy enough to visit London with her uncle and sisters, until town life throws her into the company of Mr. Darcy. She met him the autumn before, when he and his friends visited Hertfordshire, and found him thoroughly disagreeable. Now, it seems she must be in his company nearly every day.

Darcy is aware that Miss Elizabeth Bennet doesn’t care for him, which suits him perfectly. After all, he has no intention of courting the aggravating country miss. Even so, he must see her often and they develop a tentative friendship. Both make it clear to each other that it is friendship, not love. As those around them seek their help for their romantic relationships, Darcy and Elizabeth are steadfast in avoiding romantic involvement with each other. Or are they?

This is a Pride and Prejudice variation of approximately 59,000 words.

©2018 Summer Hanford & Renata McMann (P)2020 Summer Hanford & Renata McMann

A little rushed in the end.

Story was rushed in the end. Georgiana having children was quickly mentioned…. I think? But no mention of her marriage. The narration was not great, as the men all sounded monotone.

Disappointing Narration

Wholly new and unusual story premise . A lot of P&P variations have quite similar story premises. This one is different. Good Story! Narration was disappointing and difficult to listen to , The voice for all male characters sounded very much the same and was grating on the ears. This is the second book I've listened to, I think, by Ms. Bilson and I don't recall the previous narration having the same effect on me. I probably will listen to it again later, but won't like it any better than I do now. The story alone is why I've given it an overall 4 star rating.

Very nice story

I’ve read and listened to many books by these authors and have enjoyed them all.

Entertaining and fresh story

This story is a fresh take within this genre and an entertaining listen. I would have enjoyed the audio book more with a better narrator, while she voiced female voices pretty well, the make voice were unbearable. Darcy sounds like a monotone old troll. Eeewww, his voice alone would make me not fall in love with him. Also, a lot of the reading is lacking voice inflections that would have enhanced the story.

the story itself was a good one. Uncle Philips is the caretaker of the Bennet sisters in this one, which I've never experienced in another of this genre. Anne deBourgh also played a prominent roll in this one as well as Lady Catherine. They both were portrayed exactly as I would have expected of them and were a great addition to the character lineup. There were also a couple new characters that showed up that added to the story and fit the cast very well. The progression of all of the relationships happened in a way that was fitting, there was a slight bit of misunderstanding but good conversations to overcome it.

Overall, for it it was a great book that would have been more enjoyable with a better narrator. I tend to prefer longer stories, so the length was a bit of a bummer for me, but i purchased it on sale so that compensated a little.

Mr. Philips gets a leading role.

This was a very enjoyable variation; different, with Mr. Philips as the guardian of the Bennet sisters after the death of their parents. The ‘hypothetical’ premise also provided an entertaining and engaging story. Catherine Bilson’s narration is also very good. Recommend.

lovely story but narrator needs work

This was a delightful variation. My only problem is the with the narrator's voice used for the male characters. She used a very gruff and somewhat robotic tone that lacked all expression. Even when the text said a sentence was spoken tenderly she still read it in a monotone and somewhat angry way. The story was good enough to overcome this but it really detracted from my enjoyment.

Another win for this duo

I have always enjoyed the stories this team puts together and this was another sweet enjoyable story. The only problem I had with this production was the voice of Darcy. It was quite monotone and not at all romantic.

A very pleasant listen

Very sweet, clean, and pleasant listen. Perfect length for a car trip to and from somewhere. Light angst, lots of character development, well paced. Highly recommend.

Love friendship to lovers trope. Love Steve Zimmerman more

I love when Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth get to explore a friendship type of variations . Hi Key recommend this one if you really like Darcy and Lizzie banter. Again this is pretty clean, I would love to hear this banter in the bedroom with Stevie Zimmerman as the narrator. I will keep advocating for this. If you’re on a binge like me, I’m sorry you’re seeing my reviews like on literally all these audibles but I cannot contain my love for this narrator and her Mr. Darcy and Lizzie voices so thank you for reading this review lol

What is a hypothetical marriage

Hypothetically Married captured my imagination. What kind of marriage would only be hypothetical? A sham marriage in name only or no marriage only the pretense of one,? whose marriage? I could hardly wait to listen to find out.
We meet five heiresses who would have given up their inheritances to be back at Longhorn. Happily their personalities did not change so we watch how they handle being heiresses and the problems they confront. The authors choose to develop the personalities of the aunts and uncles thus adding wrinkles to plans. What you want to know about hypotheticals that is best part about the story so listen yourself! Thank you to the authors for gifting this audible book to me.