The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch

If you ever felt that Lydia Bennet deserved better than the pathetic ending Jane Austen provided for her in [b:Pride and Prejudice 1885 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320399351l/1885.SY75.jpg 3060926], you might appreciate this retelling that portrays the youngest Bennet sister as a powerful witch - so formidable that she conjured a feline familiar and convinced the rest of the family that “Kitty” had been there all along. Lydia's epistolary version of the events that led to her hasty marriage to George Wickham bears little resemblance to the original source, focusing instead on Lydia's development as a witch and the other supernatural entities, friend and foe, she encounters along the way. Elizabeth doesn't appear in the story, but Darcy and Georgiana play an important role. And it turns out that George Wickham isn't just a lying cad - he's something much more sinister. I enjoyed the book but found it was easy to put down, and it took a lot longer to finish than usual because I was distracted by other treasures on my TBR pile. Maybe it was because, while the plot was stuffed a little too full, the pace was paradoxically slow. Maybe if I re-read Scandalous Confessions in a few months I will love it. It is certainly one of the more creative P&P adaptations I have encountered; sometimes the book karma just isn't there.