It was free to download onto my Kindle and I was curious. Lydia isn't a very likeable character in Pride and Prejudice, so I was wondering how the author would manage to make her more sympathetic. This book starts just before Lydia goes off to Brighton and follows her romance with Whickam, the infamous "elopement" and gives you a picture of her marriage to Whickam. You actually do feel sorry for her here because he treats her so poorly and she really had thought he loved her when she ran off with him. You also realize how young she is and understand how she could have acted so foolishly. I was most intrigued to see how the author was going to give Lydia a happy ending, but I must say it was rather unbelievable.


SPOILER
Lydia finds herself free of her marriage when it is discovered that Whickam is a bigamist who already had a wife when he married her. Whickam flees the country out of fear of retribution from Darcy. The family spreads the word that Whickam died at sea, make Lydia a respectable widow. She then turns around and falls in love with, of all things, a preacher! Believe it or not, he actually seems to bear a certain resemblance to Mr. Collins! He is a little more likable though and goes out of his way to help her during this crisis, which is what draws them together. I just can't see him and Lydia being happy together though. Oh well.