In the Library at Netherfield Park
Amelia Wood
3/5
In today's edition of randomly going through Kindle Unlimited Pride and Prejudice variations, I found this little short novella about what could've happened if Wickham had engineered Darcy's marriage with Elizabeth on the basis of his original comments. I'd like to say that the cover is a major detractor from the book, it's not very appealing and probably keeps a few people from opening the book. It's much better than the cover would lead one to believe. But it still has it's characterization issues.
It was probably too short for what it was attempting to convey. The rise and fall of Wickham's machinations were swift and not all that impactful. The misunderstandings also felt a lot less significant for Darcy and Elizabeth than they could have been. In the synopsis of the book, it seems like there's going to be some significant damage at some point. Really though it just takes away Elizabeth's original misunderstanding of Darcy's proposal, Wickham and Lydia's elopement, and basically anything else that would cause any trouble.
A much happier ending, but not as satisfying considering the lack of real stress. I thought for a second maybe Elizabeth would believe Wickham, that would've just been against her character though. So decent characterization, not the best AU though.
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