I love a good retelling of pride and prejudice. This book was very well done and I highly enjoyed it. The book was very interesting and it kept me entertained. I highly enjoyed the authors writing style and will definitely pick up more books by her.
I just reviewed The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub. #TheScandalousConfessionsofLydiaBennetWitch #NetGalley
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Though I have a deep and abiding love for P & P variations, I will admit to avoiding those that place either Mary or Lydia in the spotlight. I don't like them, I don't want them to be humanized, and I may even disproportionately enjoy disliking them. Well friends, I've been quite wrong. This is clever and charming and, no, let's go all the way with it and say - enchanting.

Everyone is living their own story, and you only get to read the part that you’ve been given.

In this utterly perfect remix of Pride and Prejudice, Taub gives us the story of Lydia, as we’ve never seen her before. Witch Lydia bounces through the narrative with irrepressible spirits, tangles in supernatural shenanigans, and displays a depth of emotion and intelligence and complexity that forever seals this novel’s place in the extended Austen universe.

I have to be honest, I picked this book up not expecting much. I’ve read and watched Austen-takes that were bad, and some that were just fine but I read anyway because they were comforting. A few others were good, actually. And then there’s this one. Every time, every single time, I spotted an overused trope, Taub flipped it on its head. Every time I was uneasy about the direction the story was going, I found myself zipping up a completely different path.

A rollercoaster, a waltz, a love letter to literature’s powerful women. Simply delightful.

Thank you to the publisher for allowing me to read this eARC.

This was an interesting retelling. I really love Pride and Prejudice retellings as well as the original story, and I loved this unique take. It was a fun read and it held my attention. Some parts felt a little slow/boring and some details weren't fleshed out enough for my personal taste, but this is easily a 3.5 or 3.65 star book!