Status Updates From Without Undue Pride

DNF 33% - I will come back to this one later

Started on 7/6 and finished on 7/12! I've always loved Heather Moll's special brand of Austen inspired stories. This was was quite the twist on a second chance romance as Darcy initial meets Elizabeth as the newly married Mrs. Fitwilliam, bride to his beloved Colonel Fitzwilliam. When tragedy strikes and Elizabeth finds herself a widow spurned by the Fitzwilliam, Darcy shows us all why he is the very best of men!

Elizabeth is more agreeable to consider to prostitute herself to breed an her for her brother-in-law, that she was every willing to consider an honourable marriage proposal from Darcy. I am forced to understand that this Elizabeth is a mentally unstable hysteric (in the old sense of the diagnosis), and NOT a sound, honourable, genteel lady!

Now Elizabeth is subject to physical violence by her brother-in-laws staff, she’s imprisoned, bruised, pinned down to take her child away from her every 4 hours….. and all this because Charlotte betrayed her and sold her off to her brother-in-law in exchange for a comfortable carriage ride to Meryton! DELIGHTFUL !!!

Oh My God !!!!!! This Elizabeth is seriously mentally unbalanced, she actually wants to harm her child through poverty and serious humiliation. This is beyond ridiculous and doesn’t pass any test for internal logic, historical soundness, or thoughtful romance storytelling. What I just read about the christening is BAD TASTE and a hard pass!