Regency England just got real(ity)
Episode 4: How to Succeed in Marriage without Really Trying
Elizabeth, the Countess of Westhampton, has found her husband. Unfortunately, she would have preferred that he stayed lost!
How is she supposed to react when the man who married her, and then abandoned her without a wedding night, suddenly reappears? Obviously, she’ll have to plan her revenge very carefully…
A series of prints depicting Elizabeth and her longtime gone husband now recently returned husband, William, in opposing styles. There is a print Elizabeth favors -- William on his knees before her, seeming to beg for her attention and/or forgiveness -- and a second print which purports her as the beggar. We learn a little bit about what happened between Elizabeth and William and why he left London so quickly after their marriage.
This reformation of the "bad girl" fell a little flat in my opinion. Elizabeth wasn't a bad girl at all, simply misunderstood, which could have been cleared up through communication with her husband and her friends. I'd expected a real event to explain her tension with Lynette throughout the course of the series. Sometimes friends just don't get along, and sometimes the "drama" is manufactured (as is obvious by the "Real Housewives" reality shows on tv).
Still, this was a fun world to escape into, and I hope to visit it again with Ms. Kent.
(A very special thank you to Avon Impulse, HarperCollins and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of Elizabeth, the Enchantress.)
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