Title: An interesting idea, but poorly executed
Product review: I was certainly not expecting anything equal to Jane Austen's, nor even Georgette Heyer's, writing; but I did hope not to have quite as many jarringly out of period words or phrases jump out at me as did. Nonetheless, I would have given this another star or two, because the setup of the mystery was interesting enough, if the author hadn't decided to make drivelous, nonsensical "magic" the cause of the mysterious behavior of various characters. That is most certainly not in keeping with the spirit of Austen's books and characters. It was an interesting idea for a book, but was so poorly executed that I won't be wasting any time or money on any other books in the series.
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