Title: From good to bad, a whole range
Product review: Good element: Elizabeth and Darcy "feel" like they fit Austen's characterizations pretty well. The personalities are lifted directly out of A&E;'s movie adaptation.Medium: The language is very uneven: mixed with very good Austenesque sentences is standard Regency romance fare plus modern terms like "gloppy" and a servant in danger of being "fired" instead of "dismissed."Bad: The "mystery" is so simple I had it figured out within a few pages, then found the rest of the book boring while it dragged to a conclusion.Really bad: The element of witchcraft which totally dominates the story. Don't call it "paranormal" or "supernatural" - it's plain old witchcraft and it is a cheap solution to a "mystery." Austen, as a clergyman's daughter, would have recognized it as evil and never have added witchcraft to her stories, and Eliza Bennet would have known to stay far away from it.Conclusion: Give this author a miss. Read the Jane Austen mysteries by Stephanie Barron instead.
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