I really wanted to love this book. The premise is a combination of all I love in a good book...Regency era romance and fantasy. Squee!!!! And yet, for all that, it fell flat. The characters were at best poorly wrought imitations of Austen favorites like Mrs. Bennett, Mr. Darcy, and Elinor Dashwood. At their worst they were undeveloped brats and bores. Sigh. I still think this premise has potential, and hopefully the later volumes in the series overcome these pitfalls.