I'm not a real big Austen fan to begin with... and this book didn't really make it any better for me unfortunately. I just never could get into it sadly. I can certainly see where the big hype and appeal is, though. Just wasn't for me. :) I've enjoyed some other "monster-mashups", but not this one too much. It was an okay read... but not one that I'd read again at all. In fact, I believe I gave my copy away to my friend who is a HUGE P&P fan. She loved it. Haha.