I think this was my first Mansfield Park modern adaptation, and while I have moderately enjoyed this author's other Austen rewrites, I was still nervous, because this story is a hard one to modernize. First impression: I liked it! Every MP reader falls into one of two camps: Team Edmund or Team Henry. LaZebnik is clearly on the opposite team than me, and she does change some things to really vindicate her position. I would say she even fundamentally changes some characters. BUT it mostly worked for me. I liked the way she wrapped things up here. I liked Franny, though she's definitely more assertive here than in the original. The nods to the plot points of the novel also were fun. I loved that she set the story about a shocking play at a theater camp. 
 On the other hand, I missed the adult characters - - especially Mrs. Norris. I actually think that as unsatisfactory as the final chapter of the novel feels, there is a moral strength to Austen's narrative choices. And obviously with the setting in a theater camp, there's a lot of attention paid to whether guys are gay or straight, and the resulting attractions. I am frankly not really interested in minor characters' romantic doings, particularly in a teen chick-lit context. While the PG-13 behavior - - hooking up, drinking, smoking - - happens offscreen, it's definitely referenced. I won't be handing this book to my girls any time soon, even when they're lapping up anything Austen related. Really, this one gets three stars from me for being a fun, fluffy Mansfield Park modernization, and we need more of them.