So the thing that this book gets REALLY REALLY right is that neither Darcy nor Lizzy - aka Trisha and DJ - are cruel or mean. They're just...arrogant and willfully misreading and deeply sensitive.
So I spent basically the first half of the book cringing because SUCH AWKWARD, these humans.
Which is the point.
There's also something about reading Pride and Prejudice retellings that, because you know what's going to happen, anticipation functions differently and either enhances or gets in the way of speculation. I don't know what to DO with that, although it's there and inevitably part of the story.
Figuring out that the story is heavy on the other flavors is helpful, but I can't help but wonder whether I would have enjoyed it more or less if it wasn't calling itself a gender-swapped P&P. I think I still would have read it.
The gender thing and the question of who gets to be arrogant is also a fascinating part of the story.