I believe that I am mostly frustrated by the fact that the author does not portray Elizabeth as the woman she was in Austen's P&P. She used to make a point of standing out, not being the "average" woman of the era, etc. and in this book, the author seems to do away with all that and paints a picture of Elizabeth as a dutiful housewife concerned mostly with household affairs and the priviledges of having married money. Frustrating. Elizabeth, with her attitude, was always a sort of hero to me...and that was lost in this particular piece of fan fiction. I was surprised, pleasantly, at the language the book is written in: modeled after Austen's own voice. As to the mystery the story is based around, it was really not bad. A pretty good Austen era intrigue.