Kristy

I would have given this one four stars, but the ending left me unsatisfied. But some twist of fate, 21st century Courtney Stone wakes up in the life of Jane Mansfield, 30 something spinster in Jane Austen's time. She tries to say she's not Jane, but her “mother” threatens her with an asylum, “Jane” gives up that real quick. I loved how the time is not romanticized and it tries to show how unsanitary things really were back then. Of course there are Jane Austen references everywhere...what they read and characters in the story. I liked how she worked out things from the 21st century life, by working things out where she was.

Some things weren't cleared up completely for me. The whole time travel bit was never fully explained. I guess we're supposed to believe it was some kind of planets align and the space time continuum ripped open, allowing the two women to change lives. And where was the real Jane? Never said. And I wished there was more of an epilogue of both women, not just the one.

But all in all, good story. A great spin on Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice. Yes you can tell it was based on that story.