Kyle

wonderful, light touch to this story that resolves itself beautifully

an easy read and very much worth it

If you like florid language (as I do), this book is not what you're looking for. It is written in a sparse style, almost historical. The story is also relatively simplistic (of course, since it is a short work).

That being said, if you are at all interested in a look at colonial history from the viewpoint of the colonized, this book will interest you. It also raises some interesting questions in its latter third about conflicts between religions and what it means to lose one's history and cultural heritage.

The book is exceedingly funny. It is difficult to imagine a teenage girl writing such a delightful satire with such intentionally odd dialog that many hundreds of years ago. And how easily the story slips from the cute and self-aware satire of gothic and romance stories into a good romance story!

This is my first Jane Austen foray, but it shan't be my last.

Reviewing this would only cheapen the experience.

You, read this book.

Rating and reviewing this book is a sin. Just read it.