It's an enjoyable book but nothing amazing. I would have rated it 3 stars if it wasn't for Barbara Rosenblat's narration of pure awesomeness. She captures the main character so perfectly and is such a good narrator that she makes everything seem much better that it is.

The story itself is okay, it's nothing amazing and the villain is blindingly obvious from the start, the only real mystery being why Amelia falls for the obvious red herring. But it's entertaining enough. Amelia is written as being a character from her time and place (no weirdly anachronistic sensibilities or ethics) with all that entails (including the inescapable classism and racism) which can be off-putting at times, but the excellent narration made her much more likeable than she would have been otherwise.