One of the quick impulse reads of the year which I enjoyed start to finish and gave four stars to without a second thought. Special Operative Thursday Next, in an alternate England, works for the LiteraTec office and has for years, but the theft of an original Dickens manuscript turns what is usually a desk job into an exciting adventure. I loved the villain in the story - he was evil and not redeemable; it was fantastic. The romance was just the way I like it, and the tie-ins to Jane Eyre were delightful, Bronte's work being one of my favorites. Unlike the last book I read which was supposed to have been "witty" and "literary," I enjoyed every page of this one. It truly was witty and so exciting that it inspired me to have my own SpecOps dream (I was SO-5 too). The Eyre Affair also initiated the urge to reread Jane Eyre again. I am a happy and satisfied reader.