The Magicians and Mrs. Quent

My new book is pretty random.  I've never heard of it - its just a book I bought on sale when Mitchel Books went out of business.  Its pretty big and I've been meaning to find time to plow through it, so now seemed like as good a time as any.  So far I like it.  I'm about 100 pages in and I'm not totally sure what its about, but the characters seem realistic and interesting.  In the beginning of the book, there were three separate groups of people, and each chapter is told from their point of view.  The first section concerned three sisters, Ivy, Rose, and Lily.  They are all very different, but Ivy is the main character and the person I can relate to the most.  She loves to read and cares deeply for her family.  Mr. Rafferdy is another character - a proud son of a rich nobleman, who spends most of his time drinking and buying clothes.  The final main character is Mr. Garrit -  the illegitimate son of a disgraced nobleman.  For the first few chapters, the main characters go about their lives, but I just reached the part where they are all together for the first time. I have no idea where this will lead, but from reading reviews, I have learned that the book is supposedly part fantasy, part mystery, and part period novel.  I like all three of these genres, so this should work for me.  Also, I have learned that the book is a bit of a combination of works by Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austin, and Charles Dickens.  Already, I see the similarities.  Having read Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations, I can't help but notice that Ivy seems to be a lot like Jane and Elinor and that the description of the time period seems to match how Dickens describes the worlds of David and Pip.  I will have to brush up on characters from theses books, since I would like to see if the parallels run deeper than just the surface.  So far, it seems like an interesting book and I am looking forward to reading more!