I have to wonder, has Alyxandra Harvey ever read any part of Jane Eyre?Īnd the ending fell flat for me. She is at the inn when she finds out, actually. And Jane never runs away from the church, either before or after hearing the news of his dead wife. Rochester is not generally considered handsome. The red room is not at Thornfield Hall - it's at Gateshead. Zoom in on: the Violet and Colin relationship! The brewing romance is sweet, but I could have done with a bit more of it, really.I must admit I kept flipping the pages hoping for a glimpse of Colin.Īnything out of focus? If you're going to refer to Jane Eyre in your Gothic novel, please do it accurately. There's also a nice juxtaposition of the mother's role as a charlatan and her daughter's true gift of gabbing with the ghosts. What's in the background? A mother-daughter relationship fraying at the seams. And I was kept guessing the whole way through about the identity of the villain. Shutter speed: Pretty slow, since many clues need to be gathered and there is some repetition, but the ghosts and romance do liven things up. The Gothic atmosphere is delicious, though it seems to rely somewhat on references to other novels and stereotypes of the period. The subject: a girl grappling with newfound supernatural powers and hints of a murder.
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