Very often in life we are influenced by something we read as a child, something that we remember reading with the fondest of memories, something that feels like it looks right into our souls and finds a kindred spirit there. If Jane Eyre was one of those books for you than make room right next to it for Jane Steele because this book is exactly what is missing from the equation.
This is not another mashup of a classic to titter over however. This is an imaginative biographical confession of a young woman whose life is running along a path that is a twisted version of her favorite characters own. Not a parallel one mind you, for after all where Jane Eyre is the epitome of discretion and valor Jane Steele is the very epicenter of all the morbidly dark essences that make her so very human and prone to blindly jumping in where angels fear to tread. This is a romance of the heart and no matter what you expect in this book you cannot deny that what happens is exactly what your heart desires, even the murders.
Full of mystery and exotic, sometimes brutal historical backdrops this is simultaneously a romance, a gothic satire, and an openly loving tribute to a character that continues to reach out across the ages and influence us even today. Jane Eyre is Jane Steele's mirror image if you covered the cracks in the foundation. But just like the Japanese the reader will find that we very much like the imperfections Jane Steele's character has and can only relish following along on her adventures as she struggles to come to terms with the unfortunate truth that we are all sinners, some of us are just better at it.
This is not another mashup of a classic to titter over however. This is an imaginative biographical confession of a young woman whose life is running along a path that is a twisted version of her favorite characters own. Not a parallel one mind you, for after all where Jane Eyre is the epitome of discretion and valor Jane Steele is the very epicenter of all the morbidly dark essences that make her so very human and prone to blindly jumping in where angels fear to tread. This is a romance of the heart and no matter what you expect in this book you cannot deny that what happens is exactly what your heart desires, even the murders.
Full of mystery and exotic, sometimes brutal historical backdrops this is simultaneously a romance, a gothic satire, and an openly loving tribute to a character that continues to reach out across the ages and influence us even today. Jane Eyre is Jane Steele's mirror image if you covered the cracks in the foundation. But just like the Japanese the reader will find that we very much like the imperfections Jane Steele's character has and can only relish following along on her adventures as she struggles to come to terms with the unfortunate truth that we are all sinners, some of us are just better at it.
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