A review by csquared85
Ironskin by Tina Connolly

2.0

It was a good idea, but it really didn't work for me. I think the Jane Eyre angle hurt this story MUCH more than it helped since I kept anticipating the parallels in the storyline and all it really accomplished was making me want to reread Jane Eyre properly. I liked this take on fey/human/dwarf relations, but the writing was mostly artless. Lots of repetitive descriptions and tons of breaking off into flashbacks in the middle of things. It got very confusing at times and I had a tricky time pinpointing some of the timelines before, during, and after the Great War. The end veers off into horror a little unexpectedly and it's abrupt.

Also, Rochart just doesn't quite stack up to Bronte's Rochester. Close, but a little too pathetic for my tastes, and he also falls in love with Jane too easily and without reason. I never trusted him.