A review by kittykornerlibrarian
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

5.0

Oh, I really liked this one a lot... it's a spin-off of Jane Eyre (and those do seem to be cropping up, don't they?) with a much tougher first person narrator and a humorously macabre twist. It's Victorian in setting; but you can tell it's historical fiction, because sex is part of the plot in a way you would never, ever see from an actual Victorian author. It's mostly set in a country house, at Jane's school, and in London; but enough of the characters are from India, specifically Sikhs from the Punjab, that their narratives add an extra richness to the setting of the book. This one I'm definitely going to read again.

2020: I re-read this and I LOVE THIS BOOK. It's so dark and funny and I love the narrative voice.