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A review by winterreader40
John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow by Mimi Matthews
5.0
I wasn't sure how I would feel about this book as it is retellings of Jane Eyre(which I hated) and Dracula(which was fine but boring) but this just kept pulling me in deeper and deeper at the same time as eliminating the things I hated most about Jane Eyre.
It's told in 2 timelines, the older timeline being related through letters and diary entries which were really interesting especially as it pulls in new locations like Egypt and Varna.
John Eyre goes to Thornfield hall after his friend Helen, who was a married woman that was in love with him but he didn't return her feelings, commits suicide. He is slowly becoming a laudanum addict, using it initially to treat his headaches he starts over medicating to deal with his guilt over Helen's death. He sees Helen's ghost on the way to the hall and believes he's suffering the side effects of the drug and the 2 boys he's to teach are mute and look like the undead which also helps convince him he might be overdoing it.
His relationship with the 2 boys was very sweet, he goes all protective papa bear over them. His relationship with Bertha really did parallel Jane Eyre fairly closely with a few key deviations.
I received this as an ARC through NetGalley and Perfectly Proper Press
It's told in 2 timelines, the older timeline being related through letters and diary entries which were really interesting especially as it pulls in new locations like Egypt and Varna.
John Eyre goes to Thornfield hall after his friend Helen, who was a married woman that was in love with him but he didn't return her feelings, commits suicide. He is slowly becoming a laudanum addict, using it initially to treat his headaches he starts over medicating to deal with his guilt over Helen's death. He sees Helen's ghost on the way to the hall and believes he's suffering the side effects of the drug and the 2 boys he's to teach are mute and look like the undead which also helps convince him he might be overdoing it.
His relationship with the 2 boys was very sweet, he goes all protective papa bear over them. His relationship with Bertha really did parallel Jane Eyre fairly closely with a few key deviations.
I received this as an ARC through NetGalley and Perfectly Proper Press