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Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
5.0

Holy frijoles! This is a great book!!

I was first intrigued by the description of this book, being a retelling of [b:Jane Eyre|10210|Jane Eyre|Charlotte Brontë|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327867269s/10210.jpg|2977639]. I'd never heard of an author retelling another novel, let alone a classic before. If you are a fan of Eyre, you should read this book. If you like heroines with some seriously bad attitude, you should read this book. If you like some history, some mystery, some skeletons in the closet, and some Gothic, you should read this book.

I borrowed this book from the library because it's still in hardcover and I'm on a budget and I wasn't sure how much I would like it. Well . . . let me tell you, the second this comes out in paperback I am buying it and reading it all over again. You know a book is great when it has you laughing out loud as you read it and people are giving you funny looks, know what I mean?