A review by petrichor_pages
Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne

4.0

This book takes place in a world in which an ice age has forced the inhabitants of Earth into orbiting spaceships until Earth has thawed enough to sustain life again. Stella is an orphan who accepts a job on the Rochester ship, becoming the governess to Jessa, Captain Hugo's ward. When Stella arrives on the ship, she finds there are mysterious accidents and not everything aboard the ship is as it seems.

I'm a huge Jane Eyre fan. It was my comfort book as a child, and I found this book to be a pretty decent retelling. The premise of Jane Eyre in space is fun, and the characters are pretty well defined. There were some issues with the science of an ice age such as

Spoiler

Hiding underground in caves? Yeah, that's not going to work

. However, overall, I found it a fun adaptation of the original, even if it differed in some key points. I do have to say that the ending felt pretty rushed, and the overall motivations for what Hugo does seems a bit off, but although it might have been due to rose-colored glasses, I did enjoy my time with the book.