First of all, I am a sucker for a retelling of a story that I already know and love. Just like I enjoyed reading Tiger Lilly by Jodi Lynn Anderson, I deeply enjoyed reading Jane by April Lindner. The plot line is basically the same as Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Jane is hired to be a nanny by someone in a different social class than here, in this case a rockstar. They fall in love and the secrets in the attic have a very dramatic and heart-breaking effect on their relationship and the reader.
Jane would be appealing to readers who love and enjoyed the classic. It would also bring the classic to a more readable level to today's teenagers. They will be able to understand Jane's attraction to the rockstar Nico Rathburn a little better than Jane's attraction to the surly lord of the manner, Mr. Rochester. Where the Victorian novel only evolved into heavy breathing, the modern retelling ventures further into an adult relationship and might not be appropriate for all classroom libraries or library settings. This address a few mature issues and requires the reader to understand the deeper meanings behind a character's action.
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