Name: Jane
ISBN: 9780316084208

April Lindner

In this contemporary retelling of "Jane Eyre," an orphaned nanny becomes entranced with her magnetic and brooding employer, a rock star with a torturous secret from his past.

Jane

azliana aziz

oh well. this book is like the fifth child that you could do without. but since it's here so for what it's worth I think it's an alright book. as for how well it retold one of most famed book in literature history I guess it's an inoffensive one. Jane pretty much took up all the necessary arcs and upgraded it to current settings with the heroine, as a nanny to the hero's daughter but the catch is apparently lies in the hero's occupation. he is a rockstar. Rochester as a rockstar. for the first 100 pages I like it a lot but then towards the end I felt like the growing in Jane's part was so shorthanded. Jane Eyre first and foremost is about how Jane live her life from her childhood until she met Rochester, left him and comeback to him all the while showing how she is a determined, passionate and a person. she is a person who have her own thoughts and needs and that's what makes it work. but in Jane I never got that sense and she is just lacking. this book adds nothing new except the obvious change in what Rochester did and if I've never read Jane Steele and Re Jane I might feel more than okay with this one but yes I'd say those two books did so much more in terms of creative writing. 

p/s: if you're truly canon with Jane Eyre then read with care. there might be some tweaks to the story that you probably will feel uncomfortable. and a whole one star for its pretty cover alone :)

Southern Today Gone Tomorrow

Jane, written by April Lindner, is a modern interpretation of Jane Erye, "What if Jane Ere fell in love with a rock star?" That is all I will say for the summary.

Two things before I discuss this: 1) I have never read Jane Erye. I know, I know. 2) I think I have read this book before.

Alright, I really enjoyed this book.

This novel is well written, following Jane Moore, the new nanny who is strait forward without much of a sense of humor and a sad background, and Nico Rathburn, a rock star who used to be the baddest of the bad but now has a daughter and left behind the drugs years ago. And every character in this novel has depth, has personality. They have reasons for their actions. And so much happens in this novel.

Not to mention, it is well written. 

Yes, she is 19 and he is in his 30's (I think, that was a little unclear, early thirty's at the most), and from the moment they meet you know they will fall in love and you know that the fact that she is his daughter's nanny won't really matter much.

I really like that they fall in love slowly and for their, admittedly odd, personalities.

If you enjoy a well written love story, this is a great book. A modern take on a classic, I enjoyed reading this. It isn't action packed, and it isn't explicit. 

I know I am putting April Lindner on my list of authors that I need to read.

Jane

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