A- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century England / First person narrative / historical novel / Jane Eyre / murder / Nicholas Nickelby12 Comments
Dear Ms. Faye: I saw this in the Daily Deals back in November of last year, and I clicked “buy” in spite of some reservations. I was concerned by a description of the book as “Jane Eyre meets Dexter.” I recently read a suspense book that featured murdering protagonists that ... more >
B+ Reviewsbiracial heroine / Jane Eyre / music industry / New Adult / Older Man/Younger Woman / Series8 Comments
Dear Ms. McCarthy, I managed to make it all the way through the first book in the series without realizing that it was based on Wuthering Heights, even though the hero and heroine were named Heath and Cat. In my defense, it was definitely a loose interpretation. The parallels between ... more >
C ReviewsJane Eyre / Young-Adult2 Comments
Dear Ms. Mont, I purchased your book quite by accident. I was browsing through samples on my kindle and thought I would give yours a try since the topic was interesting and not overdone. While there has been a lot of Austen-esque retellings, I haven’t seen many for Bronte works, ... more >
C- Reviewscoming-of-age / HarperCollins / Jane Eyre17 Comments
Dear Ms. Livesey, The cover song has always occupied a precarious position in the annals of music lovers. On the one hand, it is quite a safe thing to do—cover someone else’s song. One already knows that it is beloved. One already knows what sort of person might like that song. ... more >
B- Reviews / Film Reviews"The Romance Collection" / DVD / Jane Eyre21 Comments
A while back we received an unusual request at Dear Author. We were asked to review something other than a book -‘ a DVD set called "The Romance Collection: Special Edition." The 14 DVD set, which can be found here, usually retails for $99.95 but is currently on sale for ... more >
Ebooks / Letters of OpinionDreamspinner Press / Jane Eyre / plagiarism30 Comments
There was that story running around the interwebs a while back that some guy had mashed up a bunch of Jane Austen stories and submitted them to publishing houses and agents to see if Jane Austen could still get published today. The big story was that the publishing folks were ... more >