![]() With all of its nods to the original work, it's a good nail-biter today and worth sticking with until the end. ![]() ![]() A book full of unlikeable people, which usually means I have a hard time enjoying the book, but in this case, everyone deserves each other and I kept wanting to see what was going to happen next. His wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. The Wife Upstairs, by Rachel Hawkins, has so many delicious parallels to the old classic, Jane Eyre, but it has its own twists and turns, too. Instead of their meeting in a dank woods and Edward's horse throwing him, this Eddie is driving a muscle car and narrowly avoids hitting her as he speeds out of his driveway. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates’ most mysterious resident. The brooding Edward Rochester has been replaced by a self-confident Eddie who owns a McMansion where our Jane is a dog walker for the rich. The author issues a warning: This nightmare could still happen. Rachel Hawkins has taken great liberties in modernizing this tale of a tragic love triangle, but even if you aren't familiar with the original story, it's believable and irritatingly possible even in modern times. ![]() And it is set in a gated community that you will recognize from the old English manor of the same name. This suspenseful homage to Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" is a modern retelling of the classic gothic novel. Get ready for a lightning-fast read with familiar characters in an altogether unfamiliar setting. ![]()
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