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(More customer reviews)I approached this book with great eagerness, and by the time I was finished, I loved some aspects of it and hated others. The writing was excellent, the description well done. Janet Rochester was a sympathetic character.But I hated the Jane Eyre of this book. I can't believe that the warm and loving Jane Eyre, who so warmly embraced Adele (Rochester's possible illegitimate daughter) would have held her own daughter at arm's length for reasons as petty as jealousy or insecurity. This Jane Eyre was so cold it took time on a tropical island to get her to be loving with her daughter-a little far-fetched. I cannot imagine her being anything but totally loving with any children of hers fathered by Rochester. I was also very disturbed by the incestuous overtones of Janet's thoughts about her father. I thought it was inappropriate. The whole Rochester family seemed a tad Freudian to me, not the loving family I envisioned.
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With Jane Austen sequels proliferating, it's about time someone created a sequel to Austen's rival Charlotte Brontë!In this sequel to Jane Eyre, young Janet Rochester is consigned to Highcrest Manor and the guardianship of the strict Colonel Dent while her parents journey to the West Indies. As she struggles to make a life for herself guided by their ideals, she is caught up in the mysteries of Highcrest. Why is the East Wing forbidden to her? What lies behind locked gates? And what is the source of the voices she hears in the night? Can she trust the enigmatic Roderick Landless or should she transfer her allegiance to the suave and charming Sir Hugo Calendar?Riding her mare on the Yorkshire moors, holding her own with Colonel Dent, or waltzing at her first ball, Janet is a strong and sympathetic character, and like her mother, she will need all her courage ...
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