And now there’s A Breath of Eyre by Eve Marie Mont. Besides the fact that several sections of Jane Eyre are basically copy and pasted, the author also takes on the interpretation that for Jane to truly be a feminist role model she should have tried to save Bertha, not Rochester. One of my favorite things in life (my guilty pleasure, if you will) is classic literature. . Serious rhetorical question – who HASN’T spent time daydreaming about Mr. Rochester after reading Jane Eyre? It is easy to empathize with Emma, a young girl who has lost her mother and is now attending a very prestigious New England private school as a scholarship student. If you love Jane Eyre, you'll love this and GRAY! .Emma Townsend has always believed in stories—the ones she reads voraciously, and the ones she creates. In this stunning, imaginative novel, Eve Marie Mont transports her modern-day heroine into the life of Jane Eyre to create a mesmerizing story of love, longing, and finding your place in the world. ", I loved this novel! "A Breath of Eyre" is a Young Adult novel about 16-year-old Emma, who is a scholarship girl at a school for rich brats. Maybe it was because both involved suspension--a suspension of weight, a suspension of disbelief--a willingness to surrender to something greater than oneself.”, “ "God, you're a good kisser," he said. and reality. First off, many thanks to Kensington for providing me with a review copy of this book. They were to me. Is there a chance to translate this book into Spanish, so in Argentina we can read it too? This was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad book. 8:50 AM The Case for the Traditional NGO. Some crutches, delusions of grandeur and a new found ability to speak fluent French are the only consequences! It has its own literary twists and turns that keep the reader interested. There are a lot of reviewers who start out by saying "I've never read Jane Eyre," and if that's the case, then I can see why they might love it. . . I really enjoyed this one. 2012 Debut Authors (Young Adult & Middle Grade), Sinopsis en Español // Synopsis in Spanish, Goodreads Members Suggest: 32 ‘Vacation’ Reads. I'm a high school English teacher and author whose young adult debut, A BREATH OF EYRE, was released by Kensington Books in April, 2012 as the first in the Unbound trilogy. It is worth the read. Publication Date: March 27, 2012 Pages: 325 Format/Source: ARC/Won from GoodreadsAge Group/Genre: Young Adult/Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Retelling Emma Townsend has always believed in stories—the ones she reads voraciously, and the ones she … Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Through a remarkable chain of events, Emma finds herself living within the pages of the book, going back and forth between the two worlds. It felt to me like every other teen book with a boarding school and a shy girl. Mont has succeeded in incorporating a modern supernatural vibe into the story that connects her narrative to the original tale; while Bronte's story is present, it does not dominate the narrative in an overwhelming way. There was a lot of action and suspense and definitely some supernatural things going on. The beautiful cover of this book will draw you in, and once inside you will get “lost” in the compelling story. In this stunning, imaginative novel, Eve Marie Mont transports her modern-day heroine into the life of Jane Eyre to create a mesmerizing story of love, longing, and finding your place in the world. It is easy to empathize with Emma, a young girl who has lost her mother and is now attending a very prestigious New England private school as a scholarship student. 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