My Plain Jane

by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows

Series: The Lady Janies (2)

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Fantasy. Romance. Humor (Fiction.) Young Adult Fiction. HTML: Move over, Charlotte Brontë. The authors of the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane are back with an irreverent spin on Jane Eyre�??a tale of mischief, romance, and supernatural mayhem perfect for fans of The Princess Bride or A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. You may think you know the story. Penniless orphan Jane Eyre begins a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester�??and, Reader, she marries him. Or does she? Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and one orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Bronte, and supernatural investigator Alexander Blackwood are about to be drawn together on the most epic ghost hunt this side of Wuthering Heigh… (more)

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I really enjoyed the first book but this one just disappointed me. I honestly don't get why the authors would write about Jane Eyre when it just comes across that they dislike both Jane and Rochester as characters. (

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Fortunesdearest | Feb 1, 2024 |

These are such fun reads, (

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hellokirsti | Jan 3, 2024 |

i enjoyed this book way more than i should have. it was funny, spirited, and had plenty of good twists.
i’m a sucker for a retelling, and especially one of Jane Eyre (

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lindywilson | Jan 3, 2024 |

*4.5 stars*

I actually really enjoyed this book. I really enjoyed this retelling and all the POV that we got. I really enjoyed Charlotte story overall and just loved both the dynamics and humor between all the characters. I love also the subtle nods to other stories and just little connections that we saw. I thought his book was so atmospheric and just love how the world was built. I really found this story to be such a fun read. The pacing was slow at points but it only effected my towards the middle of the novel. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Hand, Cynthia	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Ashton, Brodi	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Meadows, Jodi	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults (2019)

Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection – 2019)

Booklist Editors' Choice: Youth Audio (2018)

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Fiction – 2018)

Tayshas High School Reading List (2020)

Tome Society It List (Tome Society (Grades 9-12) – 2020)

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Epigraph

He made me love him without even looking at me.

--Charlotte Bronte

I am just going to write, because I cannot help it

--Charlotte Bronte

Dedication

For everyone who's ever fallen for the wrong person, even though we agree that Mr. Darcy looks good on paper . . . and in a wet shirt.

And for England (again). We're really sorry for what we're about to do to your literature.

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You may think you know the story.

Oh, heard that one have you? Well, we say again: you may think you know the story. By all accounts it's a good one: a penniless, orphaned young woman becomes a governess in a wealthy household, catches the eye of the rich and stern master, and (sigh) falls deeply in love.

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If there was something strange in your neighborhood, you could, um, write the Society a letter, and they would promptly send an agent to take care of it.

But she was a writer, so while she did get this moment of thinking herself somewhat brilliant, it would soon be offset by a crippling doubt that she had a gift of words at all. Such is the way with all writers. Trust us.

The person who possesses the creative gift owns something of which she is not always the master - something that at times strangely wills and works for itself.

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Fantasy. Romance. Humor (Fiction.) Young Adult Fiction. HTML:

Move over, Charlotte Brontë. The authors of the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane are back with an irreverent spin on Jane Eyre�??a tale of mischief, romance, and supernatural mayhem perfect for fans of The Princess Bride or A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue.

You may think you know the story. Penniless orphan Jane Eyre begins a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester�??and, Reader, she marries him. Or does she?

Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and one orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Bronte, and supernatural investigator Alexander Blackwood are about to be drawn together on the most epic ghost hunt this side of Wuthering Heigh

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