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My Plain Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows
4.0

This book was a fun read, mostly. It took me a little while to get into the book, and I probably could have abandoned it without caring to much up until about the half-way point. In this version of Jane Eyre, Jane can see ghosts and interact with them. The book opens with a new character to Jane's story, Charlotte Bronte, thinking that Jane murdered the school's headmaster. More new characters arrive from the Society for the Relocation of Wayward Spirits seeking to hire Jane. Many events in the story unfold like you would expect for a retelling of Jane Eyre, up until about the three-quarters mark, where things really start to get interesting. Reader, you won't get the ending you expect here and the story is all the better for it. That ending did feel a little bit rushed, so that's the main reason for my 4 star review. Still, it was well worth the read and I look forward to enjoying the other two books of the "Jane series".