As you probably know already, the first Brontë mash-up of the season has been published: Sherri Browning Erwin's Jane Slayre:
Jane Slayre
by Sherri Browning Erwin and Charlotte Brontë
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
(13 April 2010, US / 29 April 2010, UK
ISBN-13: 978-0857200037
Jane Slayre, our plucky demon-slaying heroine, a courageous orphan who spurns the detestable vampyre kin who raised her, sets out on the advice of her ghostly uncle to hone her skills as the
alt tag goes here fearless slayer she’s meant to be. When she takes a job as a governess at a country estate, she falls head-over-heels for her new master, Mr. Rochester, only to discover he’s hiding a violent werewolf in the attic—in the form of his first wife. Can a menagerie of bloodthirsty, flesh-eating, savage creatures-of-the-night keep a swashbuckling nineteenth-century lady from the gentleman she intends to marry? Vampyres, zombies, and werewolves transform Charlotte Brontë’s unforgettable masterpiece into an eerie paranormal adventure that will delight and terrify.
The promotional campaign of Jane Slayre is really intensive, including a
website with games, dramatic readings, a reading group guide, etc...; the author keeps
a blog devoted to her novel, a
Facebook group, giveaway contests on
Grasping for the Wind,
Wayfaring Writer and
SciFiChick; interviews with the author on
Vampire Wire (including more book giveaways) and of course lots of bloggers publishing their own reviews:
Renee's Reads,
ReesSpace,
Gnostalgia,
Must Read Faster,
Simply Stacie,
Readholic,
Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer,
Jeanne's Ramblings,
Book, Books Everywhere! and
Wayfaring Writer.
BrontëBlog will publish its opinion too when the fuss has died down a bit.
Categories: Books, Sequels
As you probably know already, the first Brontë mash-up of the season has been published: Sherri Browning Erwin's Jane Slayre:
I'm tempted to read this. I can't wait to hear your opinion.
ReplyDeleteWell, its not bad although there does seem to be one major blooper. Jane's name "Slayre" is used in an instance even before it is revealed to St.John Rivers who sees it at the edge of her canvas. Instead of being addressed by her fake surname, Rosamund Oliver addresses her as Miss Slayre.
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