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Ruined a Gothic Regency Romance retelling of Jane Eyre Regency Retold Book 1 edition by MC Frank Literature Fiction eBooks

I really don't like the "retelling" books based on fairy tales, and especially of Jane Austen stories, but I decided to give this one a chance. I'm really glad I did! At first I thought the writing was a little dry, but the story got really interesting so I continued reading. It was a little confusing because I couldn't see how it was re-telling Jane Eyre. Maybe the h actually represented the haunted husband of the original story, and the H was somehow represented the troubled governess? I would forget it is supposed to be a re-telling and just enjoy the writing and the story. Others have done fine summaries of the plot so I will just explain what I though were positive and negative aspects of the book.

Positive:
exceptional writing
good period characterization
good depth of character in the H and h
interesting side characters
I'm glad the author strung out the h's backstory so it wasn't all dumped in our lap--it would have been overwhelming
HEA

Negative:
It was a little hard to follow the H's dialog because he used so much sarcasm; sometimes he seemed cruel or heartless
when actually he was trying to tell the h he loved her.
A few editing errors that made me stop reading and go "What was that?!", but the context helped reveal that a letter or something had been left out
so understanding could be achieved.

Summary: This was a really well written story with great characters that overcome major problems to reach their HEA.


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Ruined a Gothic Regency Romance retelling of Jane Eyre Regency Retold Book 1 edition by MC Frank Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

At first I thought the Duke had a crazy mistress locked away in his home and that she escaped at night to haunt the governess. Totally wrong thought! Very good plot and romantic story.
Excellent writing, engaging characters, and so much better than the original story. I couldn't read it fast enough. I highly recommend.
Shades of Jane Eyre, cannot understand why sexual child abuse was chosen,( Ashton/Rochester) a Duke, (Beatrice/Jane) always running and crying.
I can see the re-imagining of Jane Eyre rather than the retelling. This one started off really well, dragged a bit in the middle - OK we got it they sniped at one another - and then I got lost at the end. It seemed to be told in a rather round about way. The art to a really good book is that it unfolds a little along the way - that keeps me intrigued. This one - while a decent read - somehow missed that mark for me.
The storyline dragged. The heroine always seemed to be running from a room -- she did not strike me as being the brave and stoic Jane Eyre as in the original. Her 'childhood' was hideous in a different way. I found some of the vocabulary to be modern -- as when the hero loses a his 'cool'.

If the reader is a fan of the original story, this is an interesting take on it. It was worth my time to read it through once.
Rating 4
I was drawn to Ruined because I expected a story in the same vein as Jane Erye by Charlotte Bronte and I was not disappointed. Retellings can be a double-edged sword...most times they do not live up to expectations. However, I thoroughly enjoyed Ruined as it took me back to a time when I first discovered the likes of Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. I time when I closed my Nancy Drew books and opened the classics and stepped into a whole new world. Reading Ruined brought that world alive for me again.

The book actually begins at almost the end of the story and then we are transported back to when Beatrice first knocks on the door of the Duke. I loved Beatrice right away...there was an element of intrigue, mystery and the unknown when Beatrice first appears before the Duke of Ashton to apply for a governess position for his young ward. The callous facade of the Duke made it difficult to get to know the him; but the hardened exterior chips that encased the Duke slowly begin to fall away. That is the story...the tearing down, the exposure and the building up again of two people. I loved the setting and time period and the author brought it all so lividly alive for me. The places, the dress, deportment, speech and way of life were so descriptive that I could easily envision what I read. It made me breathless. I was reading my first love story again...
I really don't like the "retelling" books based on fairy tales, and especially of Jane Austen stories, but I decided to give this one a chance. I'm really glad I did! At first I thought the writing was a little dry, but the story got really interesting so I continued reading. It was a little confusing because I couldn't see how it was re-telling Jane Eyre. Maybe the h actually represented the haunted husband of the original story, and the H was somehow represented the troubled governess? I would forget it is supposed to be a re-telling and just enjoy the writing and the story. Others have done fine summaries of the plot so I will just explain what I though were positive and negative aspects of the book.

Positive
exceptional writing
good period characterization
good depth of character in the H and h
interesting side characters
I'm glad the author strung out the h's backstory so it wasn't all dumped in our lap--it would have been overwhelming
HEA

Negative
It was a little hard to follow the H's dialog because he used so much sarcasm; sometimes he seemed cruel or heartless
when actually he was trying to tell the h he loved her.
A few editing errors that made me stop reading and go "What was that?!", but the context helped reveal that a letter or something had been left out
so understanding could be achieved.

Summary This was a really well written story with great characters that overcome major problems to reach their HEA.