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Ironskin (2012)

by Tina Connolly(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0765330598 (ISBN13: 9780765330598)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Tor Books

series

Ironskin

review 1: I was a bit doubtful with this one, because Jane Eyre is my all time favourite novel and usually re-hatching classics doesn't sit well with me. But the premise was one that caught my interest and I thought I'd give it a go. It took me a while to settle into the read and stop comparing it to Jane Eyre, but when I cast those pesky comparisons, I found a book with some unique twists that I enjoyed. This parallel world has a gothic feel, mingled with fantasy elements - such as fey/dwarf/human races. The world created, along with the differing technologies and a world recovering from a tech/magic war made this an entertaining read. A solid 3.5 stars from me.
review 2: I really enjoyed reading IronSkin. It tells the story of a governess employed by the troubled, but... more undeniably attractive, Mr Rochart to care his young motherless daughter. Set in a gothic country home against the backdrop of an ominous forest, the parallels between IronSkin and Jane Eyre are strong. Yet IronSkin is an ingenious alternate world, where humans know that the fey and dwarves are real. IronSkin is set in the time after the Great War with the fey. Humans are slowly rebuilding their world without the wondrous fey technology. But some have been damaged by the war. Jane is coming to terms with her scarred face and fey curse. Her young charge has also been inexplicably cursed by the fey. The author using evocative language, gliding over the surface glamour of a world of Bright Young Things, powerfully describing the dark country mansion, the menacing forest of thorny locusts. In IronSkin we meet a cast of fascinating characters, feisty Jane, brooding, but don't forget attractive, Mr Rochart, Jane's shallow but charming sister, the intriguing butler, Poule. And at its heart IronSkin has mystery. The author skillfully spins her spell to reveal those secrets into a fascinating story. less

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