Title: Brightly Burning
Author: Alexa Donne
Format: Audiobook
Seventeen-year-old Stella Ainsley wants just one thing: to go somewhere—anywhere—else. Her home is a floundering spaceship that offers few prospects, having been orbiting an ice-encased Earth for two hundred years. When a private ship hires her as a governess, Stella jumps at the chance. The captain of the Rochester, nineteen-year-old Hugo Fairfax, is notorious throughout the fleet for being a moody recluse and a drunk. But with Stella he’s kind.
But the Rochester harbors secrets: Stella is certain someone is trying to kill Hugo, and the more she discovers, the more questions she has about his role in a conspiracy threatening the fleet.
I will start off by saying that I haven't read Jane Eyre and this is a retelling of that classic. I did really enjoy this audiobook. The story was very engaging and the pace flowed very well. Stella was a very likeable character and it was very refreshing to see a strong female that wasn't willing to throw away the fate of someone else for a man. And the twist was surprising, at least to me. I am not for sure if that came from the classic or not.
So, the one thing I didn't care for in this book was Hugo and George. I don't think it was the author's fault, I think that goes back to the retelling. I found George to be annoying to an extennt. And Hugo was just childish. I understand that he was 19, but the whole trying to make another girl jealous with someone else bothers me. But that is the only problem I had with the book.
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