Strange Unearthly Things
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
In this hauntingly romantic, paranormal reimagining of Jane Eyre, a young psychic heads to Fairfax Hall to try and rid the enigmatic Elias Thornfield of his ghosts . . . but she’s got competition.
“Mr. Darcy with a splash of Dr. Frankenstein—and a smartly climactic resolution stays true to the inspiration material’s roots.”—Publishers Weekly
Hell is coming for him . . . but so is she.
Eighteen-year-old Jane Reye is a psychic artist. She draws what she sees, and what she sees are spirits and the supernatural. Growing up orphaned, she’s now of legal age and can no longer return to the girls’ school she’s called home for most of her life—not that she cares to. So when Jane receives an invitation to the English manor Fairfax Hall to take part in an investigation of the property that requires her area of expertise, she jumps at the opportunity.
Jane understands this will be no ordinary study when she meets Elias Thornfield, the elusive proprietor of the estate: a roguishly handsome and mysterious boy her age. Though, Jane’s not the only one curious about Elias. There are also the sort-of telepathic (and unfairly charming) Giovanni and psychic influencer Ingrid, who specializes in tarot readings, both of whom were also tasked with ridding the property of “oppressive forces.”
Immediately it becomes clear to all of them that something is amiss at Fairfax—something having to do with Elias and the sinister activity taking place around the manor. Turning to her art to unravel the mystery, Jane is shocked to find that her talents—and her growing affection for Elias—could be the key to saving him from a horrible fate.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Creagh (Nevermore) solidly straddles the line between moody gothic romance and bleak work of horror in this paranormal retelling of Jane Eyre. Eighteen-year-old psychic artist Jane can detect the presence of spirits using charcoal pencils and her sketch pad. After leaving the unpleasant girls' foster home she was raised in, she accepts a job to help expunge "oppressive forces" from Fairfax Hall in Derbyshire. Unbeknownst to Jane, she is also being stalked by a demonic horned being that follows her to Fairfax. At the eerily familiar estate, she meets two other hires: Giovanni, a flirt who perceives insights via touch, and Ingrid, a tarot card reader. When the three psychics encounter brooding teenager Elias, their eyepatch-wearing employer, Jane feels an immediate attraction to him. Meanwhile, the demon continues stalking Jane, complicating her investigation into Fairfax Hall's evil spirits. While a love triangle between Jane, Giovanni, and Elias feels forced, the narrative's intense and appropriately grim atmosphere is brightened by ebullient writing—Elias is described as "Mr. Darcy with a splash of Dr. Frankenstein"—and a smartly climactic resolution stays true to the inspiration material's roots. The cast largely cues as white. Ages 12–up.