Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat If you want to join in grab your current read, flick to a random page, select two sentences (without spoilers) and share them in a blog post or in the comments of Books and a Beat.
This week my teaser comes from Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye which is kind of a gothic re telling of Jane Eyre. I say kind of because the main character refers to the literary heroine quite regularly and compares their lives and circumstances. Their lives are fairly similar, both are orphaned, sent off to the worst possible boarding school and end up working as governesses but Ms Steele has slightly more flexible morals and beliefs than Ms Eyre.
This has been one of my favourite reads this year and definitely one I’d recommend.
My Teaser
Some cities bustle, some meander, I have read; London blazes, and it incinerates. London is the wolf’s maw. From the instant I arrived there, I loved every smouldering inch of it.
~ Location 1299
Happy reading everyone.
A Bookish Life 
Top of my list for the spring. Can’t wait to dig in.
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The title interests me, but the cover does nothing for me. Hope you enjoy it.
sherry @ fundinmental My TT
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Surely you know you can’t judge books by covers 🙂 Although I have to admit I do it all the time.
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Love that teaser! This week it is an historical romance – Luck Is No Lady by Amy Sandas – on my adult blog. Happy reading!
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Such a good teaser! I really want to read this book now 🙂
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I really need someone to. Am desperate to discuss 🙂
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I am really excited about reading this one!
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Oh this sounds fab! I LOVE Jane Eyre, but am more than prepared to read a gentle parody. I hope it continues to be fun and thank you for swinging by to my site earlier:).
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I absolutely loved it and I think it’s one of those books I’ll dip into every now and then.
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I’m REALLY tempted – but I must get a grip! I bought THREE books last week and acquired THREE others from NetGalley! And there’s HUNDREDS in the loft!
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Sounds like me. Realistically I know I can only read around 3 books a week but somehow always end up buying or getting around twice that many 🙂
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Great description of London. I’m curious about when this book takes place. Regardless, it sounds like a story I’d like.
My Tuesday post features a mystery thriller: THE SHADOW CARTEL.
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It’s the same time period as Jane Eyre so Victorian London. You definitely get a sense of time and place.
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I have this one on my wishlist; it sounds like a really good read and I’m glad you are enjoying it! 🙂
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Loved it. It will be getting a 5 star review soon 🙂
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Love your teaser. “a wolf’s maw” eh?!? What a visual that brings up! My teaser is from the first in a series I just discovered by Nancy Atherton. http://abookaddictsview.blogspot.com/2016/04/teaser-tuesday.html
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I thought the language in Jane Steele was incredible. It paints such a visual picture of time and place.
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This one sounds amazing! Your teaser has me wishing that I could whisk myself off to London right now. 🙂
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