Show it off Saturday

 
Apologies for not being 'live' at the Facebook event - I've and a few computer problems and it's the early hours of the morning here in the UK and I have to be up early in the morning.

However, to win my lovely galaxy pendent, to celebrate the third book in the 'Destiny' series (Children Of The Mist was the second)just answer the following question:




This is the cover of the second in the Destiny Series - which do you think most represents the planet Niflheim?
A, B or C?

A

B

C

BELOVED ENEMY 3rd in the 'Destiny Series'

Release Date 11th March 2015

(Contest ends 24th January, please leave a comment on FB by clicking the 'Coffeetime' banner at the top of this post)

Twelfth Night At Ayre Hall - spotlight and Review

Twelfth Night at Eyre Hall

By LUCCIA GRAY

Following Edward Rochester’s death in All Hallows at Eyre Hall, Jane Eyre, who has been blackmailed into marrying a man she despises, will have to cope with the return of the man she loved and lost. The secrets she has tried so hard to conceal must be disclosed, giving rise to unexpected events and more shocking revelations.

Romance, mystery, and excitement will unfold exploring the evolution of the original characters, and bringing to life new and intriguing ones, spinning a unique and absorbing narrative, which will move the action from the Yorkshire countryside, to Victorian London, and across the Atlantic Ocean to Colonial Jamaica.

MY REVIEW



I loved Jane Eyre when I first read it and was not too sure what to expect with 'Twelfth Night At Ayre Hall', especially as I hadn't read the previous novel 'All Hallows at Ayre Hall'.  I was pleasantly surprised. Luccia Gray manages to convey the same atmospheric atmosphere as the original, although of course Jane has changed and evolved and seems more self assured than she used to be, although she was always a strong woman, but now she is  now even more confident and assertive.

I was a little saddened at the disclosures of Edward Rochester's less than virtuous character, since I fell rather hard for him in the original Jane Ayre, but then Luccia Gray is not the first author to hint that his treatment of the original Mrs Rochester, Bertha, was, at least in part, responsible for her mental instability, and that although he obviously has his good points, he had many faults as well.

The switching of POV in each chapter threw me a little to start with, especially since the narrative is all told in the first person, but it soon becomes apparent in which person's 'head' we are, with each switch, and I did not find it hard to follow. The characters themselves are all well drawn and mostly likeable in varying degrees, The story moves swiftly, and one becomes acquainted with new characters who were not in the original book, including Jane's young daughter, who was given up at birth, and whom Jane believed had been stillborn.

While not exactly ending on a 'cliff hanger', the story does leave the reader wondering what happens next, and I will be looking forward to reading the next book in the series. 

 I give this four and a half stars and recommend it as an enthralling and entertaining read.

Buy Links

AMAZON US

AMAZON UK

About Luccia Gray

Luccia Gray was born in London and now lives in the south of Spain with her husband. She has three children and three grandchildren. When she's not reading or writing, she teaches English at an Adult Education Centre and at the Spanish National University

Author links

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LucciaGray/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LucciaGray

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8186541.Luccia_Gray

Google+ https://plus.google.com/+LucciaGrayAuthor

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/LucciaGray/

Blog Rereading Jane Eyre https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8186541.Luccia_Gray

Giveaway

2 paperback copies of the book

(Open internationally)

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Monday's Musings

Half way through the month already!  It seems a long time since Christmas in some ways, and yet in others only yesterday, time is a strange thing!

We had our first snowfall yesterday, it would have been lovely if it had happened on Christmas Day, because it was only a light fall, not enough to cause any great inconvenience, but enough to make everything white and pretty for a while.

I don't know if Choccy had seen snow before, it hardly snowed at all last year so he didn't have time to play in it, but yesterday he had so much fun chasing his ball and racing around like a mad thing, he didn't seem t mind the cold beneath his paws at all.

Changing the subject completely, I now have the RELEASE DATE for BELOVED ENEMY!

It will be officially released on
11th MARCH - so exciting!

Watch this
space for news of events to celebrate the event, and some contests.


Take care and keep warm if you're somewhere where it's really cold.