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Rachel Hawkins

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26+ verk 13,114 medlemmar 876 recensioner 7 favoritmärkta

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Verk av Rachel Hawkins

Hex Hall (2010) 2,443 exemplar
The Ex Hex (2021) 1,625 exemplar
The Wife Upstairs (2021) 1,547 exemplar
Demonglass (2011) 1,394 exemplar
Reckless Girls (2022) 962 exemplar
Spell Bound (2012) 871 exemplar
Rebel Belle (2014) 860 exemplar
The Kiss Curse (2022) 543 exemplar
The Villa (2023) 515 exemplar
School Spirits (2013) 483 exemplar
Her Royal Highness (2019) 458 exemplar
Prince Charming (2018) 449 exemplar
Miss Mayhem (2015) 317 exemplar
The Heiress (2024) 228 exemplar
Lady Renegades (2016) 196 exemplar
Journey's End (2016) 90 exemplar
Debutantes and Daggers (2017) 56 exemplar
Ruby and Olivia (2017) 38 exemplar
The Haunting of Beatrix Greene (2021) 16 exemplar
The Wedding Wish (2024) 4 exemplar
Lady Renegades 1 exemplar
Beatrix Greene (2021) 1 exemplar

Associerade verk

Grim (2014) — Bidragsgivare — 236 exemplar
Defy the Dark (2013) — Bidragsgivare — 88 exemplar
Two Tales Dark and Grim: The Key / The Brothers Piggett (2014) — Bidragsgivare — 13 exemplar

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Namn enligt folkbokföringen
Hawkins, Rachel
Andra namn
Hawkins, Rachel (YA)
Sterling, Erin (adult paranormal romance)
Födelsedag
1979-11-23
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Land (för karta)
USA
Yrken
writer
Agent
Holly Root (Root Literary)

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Rachel Hawkins weaves her compelling tale from the vocal strands of matriarch Ruby McTavish, her adopted son Camden, and Camden's wife Jules. It doesn't take long after readers arrive at Ashby House to realize that they've fallen into a den of vipers... and that everyone's motives should be suspect.

The Heiress reminds me of one of my favorite mystery tropes: is this person the true heir? DNA tests have killed that favorite of mine, but it still lives on in books like Josephine Tey's Brat Farrar and to a tiny degree, here. After all, the McTavishes who've stayed at Ashby House would like nothing better than to take every penny of Camden's inheritance away from him, and they're not too picky about how they do it.

One of the highlights of the book is the letters Ruby wrote to Camden. Her words prove her to be strong, sympathetic, and devious. Those letters, combined with occasional newspaper articles, are the backbone of The Heiress, and they define a fascinating character.

To one remote, beautiful mansion, add a hornet's nest of characters, and some delicious plot twists. What do you get? A wonderful story that you can't read fast enough. After enjoying The Heiress so much, I know that I'll be reading more from Rachel Hawkins.
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cathyskye | 33 andra recensioner | Mar 17, 2024 |
I didn’t give it a four because I didn’t feel it was a retelling but more so a good story using elements of a great story. While I understand this to be a contemporary retelling, some stories are not meant to be brought into a contemporary setting and can lose luster by uber fans of the originals. I decided to restart the story after 7 chapters and remove Jane Eyre from my thinking all together. If I didn’t, this would have been 2 stars.

That said, I enjoyed this story. It was a story I did not want to put down. There were a few plot twist, some I should have known were coming and some I absolutely had no clue would take place. I could have done without all the F bombs and wish authors would understand an F bomb doesn’t make you an adult writer.

After discussing the book with friends I wanted to look at what could cast similarities between stories. I look back at the literature study I did back in my forst round of college.

To me, Jane is two totally different people in each story. The only similarity being the name and having a rough upbringing. I find the original Jane much stronger.

I don’t feel John is represented in the same way and is just a way to smug the Christian view as a lot of books are doing now a days. I do think the original St John is a little grimy and off, not as saint like as many try to make the would be missionary out to be. In this “retelling”, John is made to be thought of someone who would harm or sexually advance on Jane without her permission when in the original, St John’s morals would not allow him to do such things. This all said, the character could surround the grimy cousin John Reed, in which suit would fit the grim he portrayed towards a young Jane. But it feels like they are trying to mix the two.

Making Adele a dog made me laugh ...

As you can see, I am a fan of the original much more than the new story but enjoyed The Wife Upstairs enough to keep it on my shelves and reread it at some point.
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mybookloveobsession | 79 andra recensioner | Mar 12, 2024 |
Everyone is making some truly baffling choices.
 
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mutantpudding | 131 andra recensioner | Mar 10, 2024 |
WOW! Again I didn't think this book was going to be the blockbuster it turned out to be. I don't read a lot of dark and sinister anymore and this wasn't one of those, but the twist and turns were awesome right up to the last page!
 
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mchwest | 33 andra recensioner | Mar 5, 2024 |

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Statistik

Verk
26
Även av
3
Medlemmar
13,114
Popularitet
#1,780
Betyg
3.8
Recensioner
876
ISBN
276
Språk
14
Favoritmärkt
7

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