The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë by Laura Joh Rowland

I was just unable to suspend my disbelief and read it for fun. The story would have made a good romance novel or Alias episode without Charlotte Bronte.

It was just one ridiculous thing after another. Charlotte herself is almost kidnapped and taken to China where she would surely be murdered. Charlotte dry humps John Slade in the woods. Charlotte is involved in a plot to kidnap Queen Victoria's children by a Chinese criminal, bent on ending the Opium Wars with Britain once and for all.ĥ. Charlotte accepts a job with an unknown man, and drives off in a coach to God knows where to join him. Charlotte leaves the country in pursuit of Isabel's killer, traveling unchaperoned with John Slade, and her father, a minister is okay with it.ģ. Charlotte dives headfirst into adventure by teaming up with John Slade, a handsome young man who is a spy for the Crown. It is a collection of the items that made this book totally preposterous:ġ. Spoiler alert: If you want to read this book, please skip the following. And she is determined to find Isabel's killer and bring her to justice. Later in London, Charlotte sees Isabel murdered before her very eyes in the alley next to her lodgings. On the train they meet the beautiful but troubled Isabel White. Charlotte and her sister Anne travel to London to settle a dispute with her publisher. The premise is good: a young woman witnesses a murder and it swept up in the search to find her killer. It is the story of Charlotte Bronte as we have never seen her: a spy for the Crown. I had to read this book for a review for Library Journal, and this is probably the first book they have sent me in the 4 years I have been reviewing for them that really pissed me off.

The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë by Laura Joh Rowland