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othercat ([personal profile] othercat) wrote in [community profile] books2013-08-09 01:27 pm
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Book Review: Ironskin by Tina Connolly

According to the cover blurb, Ironskin is an inverted/reversed Beauty and the Beast tale. It also has echoes of Jane Eyre, though it is actually more Jane Eyre than Beauty and the Beast. Our heroine is a young woman named Jane who had been disfigured during a “Great War” fought against the fae. In order to keep others from being affected by the curse that comes with her disfigurement, she wears an iron mask.
After being fired from several positions due to her disfigurement, she accepts a position as a governess for a child born during the war.


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