"We tell stories to strangers to ingratiate ourselves, stories to lovers to better adhere us skin to skin, stories in our heads to banish the demons. When we tell truth, often we are callous; when we tell lies, often we are kind. Through it all, we tell stories, and we own an uncanny knack for the task." 
 What a beautiful book! Jane Eyre is one of my fave classics EVER (alongside with Pride & Prejudice), so when I saw this retelling I couldn't be more happier! The story mirrors that of Jane Eyre in a way, but there are also some differences: the atmosphere is more wicked, there are murders, secrets and unresolved problems, and the romance is sweet and beautiful, and I shipped Jane and Charles SO HARD! 
 "Could you like a former Company medic who keeps a morgue in the cellar?" He smiled with such tender sadness that it nearly felled me. 
 "I don't like him--I love him. You aren't wearing gloves." 
 "So it would seem, Jane." he said, and then neither of us was speaking, for his mouth was sweetly, reverently pressed to mine, his hands at my nape and on my cheek, and when my lips parted and I tasted all the affection he had kept so long buried, I knew that no words could possibly have served as well as his kiss did. 
 Give me a Mr. Thornfield, please. 
 #thankyouverymuch. 
 "If the world is wide enough for me to find someone, who knows what miracles lurk behind each and every closed door? Charles Thornefield and I are far from perfect; but we are perfect for each other, and perhaps in the end, our chains bind us more closely than anyone who has never been a prisoner can imagine." 
 So, yeah, I really loved it!