Rating: 1/5 
 ***Minor spoilers*** 
 This book takes us into the lives of a young Anne, Emily, Charlotte, and Branwell Bronte. Even as teenagers, they were all deeply enthralled in their stories. However, in this novel, the Brontes are able to do something called "crossing over," where they are transported into the land of their novels and the story happens around them, with it being written down in the real world. They used to all do this together, but now only Charlotte and Branwell do, leaving the younger sisters behind. After being scolded by her father at dinner one day for her writing, Charlotte decides she will give up writing and crossing over altogether, which ends up exposing a secret about crossing over that the youngest sisters never knew about. 
 This was another book that I read for a book club at school. It was a bit of a downward spiral for me. It started off a bit interesting - we are introduced to the young Brontes, their dynamic, and their writings. I have never read a Bronte novel, nor did I know much about the Brontes besides what each of them had written. In a way, I'm glad that I got to learn more about them, and how this book mixes historical facts with fiction. However, that's pretty much the only thing I can appreciate about this novel, because I didn't like anything else. 
 This book has a weird premise. The Brontes are able to cross over to an alternative world where they can watch their stories be acted out, and alter them at will. This wasn't introduced very well, and I was immediately confused. After a while, I got used to the idea before it was beginning to be explained how it happened. This is where the book lost me. I could understand some parts, but even the parts I understood I didn't like. There was even more confusing stuff, and things that weren't explained enough. I don't want to spoil it because it's pretty much the only action that happens in the book, but whatever was allowing them to cross over was very underdeveloped, and I wish there was more of an explanation. 
 Overall, I started off finding this book decent, but eventually I ended up disliking it to the point where it was a struggle to pick it up again. I can appreciate how this book taught me more about the Bronte siblings, but that was the only thing I liked about it. The plot itself was confusing and underdeveloped, and sometimes the four different perspectives became too much. The book became especially confusing towards the end, and it seemed to be dragging on and on - the book could have been at least 50 pages shorter. In all, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. There are much better mixes of historical and fantasy that can be read if you're itching for those.