This paperback edition of &;one of the most anticipated YA debuts of 2018&; (EW) sets Jane Eyre in space, where a seventeen-year-old mechanic takes a governess job on a private spaceship&;only to fall in the love with its mysterious and troubled captain.
&;One of the most anticipated YA debuts of 2018, Brightly Burning is a gothic, romantic mystery with hints of Jane Eyre, Marissa Meyer, and Kiera Cass.&; &;Entertainment Weekly &;Brightly Burning delivers a brooding gothic mystery and a swoony romance, all set in space. Donne&;s atmospheric, twisty update of a cherished classic will keep you up late into the night!&; &;Elly Blake, New York Times best-selling author of the Frostblood Saga Stella Ainsley leaves poverty behind when she quits her engineering job aboard the Stalwart to become a governess on a private ship. On the Rochester, there&;s no water ration, more books than one person could devour in a lifetime, and an AI who seems more friend than robot. But something sinister lurks beneath the Rochester&;s immaculate façade. When Stella meets Hugo, the nineteen-year-old captain at the helm of the ship, she finds herself drawn to the mysterious boy who&;s as unpredictable and broody as he is kind. But Stella&;s suspicions against Hugo mount as the ship is plagued by ghostly hauntings and deadly assassination attempts. Now, she must choose between following her heart or listening to her head.