"In my world being a magician affords you all the best society has to offer: the best living conditions, the best education, the best opportunities. These men and women are our lawmakers, our superiors. As a normal I oft suffered my humiliation in silence, persevering; my head bent to my task with a determination that would make my Creator proud. That is until my master stirred a hope within me. Until the day he showed me a spell book forever changing my understanding of the world I lived in. He is such a strange man."Born into a world where magic makes you one of the elite, orphan Jane Fae must learn how to navigate and survive without magic, as a normal. Fleeing the abusive restrictions of her school's headmaster, she takes on the position of governess to a halfling (part sprite, part human) girl at the stately and remote Thornfield Hall. Jane soon learns her new home is frequented by the magical and illusive Fair Folk. Her life seems to settle into a predictable routine of mutual learning and teaching, safe from any magician who might mean her harm. With the arrival of her master, a Mr. Edward Rochester, a wealthy magician, whose philosophy is considered counter culture, she begins to question her narrow perception of the world. Are all normals bad and destined for hard work? Are all magicians superior simply because they posses magic? What makes an individual good and what makes one bad?In "Jane Fae" author HD Reavis takes the gothic romantic struggle of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and breathes magical elements into the world. Touching on matters of birth and social status, convention verses law, and the innate human desire to be loved, the story of "Jane Fae"offers many levels of enchantment.
