Having read, what, five books since I read this one, I figure it’s time to review it before I forget what happened.

Plot: 4.5/5
This book runs along two timelines, one timeline narrated by Catherine as a teenager falling in love with Hence (Heathcliff) and such. The other timeline is narrated by Chelsea, Catherine’s daughter, who is searching for her. Honestly, I liked what was happening in Chelsea’s timeline better. There was mystery AND a little romance. Catherine’s timeline was JUST the romance, and Catherine’s timeline was capitalized on more than Chelsea’s.
This IS a retelling of Wuthering Heights. When I tired to read Wuthering Heights, I got a total of 84 pages in (there being 400 something pages in my copy). I FOUGHT to get page 83. Wuthering Heights was just not doing it for me. Whilst reading this book, I had a discussion with friend of mine (Who had read Wuthering Heights in it’s entirety; I asked her to give me a synopsis of the story) and we got to talking about why I didn’t finish WH, and I chalked up to the narration of WH. Who was the Narrator? A neighbor. Did the neighbor play any role in what happened in WH? No. SO I got bored and stopped. Nothing was ACTIVELY happening, it was just the neighbor HEARING about what happened form several different people.
Anyways, I DID read some of WH, and there was scene in this book, that I recognized straight off from WH, and that was the ghost-at-the-window scene. Man, that sent chills down my spine.

Characters: 4/5
Hence: Was SOOO Heathcliff. There’s no other descriptor that applies.
Catherine: Mmm. Don’t really remember what I’d intended to say about her.
Quentin: Oh, my, whoa. Wow. Bipolar, dude?
Chelsea: WAS the main character, I don’t care if The book is titled Catherine, or that Catherine has more chapters than she does, Chelsea was the Main Character. Chelsea was DOING things She went out and SEARCHED and TALKED to people and DID stuff and was ACTIVE, Catherine just let shit happen to her.
Cooper: I think we have a winner. I love this little bundle of male. He’s more believable as a person then Hence, though Hence was exactly what he was supposed to be. If Hence had been different, I’d have been disappointed in this book.
It just goes to show, YOU CAN’T PLEASE ME.

Romance: 2.5/5
Mkay, so we have Catherine-and-Hence. Their Romance was the WHOLE point. I didn’t really like it. It seemed very wrong at points, and then it went and had a sort of typical rocker-boy-romance ending. WTF?
I really liked Chelsea and Cooper’s dynamic better, but that wasn’t capitalized on! We barely saw it!

Overall Grade: 11/15

I liked this. It was Wuthering Heights, but in a more modern-reader-friendly way.
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I loved 'Jane,' and I loved this book as well. The characters were all well written, and with the exception of one, I felt for them all. It's amazing how one simple misunderstanding between two people can affect the courses of so many lives. I would love to read more about Chelsea and Coop. Now I want to re-read 'Wuthering Heights' again. ( )

I am not a big fan of Wuthering Heights, but I really enjoyed this modern spin. I didn't love it as much as the author's earlier book JANE, but I did read it nearly all in one sitting, eager to find out what happened and invested in the characters.

4Q, 4P. April Lindner's retelling of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights brings a classic to life in a compelling and engaging way, without sacrificing the gritty romance and dark glamour of the original book. Set in the New York punk/rock music scene, the story follows Chelsea, a 17 year old girl who discovers that her mother did not, in fact, die when she was just 3 years old. Following clues she finds in an old letter, Chelsea runs away from home to the only lead she has: an address for The Underground, a famous nightclub (similar to CBGB). As the story unfolds and Chelsea unravels the mystery of what happened to her mother, we also hear the story of an epic romance between Catherine (Chelsea's mother) and Hence, a brooding musician who now owns The Underground.

While many elements of the original story have been changed, manipulated, heightened, or removed, the essence of Lindner's novel remains true to the classic. Forbidden romance, family dramas, and the mystery of what could have been draw readers in to the gripping storyline. While it can never truly replace Wuthering Heights, this book doesn't aim to - and may even draw new readers back to the classic, once they've enjoyed this retelling. In Lindner's own words: ""I hope that readers who enjoy my retelling of Bronte's great novel will be inspired to return to the original - or, maybe, to read it for the first time, and allow themselves to be swept away" (Kindle Loc 3673 of 3722). ( )

I love this author. The has such a beautiful way of taking classics stories, re-taling them with such vivid imagination and so modern, I can’t help but fall in love.
The characters of the story is what I enjoyed most. Going from past to present, Chelsea has stumbled upon a letter, going in search for answer. I adored Chelsea. This girl got guts. Not letting anything slip away from her, she takes her chance in searching for answer shes always longed for. She is strong, confident, and very smart. I like that while Chelsea is looking for answer, she is unknowingly walking the same path her mother did. It was sort of ironic, to see Chelsea do this. In the end, it helped her find her mom.
The love interest…I felt I wanted more. Being that a majority of the time the story focus on Chelsea and her mom, there is not really time for romance to build up. The friendship/romance that did happen, gave the story small moments of escape for the chaos that Chelsea came upon.
Catherine is a story just as good as the classic. Smart and witty, Catherine is a nice modern enhancement that anyone can enjoy. An amazing story, Catherine is excellent. ( )