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Wuthering Nights is a retelling of the classic Wuthering Heights but with erotica added to it.

I will start by saying I have read Wuthering Heights and I hated it. The characters were detestable, the plot crappy and I finished it only so I could say I had read it. When I saw this retelling of the story but with erotica added, it had been many years since I read the original, so I decided to give it a go. From what I remember, Miller does a good job of retelling Brontë’s book very well. The characters are still detestable and the plot ridiculous, but I kept reading because I wanted to see what other naughtiness would be added to the story. And naughtiness there definitely is! While Heathcliff is still a total asshat I did enjoy the things the author had him doing as far as BDSM goes. They seemed completely in character with a jerkwad like him. Catherine and the other women in this story panting after Heathcliff are total twats. I especially hate Catherine, spoiled, selfish, self-centered, little bitch that she is. Yeah, I remember these characters from the original. Love story?! I think not! There is no love in any of the relationships in this or the original. Obsession is more the word I would use, not love. Ugh! Anyway, the erotica is skillfully woven into the fabric of the story so it doesn’t seem out of place or shoehorned in for dramatic effect.

If you are the type of person who is faithful to the original then you’ll probably hate this story. If you’re looking for a classic retelling with much naughtiness added then this should fit the bill nicely. ( )

When I saw the title of this one, and that it was an erotic retelling of the classic novel, Wuthering Heights, my interest was grabbed. There are a number of authors who go about adding his or her own spin to stories from the literary canon. Wuthering Nights stuck out from many other similar titles out there.

What I found in this novel is that Miller made use of a well-written characters and a story line but really made it a story of its own. From the start, I was drawn into the setting of the Heights and later on the Grange, as well as the beauty and dangers at the moors. I feel that the way the characters were written in with these settings made it all stick in my mind even better. For a reader like me, a reader who doesn’t read many historical novels due to the language style used, to enjoy the writing of this book, I think that is the icing on the top of this novel. Without the accessibility a more “modern” reader like me found in this novel coupled with writing more true to Brontë herself than Miller’s contemporaries, I may have been less interested through to the end than I was.

Another thing I enjoyed about Wuthering Nights is the way the erotic element was thrown in. It never once felt out-of-place. There were a lot of steamy moments between all of the characters. I liked that there was also a great deal of romance mixed in. This wasn’t a book that was to add “smut” to a classic. Miller worked descriptive sex scenes that only enhanced the emotions between the characters, as well as pushed much of the plot along in Miller’s own way, making this story the author’s own without following a straightforward blueprint set up by Brontë.

If you’re looking to relive a classic or to experience the Wuthering Heights story for the first time, or just looking for an enjoyable erotic novel that’s a little different than others out there, Wuthering Nights might be a novel to check out. ( )

By: Emily Bronte & I.J.Miller
Published By: Audio Go
Age Recommended: Adult
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 4
Book Blog For: GMTA
Review:

"Wuthering Nights" by Emily Bronte and I.J. Miller was the 'Erotic Retelling of Wuthering Heights' and I found it a good read. It seems as though this author has taken the classic story and have greatly added 'scenes of fiery passion' that were not in the original. Wuthering Nights is not a story of 'love full of goodness and light.' You will find that "Wuthering Night" will not be to different from the original story where there will be 'plenty of moping the moors.' You will find in this novel all the 'same wonderful physical descriptions of landscape and the people as the original, only with a "slightly twisted spin." This author is really a good writer in that he knows how to write beautiful erotic sex scenes and making it all believable and definitely can put a smile on your face. In the end you will have a intense read but good one and one that I would recommend to you. ( )

I got through 3/13 of the audiobook. It was brilliantly read by Joanne Froggatt of Downton Abbey fame. But somehow the so called romantic/erotic retelling did not outweigh the darkness and brutality that this story has always held for me. ( )