JANE OF LANTERN HILL REVIEW

 

Yup, another massively underrated book by LM Montgomery. I listened to it on audiobook this past month. 

Jane of Lantern Hill is about Jane Stuart, who lives with her mother and grandmother in a mansion in Toronto. Jane does not have the best life there--her grandmother rules the place with an iron fist and is always being condescending towards Jane. Whenever Jane's other relatives visit, they are not kind to her either. Jane also gets bullied a lot at her school. Only Jane's mother and Jane's next door neighbor and friend Jody are kind to her--but Jane doesn't get to see them every single day (mother likes to go out to parties and hang out with friends, and Jody works as a maid at the boarding house she stays at and the landlady doesn't let her see Jane everyday). The main reason Jane's grandmother isn't kind to her was because she didn't approve of the marriage between her mother and father, so she despises Jane for being their daughter. The subject of Jane's parents divorcing seems to be very taboo in her social circle, so growing up Jane is lied to that her father is dead (Jane's parents divorced when she was a baby, so she had no memories of him). 

But one day Jane finds out from a classmate and then gets a letter in the mail saying that her father is still alive, and he lives on Prince Edward Island. He wanted to meet Jane and show her the island for the summer months. Jane is reluctant at first, but when she meets her dad, he turns out to be very kind and loving. They also get a new house at a place called "Lantern Hill" and become fast friends with their neighbors, who are also very kind and loving. Jane loves her summer at Prince Edward Island and wishes she could stay there forever. She also gets more answers on why her parents divorced, aside from the fact that her maternal grandmother didn't approve of their marriage. Slowly, Jane starts to gain more confidence in herself.

I could go on forever talking about this book. This book was just as sweet and lovely as Anne of Green Gables and The Blue Castle, also by the same author. If you want a beautiful story about family with a lot of cottagecore vibes, check this out!

I gave it 4.5 stars, but that was just for some outdated language (words, specifically) used once in a while in the book. But what do you expect from a classic?

What underrated book do you like? How about books with cottagecore vibes?