The Last Wolf of Thornfield: A re-imagining of Bronte's Jane Eyre

by Polly J Mordant

This is no ordinary werewolf novel but a complete re-imagining of Bronte's Jane Eyre. There are monsters in that book, the most memorable being Edward Fairfax Rochester, a wolf of a totally different order.

Fast forward into the present day and you'll find The Last Wolf of Thornfield is not a complete retelling. There is no woman, monstered and mad, held captive in its third floor attic. There is no whiff of bigamy. But there are resonances. The novel is, essentially, still a dark, gothic romance. But at its heart, it is also a full-blooded werewolf of Edward Fairfax, handsome and brooding, who hates what he is and is determined his line should not continue; and of his battles with a remotely related Highland pack which, since he refuses to take a mate, would wrest Thornfield from him and continue the line without him.

So far, so straightforward. Until a young woman, Jane Reid, arrives at the Hall not knowing what she really is or where her true origins lie.

... and that changes everything.

227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 1, 2026

Reviews

[Claire-Louise Armstrong-Brealey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A stonkingly good read from Polly.

I now have the need to be a wolf.