RELEASE DAY REVIEW: What Souls Are Made Of: A Wuthering Heights Remix by Tasha Suri
We received an advanced reader copy of this book.
Published: July 5, 2022 by Feiwel & Friends
Review:
Myth: 5/5
I loved the way that this story was retold. Alternating perspectives between Catherine and Heathcliff, giving voice to spiraling thoughts during a time of separation. The alternating chapters weren’t letters but in a way they felt epistolary, part progressing the story, part confession to the other half of their soul.
Breathing a new history into the characters, Suri gives both Catherine and Heathcliff histories relating to England’s colonization of India. The novel also brought hope to the characters, so it easily won me over there.
Magic: NA
This isn’t a fantasy, but like Wuthering Heights the language is illustrative of madness and the haunting of ghosts. This remix leans in hard on the gothic moor vibes and I was definitely here for it.
Overall: 5/5
I lived for the chapters where Catherine and Heathcliff evaluated potential choices. Each thinking through decisions that could have led to futures much closer to the characters we know from Bronte’s novel. These were magical, seeing the character’s futures play out in rapid flashes and scenes, yet giving them space to choose different paths.
All this to say, if you every just wanted Catherine and Heathcliff to make better choices, read this book. And if you’d like a little more of the realities of British colonialism in the 1800’s in your gothic romance, also read this book.
