My Lady Jane REVIEW

Written by: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodu Meadows

Publisher: HarperTeen

Date Published: June 7, 2016

Description (from goodreads.com) :

The comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey. In My Lady Jane, coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows have created a one-of-a-kind fantasy in the tradition of The Princess Bride, featuring a reluctant king, an even more reluctant queen, a noble steed, and only a passing resemblance to actual history—because sometimes history needs a little help.

At sixteen, Lady Jane Grey is about to be married off to a stranger and caught up in a conspiracy to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But those trifling problems aren’t for Jane to worry about. Jane is about to become the Queen of England. 
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22840421-my-lady-jane

I finally finished this gem of a book. It was wonderful. I started this book at an inconvenient time. Right around the holidays and honestly I didn't finish a single book for the month of December. Not a huge deal for me but also not how I wanted to round out my year.

This book can be described in a single word. Clever. The jokes are spot on, the writing is fresh, and although it is written by 3 different authors it flows seamlessly.

It seems like this team of writers plan to take all the downtrodden Jane's throughout history in order to retell their story and they start their series with Jane the Grey also know as the nine day queen. They take a real historical figure and create a fantastical version of events that is told with wit and charm.

Something I appreciated, and might not have been noticed by some, is the bits of pop culture spread throughout. There are specific references to things like Monty Python and many more. Even if you know subscribe to the same fandoms as the writers you will still experience laugh out loud moments and root for the romance throughout.

Definitely read. However, I gave it a 4 stars because it was awesome but if it was over the top amazing I think I would have made more time for it.

FOREVAH

It has literally been forever since I have been able to post on this blog. Not because I didn't care about it, although lets be honest no one reads it but my husband I am pretty sure... But because I got a new job!

This new job affords me a lot less free time which means that in 2016 I read about HALF as many books as I read in 2015. Not a huge deal. I still managed to complete 84 books but compared to the 160+ I read the year before it was definitely a bit disappointing in my eyes.

That being said, I am now officially an elementary school teacher. That comes with less money, (blah) less free time, and more overall job satisfaction. I love it. I definitely do, although I wasn't sure at first.

I started out working like 65-70 hours a week and I am down to like 55. I have already finished a book this year, The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher after her untimely passing and was very impressed by how poetic and insightful her actual diary entries were. The rest of the book was just okay but over all I enjoyed it. I also have read Volume 6 Miss Marvel Civil War II. I was a little disappointed by this latest installment. I will however be continuing with this for the entirety of the run because I really like Kamala and her story line.

Overall, I am excited about 2017. I have set a goodreads goal of 80 books. I have a ton of awesome netgalley.com review copies I am very excited to dive into and I am just looking forward to having my ENTIRE summer off to read.

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