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.