There were many, many times when a joke was made that was lifted directly from, for example, Monty Python, and often the joke didn’t even fit what was going on. The one major problem I had with this book, and it was enough to deduct an entire star, was the authors’ stealing of jokes from other sources. I really liked almost everything they changed in the history to turn it into a YA historical fantasy. It has a great voice and a great attitude – the authors often insert themselves as narrators, which I found amusing and definitely added to the light-heartedness of the story. It doesn’t hurt that this book has a very tenuous basis in historical fact, although the authors have taken fact, changed it a little, then changed it a lot to deliver on this fantastic romp through history if people could magically turn into animals.

Together the three of them combine to something even greater than the sum of their parts: a quick-witted, smartly plotted, adorable historical comedy with lovable characters you can really get behind, and whose conflicts you can really believe.

Out of the three authors, I have read and enjoyed previous books by Cynthia Hand and Jodi Meadows, but I’ve never read a Brodi Ashton book yet. But those trifling problems aren’t for Jane to worry about. In My Lady Jane, coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows have created a one-of-a-kind YA 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.Īt 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.

This comical, fantastical, romantical, New York Times bestselling, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey is “an uproarious historical fantasy that’s not to be missed” ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Genres: Fantasy & Magic, Historical, Humorous Stories, Royalty, Young Adult My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies #1) by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows

My lady jane by cynthia hand