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My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows
3.0

2.5 stars

My Lady Jane is a comedic (and romantic) retelling of Jane Grey's nine-day rule of England. Normally I would enjoy this kind of story, and the plot definitely had great potential. The characters were interesting, although rather light in depth or development. It even had a fantastic element to it, featuring characters who could turn into animals. I liked the lighter tone of the story, and the literary Easter eggs were fun - but the narrators completely ruined it for me. They were irritating, overly sarcastic and cutesy, and often just pulled the story out of the time period completely. The constant interruptions were totally unnecessary - the story would have been light and humorous enough on it's own. It was totally overkill, and has turned me off from reading the next book in the series.