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My Lady Jane by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows
4.0

4

Characters:
Lady Jane Grey, reads many books and loves them more than anything, Edwards cousin, married to Gifford, Queen of England for short time,
Eðian (ferret)

King Edward Tudor, King of England, 16 years old, dying
(poisoned)
,
Eðian (kestrel)

Lord Gifford Dudley, called G, can not control his Eðian form (chestnut steed) always turns at sunrise into a horse

Themes: history how it should have ended, some people transform into animals, conspiracy, love, monarchy, arranged marriage, conflict, loss

Cover:
Dust jacket: portrait of a woman, dominant pink lettering with white annotations
Book: blueish purple with little golden horse

Authors: never read before, want to read more

Sequels: #2 My Plain Jane (Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte) #3 My Calamity Jane

Setting: 1554 England

POV: three perspectives

Liked: enjoyable turn on historical events, plot, characters, creativity
Did not like: pace (sometimes a bit slow)