My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Apr 24, 2024 Rebecca rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, romance, young-adult, fantasy

I don't give out 5 stars lightly, but if I can't any fault with a book. If everything about it seemed perfect, it was entertaining and/or enlightening, and it's a book that I know will stick with me for years to come, it deserves five stars. This book deserves six stars.

Everything was pitch perfect, from the fun premise to the popular culture references to Game of Thrones, the Princess Bride, Shakespeare, and likely other things that I can't remember right this moment. The narrator of the audio ...more

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Aug 30, 2021 Elle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: retelling, 5-star-reads

This book was a blast! I highly recommend the audiobook. The writing is super snarky and the narrator brings that through so incredibly well. The plot is imaginative and moves super fast, with a lot of action and commentary that had me snorting from laughing so hard. I breezed right through my read and finished the over 500 pages in three days. I didn't want to put it down.

I am a huge fan of historical fiction, but this made it even more fun. A blend of historical fiction and fantasy (with larg ...more

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Feb 16, 2022 Carla Simoes rated it liked it

Shelves: own-ebook, epub, kobo, 2022

Characters: 8/10
Gostei dos personagens principais e da maioria dos secundários, houve algumas alturas que me apeteceu abanar a Jane e o G mas no geral conseguiram criar uma ligação com o leitor e fazer com que nos importemos com eles.

Atmosphere: 7/10
Adorei as descrições daquela época, adorei o facto dos verity e Edian serem uma metáfora para os católicos e protestantes e o que se viveu naquela altura.
Não conhecia muito ao pormenor a história da Jane mas adorei o twist que levou aqui.

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Jun 19, 2016 Anita Reads rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, favorites, historical-fiction, read-2016, young-adult

This was such a fun book. I really enjoyed the audio of this, and the narrator was amazing. The characters were such fun to follow, and I liked the added fantasy elements there was to the story.

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