Genre: YA Historical Comedy
Expected publication date: June 7, 2016
Description (taken from Cynthia Hand's website):
For fans of The Princess Bride comes the comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey, written by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows.
Lady Jane Grey, sixteen, is about to be married to a total stranger—and caught up in an insidious plot to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But that’s the least of Jane’s problems. She’s about to become Queen of England. Like that could go wrong.
A lot of historical English buffs are fascinated with the era of King Henry VIII. But does anyone know what happened after his death? This story is a re-imagining of what happens after King Henry and King Edward's death. But I'll give you a little spoiler. It absolutely does not follow our history books at all. This story's a little more comedic and fun-loving than the real history.
In Edward, Jane, and Gifford's world, there's a struggle between plain old humans and those who can shape-shift into an animal. When King Henry accidentally outed himself as a shape-shifter in a very public setting, he began to support shape-shifting rights. But after his death and with Edward's reign, things become a little wishy-washy. Who does the royal family support? And as the mysterious Jane steps up to the throne, what else could go wrong? In this world? A lot.
This story is very much a romantic comedy. It makes light of a pretty depressing past that England has. And the retelling is definitely funner to follow. And while I really enjoyed the story, I have mixed feelings because I have read the history books. I do know what happened. And every time this book made me giggle and laugh, I wondered if I should be feeling guilty since that definitely wasn't what happened in the history books. Eventually, you just can't compare the two and have to accept this is a work of fiction.
I picked this one up because of the trio of authors. And I think anyone who enjoys these authors is not going to be disappointed...
Thanks goes to Around the World ARC Tours for providing me a review copy.
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