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My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1)

Cynthia Hand,

Brodi Ashton

Start date: September 1, 2016

Finish date: September 30, 2016

Discussion: Stand Alone

Why we're reading this: Won the poll for the stand alone BOTM
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Jan 15, 2017 Desa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, sci-fi-fantasy, english, historical, read-in-2017

Entre 4 y 4'5★

Me ha encantado! La mezcla de histórico con fantasía, y reinvención de la misma historia con ese humor a los monty python, ha sido absolutamente maravillosa y super acertada. Me he reído un montón y ha sido muy adorable. Los 3 povs funcionan a la perfección, aunque mis favs han sido los de Jane y Gifford (call him G!). Desde luego me quedo con esta versión de la historia de Jane Grey XD y un hurra por el girl power de la historia, well done lady janies *claps*.

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Feb 12, 2017 Windie rated it liked it

3.5 stars.
My Lady Jane is an entertaining and surprisingly quick read, considering it has nearly 500 pages.

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Oct 11, 2017 AshleyA (MamaNeedsBooks) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: library-reads-series

Such a fun, quick book! I was a bit uncertain at first, but it was full of laughs.

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Dec 28, 2016 Angie Taylor rated it it was amazing

This book was perfect from beginning to end, full of intrigue, mystery, magic, comedy, action, and romance. I LOVED the narrators' voice popping in every now and again to let the reader know true facts, deviation from history, or just to calm the reader's nerves. I'd be surprised if that part of the story wasn't inspired by The Princess Bride. I'd also be surprised if the Edian magic, and more specifically Jane's and G's animal transformations and timing of said change, weren't inspired by Lady ...more

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Oct 28, 2017 Christine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 0overdrive

So much fun. The audiobook narration was perfect and the plot was everything I could ask for. I'm looking forward to the next books that this series has to offer. ...more

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