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A review by gaderianne
Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford
2.0
I just didn't buy into this book...and before you ask...yes I do think it is possible to buy into a cheesy vampire chick lit novel. Just not this one.
The premise is a cute one. Jane Austen is a vampire who owns her own bookstore and is tired of all the Austen mania. (Oh and scores of other great literary figures are also vampires including the infamous bad boy poet who turned Jane against her will.) However , if I had to read one more time how disgruntled Jane was about not being able to collect royalty checks I was going to throw this book in the fire. (Once was enough.)
The main problem was that it just wasn't believable. When Jane, for example, came out to her co worker, the co worker was all...oh cool, la, la, la. Really? Jane's head was in the clouds, she didn't seem like she had a head on her shoulders, and she had no common sense. I just don't think that could be Jane Austen.
Then there was the ending. I won't spoil it beyod saying...really? You couldn't at least write an ending instead if just abruptly ending in order to sell the second book?
It may seem like I hated this book. I've read worse and in parts it was amusing. However, there wasn't enough there to keep me interested.
The premise is a cute one. Jane Austen is a vampire who owns her own bookstore and is tired of all the Austen mania. (Oh and scores of other great literary figures are also vampires including the infamous bad boy poet who turned Jane against her will.) However , if I had to read one more time how disgruntled Jane was about not being able to collect royalty checks I was going to throw this book in the fire. (Once was enough.)
The main problem was that it just wasn't believable. When Jane, for example, came out to her co worker, the co worker was all...oh cool, la, la, la. Really? Jane's head was in the clouds, she didn't seem like she had a head on her shoulders, and she had no common sense. I just don't think that could be Jane Austen.
Then there was the ending. I won't spoil it beyod saying...really? You couldn't at least write an ending instead if just abruptly ending in order to sell the second book?
It may seem like I hated this book. I've read worse and in parts it was amusing. However, there wasn't enough there to keep me interested.