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A review by dryadgurrl
Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford
4.0
I first picked up this book because it came up as a 'you might also like...' on Amazon when I was browsing some other books (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Queen Victoria: Demon slayer, and of course Pride Prejudice & Zombies) and I thought it sounded fun, so I bought it as well.
It turns out that my instinct was right, it's a light read, fluffy even, but it's also wholly entertaining. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is still alive today...as a vampire" the cover says, and not only is Jane a vampire, but some other major literary figures are as well, but I'm not going to tell you who, because finding out who they are is half the fun of Jane Bites Back.
The premise is simple, Jane Austen, now going by Jane Fairfax, lives in upstate New York and is the owner of a bookstore, she's written a novel that has been rejected by publishers 116 times, until one fateful day she gets an email from someone who wants to publish her book.
What follows is a rollicking tromp through a daytime talk show, a romance novelist's conference, Chicago, New York City, New Orleans and back to Brakeston where Jane's bookshop is. I honestly liked all of the characters in Jane Bites back, even the antagonists, maybe especially the antagonists, some other authors, and even some other vampires.
I'm not usually a fan of love triangles, mostly because they never turn out well, but the romantic interests in Jane Bites Back turn into an unlikely love (or at least lust) quadrangle, and it just made me laugh. I'm actually looking forward to the next installment: Jane Goes Batty.
It turns out that my instinct was right, it's a light read, fluffy even, but it's also wholly entertaining. "It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is still alive today...as a vampire" the cover says, and not only is Jane a vampire, but some other major literary figures are as well, but I'm not going to tell you who, because finding out who they are is half the fun of Jane Bites Back.
The premise is simple, Jane Austen, now going by Jane Fairfax, lives in upstate New York and is the owner of a bookstore, she's written a novel that has been rejected by publishers 116 times, until one fateful day she gets an email from someone who wants to publish her book.
What follows is a rollicking tromp through a daytime talk show, a romance novelist's conference, Chicago, New York City, New Orleans and back to Brakeston where Jane's bookshop is. I honestly liked all of the characters in Jane Bites back, even the antagonists, maybe especially the antagonists, some other authors, and even some other vampires.
I'm not usually a fan of love triangles, mostly because they never turn out well, but the romantic interests in Jane Bites Back turn into an unlikely love (or at least lust) quadrangle, and it just made me laugh. I'm actually looking forward to the next installment: Jane Goes Batty.