Scan barcode
A review by whimsicalmeerkat
Jane and the Damned by Janet Mullany
4.0
I am more than a tiny bit alarmed by how much I loved [b:Jane and the Damned|6493406|Jane and the Damned (Immortal Jane Austen, #1)|Janet Mullany|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1301576411s/6493406.jpg|6684844]. I almost certainly would not have read it, had it not come up on a randomly generated list created precisely for the purpose of directing me towards books I might otherwise not read. I cannot remember how it ended up on my to be read list in the beginning.
All that aside, I really enjoyed this book. It was better than [b:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|5899779|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|Seth Grahame-Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569929s/5899779.jpg|6072122] in that it was more than just the insertion of a set of key phrases into a pre-existing work. [a:Janet Mullany|441453|Janet Mullany|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1240751141p2/441453.jpg] took the core conceit of Jane Austen becoming a vampire and created a funny tale that appeals to every bit of my adolescent adoration of cheesy Regency romances, tales of the marauding French, and sexy vampires. In other words, it's an absurd and brainless book, but sometimes that's all we want, right?
All that aside, I really enjoyed this book. It was better than [b:Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|5899779|Pride and Prejudice and Zombies|Seth Grahame-Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255569929s/5899779.jpg|6072122] in that it was more than just the insertion of a set of key phrases into a pre-existing work. [a:Janet Mullany|441453|Janet Mullany|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1240751141p2/441453.jpg] took the core conceit of Jane Austen becoming a vampire and created a funny tale that appeals to every bit of my adolescent adoration of cheesy Regency romances, tales of the marauding French, and sexy vampires. In other words, it's an absurd and brainless book, but sometimes that's all we want, right?