PRAISE FOR MY LADY JANE: ★ “Wacky, irreverent, and just plain fun. This fantasy-adventure politely tips its hat to history before joyfully punting it out of the way. An utter delight.” - Booklist (starred review)
★ “An uproarious historical fantasy that’s not to be missed.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Gleefully anachronistic comedy.” - Kirkus Reviews
“Three cheers for this well-written and rollicking revision of history full of timely mannerisms and bold adventure. Those who enjoy clever humor, colorful fantasy, and light romance will savor each page.” - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
“The Tudors meets Monty Python. Prepare to laugh and gasp and clutch your pearls.” - Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series
“History, humor, and unexpected magic come together in this marvelous story.” - Jessica Day George, author of Silver in the Blood
“Adventure, intrigue, humor, and romance abound. A great choice for those who enjoy lighthearted, alternative history adventures.” - School Library Journal
★ “Holds all the flavor of a juicy period novel yet with the addition of numerous, witty asides. Full of wry humor and laugh-out-loud commentary. The authors’ affection for their source material is abundantly clear in this clever, romantic farce.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
★ “A delightfully deadpan deconstruction of a Gothic novel, with a ghost almost no one can see providing the commentary. Marvelously self-aware and almost too clever for its own good.” - Booklist (starred review)
★ “A madcap story of ghosts, possession, revenge, and murder. Humorously blends fact with fiction and offers a gentler, more hopeful outcome for Charlotte, her siblings, and her heroine.” - School Library Journal (starred review)
“Reader, it delighted. A fun, supernatural mashup of different literary novels that shines on its own merit.” - Kirkus Reviews
Each month the B&N Teen Blog’s swat team of awesome teenaged readers shares their raves on the last YA books they loved. Today, they’re talking about the very best books they read in 2018. Don’t miss their picks for the year’s most crucial reads, and check out their previous recommendations here.
I suspect, dear reader, I’m not alone in having developed a soft spot for the Brontës early in my reading life. The suspense, the drama, the yearning—the stories of Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and, sure, Branwell have it all. For those who can’t get enough of the complex, one-of-a-kind heroines of the Brontë imagination, here are […]
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Welcome to summer, and welcome to some fabulous new voices in YA! This week adds one of the most exciting anthologies in years, complete with authors we’ve never seen take on young adult, as well as a wonderful variety of realistic fiction by names that may be new to you now but won’t stay that […]
Meet the Young Adults, the B&N Teen Blog’s swat team of awesome teenaged bloggers. YA literature is a strange and wonderful landscape of books that should be read by everybody, but each month we highlight the perspective of teens reading the best of the best books written for and about them. Check back monthly to see what they’re recommending […]