Drcong O ''s Reviews > My Lady Jane

**Some spoiler-y quotes ahead!!!**

“Very funny, my lady. And that reminds me"---he pointed a finger at her---"no horse jokes."
He was making it too easy. "Ah, my lord, why the long face?"
"That's it!”

You know..... marrying a horse doesn't sound THAT bad. As long as his name is Gifford Dudley, oh hell yeah. Who knew I would love a book about a girl getting married to a horse, living in a world where people can shape shift into animals with a 16 year old dying king who has never been kissed.

This is one of the silliest books out there, but it genuinely made me laugh and I can't deny how much I enjoyed this!!!!

“Dedication

For everyone who knows there was enough room for Leonardo DiCaprio on that door.

And for England. We’re really sorry for what we’re about to do to your history.”

This book is the "true story" of Lady Jane in the Tudor time period. England is divided between Verities and Eðians. Eðians can shape shift into animals, while Verities can not and there has been a lot of tension and war between these two. 16 year old King Edward is dying and gets his cousin, Lady Jane, married to a stranger to secure the throne and keep peace in England. Little do they know that there are people out there plotting against Edward and trying to steal the throne for themselves.

※CHARACTERS

Edward was a character I liked at first, but then started to really annoy me. He's only 16 years old and King of England, but told that he has 6 months, and if he's lucky a year, left to live because he has "The Affliction." Our poor boy is going to die a virgin and probably won't be able to kiss a pretty girl with tongue. Edward was really funny at first and I reallly didn't want him to die, but as I read from his POV, his sexism (he does change later on) was annoying me and I was starting to find his POV boring. I didn't really care if he did die, oops.

“Armies aren't very good about carrying libraries with them. I can't imagine why. We'd fight so much less if everyone would juste sit down and read.”

Lady Jane is pretty much all of us bookish nerds. She LOVES books and treats them like her children and would rather read a book at her own wedding. She's also a feminist queen and I would actually die for her. She's a soft little fire ball and I just.... oh my god I love her SO MUCH ajkakncjdkv.

“Your majesty, please reconsider," Lord Dudley pleaded. "Your position will be much stronger with your husband as king. The people will see it as a sign of strength - "

She took a deep breath. "They need signs of my strength, not my reliance on the men around me.”

Listen y'all, I love only one horse boy and his name is Gifford fucking Dudley and he's a soft boy who loves poetry and is always brushed off aside by his father because of his uncontrollable horse condition. He spends his nights as a man and as soon as it's daylight he transforms into a horse. I love this boy. He's one of those characters you feel the need to wrap in a warm blanket on a cold day and just give endless amounts of hugs and cookies to.

Other characters I loved were Gracie and Bess. Gracie is a badass queen who bashed Edward in the ribs after he said she should do something more womanly. Well done Queeeeeeeeen. Bess is a fucking ray of sunshine and I am 10/10 working on getting some muscles to protect her from harm.

These characters aren't really complex or anything, but I still really loved them all (minus Edward,,, kind of).

JANE X GIFFORD

“I love you more than I love books.”

Listen omg, I love these two so much I will willingly get myself cut in half or some [insert gross gory shit here] for these two. They have a super cute hate/enemies to lover trope which I am a fucking garbage for. These two were my favorite part about this book. Their bickering and very funny horse jokes and adventures were to die for.

"You nearly died, and then who would I have argued with?"
"You'd have found someone."
"No." He stepped toward her. "I only want to argue with you.”

On the night of their honeymoon G is looking forward to Jane asking him to bed, but instead she tells him they should go out and give food to the villagers and help them wounded around and akdsjkbvkfds they do it and it's super fucking cute and I just fuckING SHQLOAVE LOIVE THE KNDSA THEMM.

“What my wife desires--and what you should have guessed, had you paid attention--is bookcases. And books, of course, to fill them. Not more decorations or useless items. She wants books.”

He's also so respectful of her and genuinely cares about her. G is just,,, my man. Love him.

“No horse jokes," he said.
"My lord, I apologize for the horse joke. If you put down the book---unharmed!---I will give you a carrot."
He brandished the book at her. "Was that a horse joke?"
"Neigh."
"Was that a horse joke?”

Obviously, this is a really cheesy, romantic, light-hearted, silly comedy that isn't to be taken seriously. Don't expect anything else because you probably aren't going to get that. Anyways, I genuinely Laughed Out Loud reading this and my insides were just mush and gooey. This book is a treasure. It's one of those books you just want to keep holding tight against your chest and never let go of. I loved it.