If I wasn't colossally bored, I wouldn't have picked it up. And as it was, I shouldn't have, as I was procrastinating. The story's fine, the characters are fun, but I was annoyed that characters from history were appropriated in such a cavalier way. Yes, I can read Jane Austen detective mysteries. Yes, I suppose I can read a vampire-love story, but did it have to make Charlotte Bronte out to be such a wacko?? Deducted points for cheap shots. I read this to get away from Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. And I finished it within a day. Yeaah. I won't say it's any sort of literary masterpiece, but it does manage to make Jane Austen a credible 21st century bookshop owner. Who happens also to be a vampire. So that's quite something, isn't it?I'll be doing research on Austen as a fictional character, and this book is definitely on the list. Because it simply gets some things right - likeable characters, the idea that Austen is trying to publish her novel Constance, and the chunks of said novel speckled through the book. It gives a nice touch. The novel's the first in a trilogy about Austen and a horde of other authors turned vampire (Lord Byron, Charlotte Brontë). Apart from that, there are some horrid historically unsound happenings and Lord Byron is sort of a standard irresistible gentleman vampire, which isn't very original, really. So you have to be willing to put your credulity-sensor on low, but it makes for a very entertaining read when you do.
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2.5 Amusing concept. Somewhat uneven execution. Not recommended for any English literature purists.
—sharie
What can I say I'm a sucker for vampires and Jane Austin. Just another quick fix combined into 1.
—morka119
It was a fun light read... kind of annoying characters but it was ok.
—Siew
Cute in a very simple way. I didn't love it, didn't dislike it.
—puh
I wonder, did Jane get royalties form this?
—kayla
