Jane Slayre: The Literary Classic with a Blood-Sucking Twist by Sherri Browning ErwinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I've long been a fan of monster mash-ups; you get all the fun of rereading the classic, plus the fun of the supernatural twist. This is an especially good one. I started reading this around Halloween.
I love that it includes the whole Jane Eyre story - unlike the erotica mash-up Jane Eyre Laid Bare: The Classic Novel with an Erotic Twist, which disappointingly excludes the St. John Rivers story. In Browning Erwin's telling, St. John is the Daryl Dixon of the tale, slaying vampires and werewolves with a crossbow of his own invention. Zombies have also come into play, but their fiercest slayer is Jane herself. Saving people and hunting things is the Slayre family business.
This book does include the line "Reader, I buried him," causing me to laugh out loud - but fear not, the happy ending is still intact. In short, this is the monster mash-up done right.
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I purchased this book with my own funds from Better World Books and was not obligated in any way to review it.
Next, I'm going to read Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead. It's the fifth book in the Vampire Academy series.
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| I think this is supposed to be Adrian and Rose, but keep in mind Rose is half Turkish and described as being olive-skinned. |
Sadly, the Frostbite movie campaign failed to find funding, so even if I enjoy Spirit Bound (doubtful, since I hate Strigoi!Dimitri), I'll never see it reach the big screen.
You know what I think could have saved the Vampire Academy movie franchise? Letting Misha Collins play Dimtri. He already answers to the name Dimitri, because it is his name. I don't even care that he's 40 and not 25. Let Dimitri Belikov be older; let his relationship with Rose seem that much more inappropriate.
No offense to Danila Kozlovsky (age 29); I still think he's gorgeous.
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It's just that American audiences aren't all that familiar with Russian actors, even if I really wouldn't mind getting familiar with Danila.
Oh, well, Maybe the Vampire Academy series can do what A Series of Unfortunate Events is doing and continue on as a Netflix web series. (Squee!)
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