Chapter One Hundred Ninety-Eight: Jane Bites Back

If you read the title of this post and are thinking that this can't possibly be/absolutely must be a Jane Austen vampire story, then you're so wrong/totally right.  After all, when a novel in which Jane Austen is still alive in the modern day because she'd been turned into a vampire two hundred years ago wanders across my desk at work, what else am I supposed to do but read it?  (Tagline on the cover: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen is still alive today... as a vampire.")  This novel by Michael Thomas Ford was actually much better than I thought it would be, although it's pretty silly, even by my standards.  Let's just say that Jane Austen is not the only undead famous author to appear in the pages of this book...  Despite (oh, okay, because of) this and other silly story elements and plot points, this is a fairly enjoyable light read, with elements of horror and paranormal as well as romance.  If you're looking for some silliness or if you just want a fairly light but not totally insubstantial read, you might give Jane Bites Back a try.