My Calamity Jane Review

 

Another great historical fantasy book that is the third installment of the Lady Janies series!

My Calamity Jane follows the perspective of 3 characters: Calamity Jane, Annie Oakley, and Frank Butler (all told in 3rd person POV). They are part of Buffalo Bill's traveling sharpshooter show, and they also track down garou, aka people who are werewolves. One day while fighting a group of garou in a factory, Jane gets bitten by one and so she becomes a garou herself, which is a problem because she thinks her and her mates have a disdain for garou. Except Frank is secretly one himself. Annie does have a disdain for garou at first because she used to work for a family of one and they treated her terribly, but then when she meets other people who are garou and eventually finds out Frank (whom she has a crush on) and Jane are garou, her opinion eventually changes. Jane finds an ad in a newspaper about a cure for garou, and she goes out farther west of the country to find who is giving out the cure, but not everything is as it seems. The rest of her crew eventually catches up to her, and as you can imagine, many twists and turns causing so much angst come their ways. 

I love the way the authors write the story (this applies to all of their books in this series). It's so atmospheric, and sometimes they break the fourth wall. It's loosely based off of real people and places, but there are some facts rooted in reality about the real-life historical figures most of the characters are based off of.

I gave it 4.5 stars, but that was because I was not familiar at first with the historical figures the cast was based off of, so it took me a while to understand what was going on. I also took off half of a point for references to death and dying, but I guess that's just a staple of these books! I'll have to get used to it eventually.

What's your favorite historical fantasy book (if you have read any?)