My Contrary Mary

My Contrary Mary was a delightful expansion of the Lady Janies series to include Mary. The book is wonderfully funny with its combination of historical fact, fiction, and humorous commentary. I particularly enjoyed the “future predictions” that were actually movies. The characters were likable, and I enjoy how the arranged marriages actually contain people who like each other.

I highly recommend My Contrary Mary, along with all of the Lady Janies series. I look forward to the next Mary as well!

Always a treat! Witty and very entertaining read with a splash of magic and romance.

I requested the audio galley without realizing that it didn't have the full cast narrators that the usual audiobooks in the series have, which was a disappointment.

But otherwise this story of Mary was a lot of fun. The Queen of Scots is a great character, strong and compassionate and with good convictions. She is well supported by her husband Francis who is more of a thinker than a doer, and even if it takes time, he does stand up for what's right. While Ari and Liv's romance itself was cute, I can't say I was always impressed with her decisions.

I was not always able to recognize the historical puns or references, but Ari's visions of Hollywood movies were absolutely hilarious and I had a good laugh. This turned out to be a good beginning for the series, and I'm very excited to see which other Mary's story we will get to read about in the sequel.