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#whimsicalreads October Book Club Pick!!!!
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Beautifully crafted story that is a kind of sequel to Frankenstein, set in the mid-Victorian period featuring an angry woman scientist stifled by her husband and patriarchal notions about women's intelligence. Wonderful characters (including a villain very worthy of your hate!) as well as queer representation, which I wish was a little more explicit at the end. There is also content about grief here that was superbly done. (CW infant death)

I might‘ve liked this story on screen as a real wacky hijinks flick. In print, we‘re way too privy to Angelika‘s I-must-get-married-I‘m-man-crazy-OMG-MARRIAGE-OMG mindset for my tastes. Plus, she remakes this guy‘s body for no good reason and traumatizes the hell out of him, and we‘re supposed to root for her? Gah.

I bailed at page 60 & stuck the book in an LFL on this nice little street instead of waiting around for possible character growth.

#HauntedHollowSwap my halloween aesthetic 🍁 not pictured: my favorite Halloween candy is Reese‘s pumpkins 🎃

I‘ve always had a thing for Frankenstein 😆 I thoroughly enjoyed this book! It was a fantastical, easy, spicy, and lovely read. At one point I was sobbing because I am ridiculous 🤷🏻‍♀️

I‘m need light reading in the tub

Lightning clawed across the sky, tracing veins through the clouds and marking the pulse of the universe itself.
I sighed happily as rain slashed the carriage windows and thunder rumbled so loudly we could not even hear the wheels bump when the dirt lane met the cobblestones at the edge of Ingolstadt.
#TheDarkDescentOfElizabethFrankenstein #KierstenWhite #Horror #YoungAdult #HistoricalFiction #Retellings #Fantasy #Fiction #Historical #Gothic 🤎🤎🤎

I liked this journey into Mary Shelley‘s world, and the possible future of her creation. Some characters became caricatures in the modern retelling. Is Ry Shelley supposed to represent moth Mary and Percy? Victor Stein is Ry‘s, but is not Percy. Silencing if marginalized voices has not changed in 200 years

This was such a fun book based around the daughters of some of the mad scientists in famous literature. Along with Holmes and Watson they solve murders and mysteries. I had a great time reading this and will be reading the next in the series

4⭐️