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Title: The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter
Author: Theodora Goss
Series: The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club
Series Number: 1
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Spin-Off
Audience: Adult
My Review:
I enjoyed the premise and the story, but there were a few too many interruptions from the characters in their current time as they were trying to tell a story about their past. The interruptions give us a better sense of the characters overall and allowed the author to insert several points of view into a scene easily, but sometimes just pulled me out of the story completely. This will ruin the book for some readers, but I mostly overlooked it. I’m actively looking for the sequel.
Synopsis from GoodReads:
Based on some of literature’s horror and science fiction classics, this “tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) debut is the story of a remarkable group of women who come together to solve the mystery of a series of gruesome murders—and the bigger mystery of their own origins.
Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents’ death, is curious about the secrets of her father’s mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father’s former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capture…a reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes.
But her hunt leads her to Hyde’s daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns. With the assistance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Mary continues her search for the elusive Hyde, and soon befriends more women, all of whom have been created through terrifying experimentation: Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherin Moreau, and Justine Frankenstein.
When their investigations lead them to the discovery of a secret society of immoral and power-crazed scientists, the horrors of their past return. Now it is up to the monsters to finally triumph over the monstrous.
Similar Books:
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- Circe by Madeline Miller
- Maplecroft (The Borden Dispatches #1) by Cherie Priest
- Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) by Gail Carriger
Purchase:
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