The darkness and themes of medical experiments and madness are definitely similar. You can’t help but compare this book to The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd. Annabel has to unravel the mysteries surrounding her father’s household before something horrible befalls her. Her father has two assistants the cheerful and teasing day assistant Allen and the scary and brooding night assistant Edgar. Annabel’s only solace is her kind grandfather and her father’s assistants. To add to her dismay, there are a rash of grisly murders sweeping through Philadelphia. Annabel Lee makes the journey on her own and arrives to find a bleak and damp climate and a father who obviously doesn’t want her there. Then her and her mother are called home to live with her father in Philadelphia, her mother is very sick and doesn’t end up surviving long enough to make the journey. Moreau.Īnnabel Lee has lived most of her life in a far off middle eastern country with missionaries. He is one of the main characters in the story, but he didn’t have a ton of personality. While it wasn’t a bad story, it definitely didn’t have a ton to do with Edgar Allen Poe. I was eager to read this story because it is desribed as a gothic retelling of Edgar Allen Poe’s life/stories. I got an eGalley of this book to review through NetGalley. Stand Alone or Series: 1st book in the Of Monsters and Madness series
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