The Madman’s Daughter by Meghan Shepherd Published: January 29th 2013 by Balzer + Bray Source: Review copy provided by publisher Synopsis: In the darkest places, even love is deadly. Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that… Continue reading Oh My, Frankenstein!: The Madman’s Daughter by Meghan Shepherd
Tag: retellings
A New Perspective on an Old Favorite: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
I’m a sucker for stories told from another character’s perspective, so I was intrigued by the idea of Tiger Lily. It more than exceeded my expectations. All you really need to know going into this is that it’s the story of the Indian Princess Peter Pan loved before Wendy ever came into the picture, told… Continue reading A New Perspective on an Old Favorite: Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Science Fiction and Fairy Tales: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
I’m a fan of fairy tale retellings. From classics like Robin McKinley’s twists on folk tales, to Jackson Pearce’s updated versions of Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood, or her forthcoming adaptation of The Little Mermaid, I never get tired of hearing a new spin on a fairy tale. But nothing is cooler than Cinderella… Continue reading Science Fiction and Fairy Tales: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
A Classic, Updated: A Review of the Innocents by Frances Segal
I discovered Edith Wharton my sophomore year of college when I took an English course called Major Women Writers. We met once a week on Wednesday evenings to dissect Virginia Wolf and Willa Cather and Zora Neale Hurston. It was one of my favorite classes of my entire career—and I went to college for a long… Continue reading A Classic, Updated: A Review of the Innocents by Frances Segal
Sci-Fi + Jane Austen: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diane Peterfreund
Pride and Prejudice isn’t my favorite Jane Austen novel. Neither is Emma. It’s not even Sense and Sensibility or Northhanger Abbey. For the record, it’s Mansfield Park, but a close second is Persuasion. So when a new book came into the library and was described on the jacket as a dystopian/post-apocalyptic spin on Persuasion, I… Continue reading Sci-Fi + Jane Austen: For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diane Peterfreund
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