Fast-paced and romantic, this page-turning volume results in mixed emotions-contentment with the ending, but still a desire for more. Moreau's daughter, brings an exciting new twist and a satisfactory ending to the trilogy. Shepherd's adroit weaving of the Frankenstein story line into the already complex world of Dr. The skillfully drawn and well-developed characters face their emotional upheavals and outside dangers with aplomb. In addition to the outer turmoil, Juliet continues to worry whether or not as her father's daughter she, too, has the "madness" gene. Intrigue, the growing fear of discovery by their pursuers, romances between Elizabeth and Edward as well as Juliet and Montgomery, danger from within the house and its inhabitants, and secrets abound. Juliet also discovers that the secrets of the rich woman's ancestor Victor Frankenstein have been preserved by the family, and with no legitimate heirs, Juliet has been chosen to receive the knowledge of "Perpetual Anatomy." The heroine wonders if she can use this knowledge to save Edward, but the complicated process is fraught with danger. They find the isolated estate inhabited by a number of young women and girls, "wards" of Elizabeth, and one very strange male child named Hensley, Elizabeth's son. In this entry inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Juliet, Lucy, Montgomery, Balthazar, and Edward have escaped from their pursuers to the Scottish estate of Juliet's friend and benefactor, Elizabeth von Stein.
She must decide if she'll follow her father's dark footsteps or her mother's tragic ones – or make her own.Gr 9 Up-The final volume of the "Madman's Daughter" series (HarperCollins) accomplishes something too often lacking in trilogies-a third volume that is as compelling and well-written as the first installment. This is not the safe haven Juliet was searching for.Īs she uncovers the truth about the manor's long history of scientific experimentation – and her own intended role in it – Juliet is forced to determine where the line falls between right and wrong, life and death, magic and science.
Owned by the enigmatic Elizabeth von Stein, the mansion is full of unexplained oddities: dead bodies in the basement, secret passages, and fortune-tellers who seem to know Juliet's secrets. Juliet has killed the men who tried to steal her father's research and escaped to a remote estate on the Scottish moors. A Cold Legacy (Madmans Daughter) by Megan Shepherd 182 copies, 10 reviews. Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd 311 copies, 22 reviews. With inspiration from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, this breathless conclusion to the Madman's Daughter trilogy explores the things we'll sacrifice to save those we love. The Madmans Daughter by Megan Shepherd 1,011 copies, 87 reviews.
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