By: Jessica Verday
Genres: Young Adult | Horror
Posted: September 14, 2014
The characters and the setting in OF MONSTERS AND MADNESS fit together perfectly! The dark, brooding atmosphere is exactly what you would expect from a story featuring Edgar Allan Poe. I love seeing Allan's attempts to write while Edgar is more than a bit twisted. Annabel is somewhat of a naïve character, and yet her determination to aid others with healing gives her just the right amount of backbone for what she faces in her new home. I love the friendship she develops with Maddy in particular. In fact, I would love to see a story featuring Maddy.
If you love Edgar Allan Poe and his poem, Annabel Lee, then OF MONSTERS AND MADNESS is a treat you do not want to miss! Jessica Verday takes some liberties with the history of Edgar Allan Poe and his poem but the resulting thriller is well worth it. OF MONSTERS AND MADNESS is a delightfully creepy tale and I look forward to reading more from the talented Jessica Verday!
Book Summary
A romantic, historical retelling of classic Gothic horror featuring Edgar Allan Poe and his character Annabel Lee, from a New York Times best-selling author.
Annabel Lee is summoned from Siam to live with her father in 1820's Philadelphia shortly after her mother's death, but an unconventional upbringing makes her repugnant to her angry, secretive father.
Annabel becomes infatuated with her father's assistant Allan, who dabbles in writing when he's not helping with medical advancements. But in darker hours, when she's not to be roaming the house, she encounters the devilish assistant Edgar, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Allan, and who others insist doesn't exist.
A rash of murders across Philadelphia, coupled with her father's strange behavior, leads Annabel to satisfy her curiosity and uncover a terrible truth: Edgar and Allan are two halves of the same person - and they are about to make the crimes detailed in Allan's stories come to life. Unless Annabel stops them.
by: Jessica Verday
Egmont USA
September 1, 2014
On Sale: September 9, 2014
Featuring: Edgar Allan Poe; Annabel Lee
288 pages
ISBN: 1606844636
EAN: 9781606844632
Kindle: B00J1HDAPA
Hardcover / e-Book