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How I Met Your Monster

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club Book 1 by Theodora Goss

February 2, 2022 by ElCicco 1 Comment

This YA novel, the first in a trilogy, introduces the reader to the members of the Athena Club. It is their origin story. What is the Athena Club? It is a group of young women in London ca. 1900 who have one thing in common — a monstrous past! They are Mary Jekyll, Diana Hyde, Catherine Moreau, Justine Frankenstein and Beatrice Rappaccini. A series of gruesome murders of prostitutes will bring these young women together with a little help from none other than Sherlock Holmes […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cbr14, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, ElCicco, Fiction, Frankenstein, Rappaccini’s Daughter, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, theodora goss

ElCicco's CBR14 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #Science Fiction, cbr14, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, ElCicco, Fiction, Frankenstein, Rappaccini’s Daughter, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, theodora goss ·
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