Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match: A Novel

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I staying up late to finish the novel, which features a new character, Victor Frankenstein's brilliant sister and partner in scientific experimentation, Angelika. I think, at this point, it’s fair to say that this book didn’t really work for me but, equally fair, to note that the ways it didn’t work for me are probably quite personal and it will probably work for others. The other man, Christopher, is supposed to represent everything that Will can't give Angelika (immediate availability, a stable job, a certainty of who he is and what he believes in, a past he actually remembers, the certain ability to have children, etc. For many generations, the great Frankenstein blood line has found their true love, confidant, soulmate, and. Except there are things near the end I did not love, and won't mention due to spoilers, but are tied up in both what the Frankenstein's believe to be part of their foundation and, as it turns out, Will's, and how that all comes together.

Clever, pretty (and odd) Angelika Frankenstein has run out of suitors and fears she may become the exception to this family rule.

Sally’s third novel Second First Impressions is released AU/NZ 31 March 2021, and US/CAN 13 April 2021. the entire first chapter is Angelika going into a morgue, making fun of a dead body for being inadequate and then sewing a bigger, better dick on him. uk will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you and to provide updates and marketing. But this is not remotely the nail in the coffin that I expected it to be (everything post-THE HATING GAME has been unpredictable) and I look forward to seeing what she does, and where she goes, next. However, she is heartbroken to find that, while he does feel immense attraction and emotional connection towards her, he can't go forward with their relationship until he finds out who he is, and makes sure he doesn't have a family somewhere grieving for him.

When her handsome scientific miracle sits up on the lab table, her hopes for an instant romantic connection are thrown into disarray. The premise of this one is intriguing - I wondered how the author could recast the dark Frankenstein story as a historical romance.I have no idea if this was meant to be sexy or funny or what, but it just came across incredibly strangely to me. But when a second suitor emerges to aid their quest, Angelika wonders if she was too hasty inventing a solution. But Angelika is a romance heroine, not a horror villain, and I wish I’d had a better sense that both her, and the book as a whole, understood that re-shaping someone, then forcing them to live as your dependent in mental and physical torment (Will is explicitly in pain the whole book and his recovery of self-agency is represented largely by gardening) isn’t all that cute, no matter how disenfranchised or unloved you feel.

I haven’t read Frankenstein (I own a copy, it’s on my list) but I think most people tend to realise that Frankenstein is the monster, not his creation and I’m not sure this book leans into that at all. The explicit language was pretty minimal, but I’ve been hurt a lot in this reading journey of mine so I’m counting this as a major victory.I got the most unlikeable FMC with all the “I’m not like the other girls, no one wants to date me even though I’m the hottest woman around” who then reanimated a corpse bc he was like super hot. Because here’s the thing, while Will (the man Angelika plays dick ‘n’ mix with) does initially have no memory he is not a blank slate. There’s very little here in terms of responsibility for actions and hey, maybe it’s not the best thing to just be bringing random dead people back to life and expecting them to love you for it? Frank-N-Furter, from Rocky Horror, for all its campy musical fun, has, again, resorted to making a man because he doesn’t want to deal with, y’know, tricky little issues like consent.