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I’m always curious when I see a Pride and Prejudice retelling, and this one merges Jane Austen’s story with Frankenstein! How can I resist?
“Dark and gripping and tense and beautiful.” —Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club and Pulitzer Prize finalist for We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves
Pride and Prejudice meets Frankenstein as Mary Bennet falls for the enigmatic Victor Frankenstein and befriends his monstrous Creature in this clever fusion of two popular classics.
Threatened with destruction unless he fashions a wife for his Creature, Victor Frankenstein travels to England where he meets Mary and Kitty Bennet, the remaining unmarried sisters of the Bennet family from Pride and Prejudice. As Mary and Victor become increasingly attracted to each other, the Creature looks on impatiently, waiting for his bride. But where will Victor find a female body from which to create the monster’s mate?
Meanwhile, the awkward Mary hopes that Victor will save her from approaching spinsterhood while wondering what dark secret he is keeping from her.
Pride and Prometheus fuses the gothic horror of Mary Shelley with the Regency romance of Jane Austen in an exciting novel that combines two age-old stories in a fresh and startling way.
Pride and Prometheus by John Kessel. Releases in February 2018 from Saga Press. This sounds so good! I love that the story is about Mary and Kitty, who are almost side characters in the original story. The moody cover does a great job of setting the tone. I’m very excited to read this!
This one looks fascinating! Thanks for sharing.
Oh this sounds so neat!!!! Pride & Prejudice + Frankenstein? OMG hopefully there is no love triangle because I am super interested in this.
I hope you enjoy this book when you get the chance to read it!
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Yes, let’s both hope for no love triangle! Thanks for visiting Alyssa
So when I initially saw the cover and the title, I thought “Finally, a book from Tammy I won’t add to the wishlist. Then I saw “Gothic” which is one of my buzzwords, and then I saw the Frankenstein mention. I’m doomed!
Ha ha, this cover is definitely deceiving! Sorry (not sorry) Barb!
This is a book that I definitely want to read. No hesitation at all. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Lynn
Of course, happy to share! I hope it’s as good as it sounds:-D
Ooo… *drools unbecomingly* i LOVE the sound of this one… So long as Mary and Kitty aren’t slugging it out for the attentions of the rather grim-looking man!
Oh yes, that would make this a love triangle, I guess. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that:-)
***SQUEE*** Frankenstein AND Pride and Prejudice?!?! I need this book ASAP. I love all things Austen and this sounds like such a fun mash up of two of my favorite classics
Thank you for sharing! Adding it to my TBR now!
Me too, I have read some really good Austen retellings, so that’s probably the main draw for me:-)
Why haven’t I heard about this one before? This sounds such an amazing retelling. I’m loving the combination of Pride and Prejudice and Frankenstein. Thank you so much for sharing. Adding to my wishlist.
Happy readings!
Tânia @MyLovelySecret
I just found out about it myself, happy to share:-)
Oh wow, this sounds absolutely amazing! Thanks for bringing this one to my attention.
Jenea’s Book Obsession’s CWW
Gothic horror and Regency romance: this sounds like an intriguing recipe…
Thanks for sharing!
I agree! It seems like the perfect mash-up, right?
When I first discovered this book, the title alone made me put it immediately onto the TBR. This is the first I’ve seen the cover though, it’s lovely!
Yes, I love how gothic the cover is:-)
Okay, I love that they’re combining two classic stories with this one! Great pick! YOu can check out my Wednesday pick in the link below.
Wow what a strange mesh of classics. I like the concept that he ends up with Mary instead of the typical focus on Lizzie though.
I havent really noticed this one before, sounds interesting!
Pride and Prejudice / Frankenstein- that is interesting! Mary and Kitty need to run run run lol!! Nice cover on this one too.