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The Madman's Daughter
by Megan Shepherd
Short and Sweet:
Dark, mysterious, and more than a touch mad, this Gothic tale is a great read! There were a couple things I wasn't thrilled with, but overall I'm very happy I finally read The Madman's Daughter and I am DYING to read the sequel!
To Elaborate...
Juliet's former life involving eccentric, but loving, well-off parents ended the second scandal shook their family and her father disappeared. Now, she works clean-up at a medical university doing her best to stay out of a creepy professor's way. When rumors surface about her father, she tracks down the source and finds her childhood best friend, Montgomery. After learning that her father is indeed alive, she accompanies Montgomery (and later Edward) to her father's island. Juliet soon discovers the island is full of madness and experiments. She must fight her own hysteria in order to keep her sanity if she is to find safety away from the wild.
What I love most about this book is the general feel and voice of it. It's so Gothic and it reminds me a lot of Sharon Cameron's The Dark Unwinding and Jane Nickerson's Strands of Bronze and Gold. Every character seems to have some sort of madness in them, and it's both exciting and thrilling!
While I love Juliet, all three of the main characters (Juliet, Montgomery, and Edward) made me a little frustrated at times. They form a love triangle and when it first started, I was NOT feeling it. I wanted Juliet to focus on her father. Also, both Montgomery and Edward had some jerk-like moments. Even so, by the end of the book, I was really enjoying some of the romance. Some twists, turns and betrayals that I never saw coming were thrown in and I thought it enhanced/deepened the romance and the story in general so well. No spoiling, but a general warning for the end: it's a cliffhanger, and it's a doosey.
Overall, I really, really liked The Madman's Daughter. An excellent foundation was laid for the next book and I WANTS IT! I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes a story with a little darkness and madness woven in. :)
Originally posted at I Heart YA Fiction: http://iheartyafiction.blogspot.com/2014/06/throwback-thursday-review-madmans.html
Dark, mysterious, and more than a touch mad, this Gothic tale is a great read! There were a couple things I wasn't thrilled with, but overall I'm very happy I finally read The Madman's Daughter and I am DYING to read the sequel!
To Elaborate...
Juliet's former life involving eccentric, but loving, well-off parents ended the second scandal shook their family and her father disappeared. Now, she works clean-up at a medical university doing her best to stay out of a creepy professor's way. When rumors surface about her father, she tracks down the source and finds her childhood best friend, Montgomery. After learning that her father is indeed alive, she accompanies Montgomery (and later Edward) to her father's island. Juliet soon discovers the island is full of madness and experiments. She must fight her own hysteria in order to keep her sanity if she is to find safety away from the wild.
What I love most about this book is the general feel and voice of it. It's so Gothic and it reminds me a lot of Sharon Cameron's The Dark Unwinding and Jane Nickerson's Strands of Bronze and Gold. Every character seems to have some sort of madness in them, and it's both exciting and thrilling!
While I love Juliet, all three of the main characters (Juliet, Montgomery, and Edward) made me a little frustrated at times. They form a love triangle and when it first started, I was NOT feeling it. I wanted Juliet to focus on her father. Also, both Montgomery and Edward had some jerk-like moments. Even so, by the end of the book, I was really enjoying some of the romance. Some twists, turns and betrayals that I never saw coming were thrown in and I thought it enhanced/deepened the romance and the story in general so well. No spoiling, but a general warning for the end: it's a cliffhanger, and it's a doosey.
Overall, I really, really liked The Madman's Daughter. An excellent foundation was laid for the next book and I WANTS IT! I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes a story with a little darkness and madness woven in. :)
Originally posted at I Heart YA Fiction: http://iheartyafiction.blogspot.com/2014/06/throwback-thursday-review-madmans.html