This was such an interesting premise, and I've been craving a P&P re-telling/sequel, but this didn't work for me. It's not poorly written, but it felt more like a Frankenstein re-telling where the author just inserted a few P&P characters because he thought of a clever title that he wanted to use. As a Frankenstein re-telling it works okay, but I just don't think it's realistic that Mary would behave the way she does in this book.

As far as the Frankenstein aspects go...it's pretty close to the source material, with exception to the insertion of the Bennetts. Which begs the question, what is the point? I like re-tellings and sequels to classic novels because it's interesting to see how they are adapted. If you are looking for an interesting Frankenstein re-telling, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein is really creepy and while many of the same events occur, character motivations and personalities are tweaked to make the story feel like its own thing.

Also, what is the point of Kitty

having an intimate relationship with an old suitor just to kill her off immediately after it's revealed? There are no repercussions of this at all. If she'd died a virgin it would've been the same story. At first I wondered if the author was going to have her reanimated corpse somehow give birth to a reanimated corpse baby (if Bella Swan can become impregnated with the sperm of a vampire who has been dead over a hundred years, the possibilities are endless) but that was not the case. We do learn that she was pregnant, but no one other than Victor ever knows about it and there are never any ramifications to it so...why?

Lastly, Mary was a boring character. I've read books featuring the middle Bennett child on a couple of other occasions and liked them well enough. I always felt like Mary had potential to be an interesting protagonist. And there was potential in this book. But it just didn't manifest. And Mary seemed completely unfazed by the craziness going on around her.

the way she pretty much accepts that Victor is using her sister's body to create a mate for the monster completely took me out of the story. It made no sense. And the scenes between her and Victor after that when she would think about him in a romantic way made me want to gag. This man stole her sister's corpse. Gross.