I didn't get this read when I wanted to, too many blog tour review books to get done. I got this from ALA last summer, and it was one of my unicorn ARCs. I loved The Conqueror's Saga by this author, her retelling of Vlad the Impaler, and so I had high hopes for this retelling of the Frankenstein story. I wasn't disappointed. Once I got the chance to pick it up, I was hooked, and loved trying to fit what I remembered of the original story in with how the author was retelling it. It was a great account at looking how Victor wasn't really just a good guy gone bad, how he was a bad guy in this one. On a side note, I loved that one of the character's last names was my mother's maiden name, even if it is probably more common in Europe. Great retelling, and I'm reading another good one by the author right now, Slayer, and enjoying it as well.