Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match: A Novel

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Sally’s writing has always spoken for itself and while this one speaks of dismembered body parts and gothic mansions, it was no exception. this was pitched as the tim burtonification of historical romance; angelika is the sister/bombshell assistant of viktor frankenstein, and she has decided that together they will build her ideal match using various corpses from a morgue as everyone in town has rejected her for being too Intelligent and Opinionated and Forthright and she is old (24) and unwed. Secondly, I only publish reviews of books in the subgenre where I’m best known (queer romcom) if they’re glowing. Sally Thorne is an incredible author that I have enjoyed in the past, but you can't love them all and this happened to be one of the misses. I've reread it a million times, and when I started this book, I felt echoes of Tom Valeska and Darcy Barrett in Will and Angelika (crazy devotion and longing, insane sexual tension, etc.

Believe me, I have not enjoyed many an excellent book, and my individual lack of enjoyment has not made any of those books less excellent or (more relevantly) less successful. Jelly is the lonely, horny, enterprising heroine of my heart, Will is the most adorable love interest to ever grace a book, and then there’s the plot, which is deliciously bonkers and utterly unique! Loosely inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the basic premise of Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match is that Angelika and her brother Victor Frankenstein are a pair of wealthy, hyper-privileged Regency orphans. this time the power imbalance -- wealthy spoiled woman, undead nobody with no memory, heavily reliant on said wealthy woman -- is also layered with consent issues because he literally had no say with a) coming back to life and b) the parts of his body she kept or replaced. Filled with carriages, candlesticks, and corpses, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match is the spooky-season reimagining of the well-known classic that reminds us to never judge a man by his cadaver!sally thorne has lost her touch and will never be about to replicate the success of the hating game i fear.

This is Sally Thorne at her absolute best - Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author You may also be interested in. 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. From USA Today bestselling author of The Hating Game Sally Thorne comes something a little unexpected… a historical rom-com that imagines Victor Frankenstein’s sheltered younger sister, and her attempts to create the perfect man. The mystery of who Will was had me guessing until the end and I loved the pace at which it was unraveled. a historical rom-com that imagines Victor Frankenstein's sheltered younger sister, and her attempts to create the perfect man.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? Her brother is on the verge of marriage and his fiancé Lizzie will be in charge of the Frankenstein family estate. com}: For generations, every Frankenstein has found their true love and equal, unlocking lifetimes of blissful wedded adventure. I was expecting to be very bothered by this, but I guess my view is that the author was trying to make a point about allowing yourself to have your own convictions, and respecting other people's beliefs, and making space for the people you love and all that comes with them, even if you don't necessarily agree… which I get. Don't get me wrong, Angelika came a LONG way, but I still never felt what I should have for her character.

However, I was quite disappointed with the romance aspect, and the characters did not endear me to them which left me wanting a lot more.Another big issue I had was that this was supposed to be a historical book, and these characters came off as completely modern, progressive people who were transplanted in the past just for atmosphere's sake.