![]() Skillful worldbuilding and foreshadowing steadily build suspense to a breathtaking climax. What she discovers in a strange Bavarian town is another link in a chain of horror that only grows after he’s found. But when the errant genius leaves the family to study and doesn’t write for almost two years, leaving Elizabeth open to possible dismissal from the Frankenstein home, she enlists the aid of her friend Justine to track him down. ![]() ![]() Elizabeth becomes everything to Victor-his champion and protector, his friend and confidante-and hones her manipulative talents. Rescued from an abusive caregiver at age five, Elizabeth Lavenza is brought to the Frankenstein family’s villa to act as companion to young Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant child prone to rage. ![]() With this elegantly twisted retelling of the birth of a monster, White ( Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scarytales) resurrects the Gothic tale of survival found in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which turns 200 this year. ![]()
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