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Of Monsters and Madness - Jessica Verday
Of Monsters and Madness
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A romantic, historical retelling of classic Gothic horror featuring Edgar Allan Poe and his character Annabel Lee, from a New York Times best-selling author. Annabel Lee is summoned from Siam to live with her father in 1820's Philadelphia shortly after her mother's death, but an unconventional... show more
A romantic, historical retelling of classic Gothic horror featuring Edgar Allan Poe and his character Annabel Lee, from a New York Times best-selling author.

Annabel Lee is summoned from Siam to live with her father in 1820's Philadelphia shortly after her mother's death, but an unconventional upbringing makes her repugnant to her angry, secretive father.

Annabel becomes infatuated with her father's assistant Allan, who dabbles in writing when he's not helping with medical advancements. But in darker hours, when she's not to be roaming the house, she encounters the devilish assistant Edgar, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Allan, and who others insist doesn't exist.

A rash of murders across Philadelphia, coupled with her father's strange behavior, leads Annabel to satisfy her curiosity and uncover a terrible truth: Edgar and Allan are two halves of the same person - and they are about to make the crimes detailed in Allan's stories come to life. Unless Annabel stops them.
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9781606844649 (1606844644)
ASIN: B00J1HDAPA
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
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Books and Things
Books and Things rated it
2.5 Of Monsters and Madness by Jessica Verday
I'm actually not sure how to rate this one. I have a feeling you will love or hate it but I sort of felt somewhere in the middle with this one. I was looking forward to some gothic piece with Edgar Allan Poe but didn't quite get that. There were aspects of him and his work, but other horror retellin...
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality!
Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it
4.0 Bloody creepy story...
"Though I try to talk myself out of it, I know I must see what's behind that door." -Annabel Lee After her mother's death, Annabel is summoned to Philadelphia by her father. She is excited to meet her father and hopes this will be a new start. At 17, Annabel dreams of being a surgeon. She has a cur...
Pages of Slytherin
Pages of Slytherin rated it
5.0 Of Monsters and Madness
This story blew me away and is by far one of my favorites of his work and honestly I loved this honest and enriching retelling of a new favorite that I had only discovered and fallen in love with last year. Everything from the plot right down to the characters was just incredibly good that words can...
Traveling Through Pages
Traveling Through Pages rated it
3.0 Of Monsters and Madness by Jessica Verday
Publication: September 9, 2014 by EgmontUSA Goodreads Goodreads Summary: " A romantic, historical retelling of classic Gothic horror featuring Edgar Allan Poe and his character Annabel Lee, from a New York Times best-selling author.Summoned to her father's home in 1820's Philadelphia, a girl finds...
That's What She Read
That's What She Read rated it
0.0 Of Monsters and Madness
Poe’s poem “Annabel Lee” is an amazing example of love beyond the bounds of time. However, to call Of Monsters and Madness a retelling of this famous poem is a curious action because readers will find it challenging to discover the similarities. Annabel in the story is no longer a child, she does no...
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