I received all three of these books from the author in exchange for an honest review. I know this one is a longer post than you are used to me writing, I felt this series was best described together. At the bottom are links to the author's page and links to the Amazon books. All three are on Kindle Unlimited, available for e-book purchase, or paperback. Since this is definitely on my re-read as soon as I can list, I will be purchasing the paperbacks.
Synopsis:
Shade:
A broken heart. An infamous holiday gone wrong. A deadly curse brought to life.
A holiday in Switzerland is supposed to lift Mary Wollstonecroft Godwin’s spirits. She wants to forget the past and have fun. In fact, everyone in her party is running away from one indiscretion or another—from her fiancé Percy Shelley to Lord Bryon to Mary’s stepsister, Claire. But from the moment Mary arrives at Byron’s villa, she knows something is wrong. He rushes her indoors and forbids all of them to go out at night, claiming that the horrible weather has driven wild animals down from the mountains.
The only person who doesn’t seem to be running away from anything is a handsome, young Italian doctor, John Polidori. Instead, he is fervently pursuing local folk legends and a new scientific theory that claims people can be raised from the dead.
But it’s not until they all challenge one other to write ghost stories that the real danger begins. In a nightmare, Mary envisions a patchwork man animated by Galvanism and she begins writing Frankenstein. Likewise, fueled by local legends, John writes The Vampyre—one of the first vampire stories ever written.
Dusk:
A broken heart. An infamous holiday gone wrong. A deadly curse brought to life.
A holiday in Switzerland is supposed to lift Mary Wollstonecroft Godwin’s spirits. She wants to forget the past and have fun. In fact, everyone in her party is running away from one indiscretion or another—from her fiancé Percy Shelley to Lord Bryon to Mary’s stepsister, Claire. But from the moment Mary arrives at Byron’s villa, she knows something is wrong. He rushes her indoors and forbids all of them to go out at night, claiming that the horrible weather has driven wild animals down from the mountains.
The only person who doesn’t seem to be running away from anything is a handsome, young Italian doctor, John Polidori. Instead, he is fervently pursuing local folk legends and a new scientific theory that claims people can be raised from the dead.
But it’s not until they all challenge one other to write ghost stories that the real danger begins. In a nightmare, Mary envisions a patchwork man animated by Galvanism and she begins writing Frankenstein. Likewise, fueled by local legends, John writes The Vampyre—one of the first vampire stories ever written.
What neither one of them knows is that they are conjuring a dark evil. Before long, all of their lives will be in danger—for neither of these characters are imaginary. Far from it.
A relentless winter has driven the sangsue down from the Swiss Alps. They’re hungry, they’re soulless, and they were once human.
And one of them in particular, the King of the Sangsue, has been searching for someone like Mary for centuries. All it will take is one bite and she will be his forever…
Dawn:
Frankenstein meets Dracula in this Gothic retelling of Mary Shelley’s classic tale.
A holiday in Switzerland is supposed to lift Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin’s spirits. She wants to forget the past and have fun. In fact, everyone in her party is running away from one indiscretion or another—from her fiancé Percy Shelley to Lord Byron to Mary’s stepsister, Claire. But from the moment Mary arrives at Byron’s villa, she knows something is wrong. He rushes her indoors and forbids all of them to go out at night, claiming that the horrible weather has driven wild animals down from the mountains.
The only person who doesn’t seem to be running away from anything is a handsome, young Italian doctor, John Polidori. Instead, he is fervently pursuing local folk legends and a new scientific theory that claims people can be raised from the dead.
But it’s not until they all challenge one other to write ghost stories that the real danger begins. In a nightmare, Mary envisions a patchwork man animated by Galvanism and she begins writing Frankenstein. Likewise, fueled by local legends, John writes The Vampyre—one of the first vampire stories ever written.
What neither one of them knows is that they are conjuring a dark evil. Before long, all of their lives will be in danger—for neither of these characters are imaginary. Far from it.
Shade Dusk Dawn (kindle version available 06/27)
A holiday in Switzerland is supposed to lift Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin’s spirits. She wants to forget the past and have fun. In fact, everyone in her party is running away from one indiscretion or another—from her fiancé Percy Shelley to Lord Byron to Mary’s stepsister, Claire. But from the moment Mary arrives at Byron’s villa, she knows something is wrong. He rushes her indoors and forbids all of them to go out at night, claiming that the horrible weather has driven wild animals down from the mountains.
The only person who doesn’t seem to be running away from anything is a handsome, young Italian doctor, John Polidori. Instead, he is fervently pursuing local folk legends and a new scientific theory that claims people can be raised from the dead.
But it’s not until they all challenge one other to write ghost stories that the real danger begins. In a nightmare, Mary envisions a patchwork man animated by Galvanism and she begins writing Frankenstein. Likewise, fueled by local legends, John writes The Vampyre—one of the first vampire stories ever written.
What neither one of them knows is that they are conjuring a dark evil. Before long, all of their lives will be in danger—for neither of these characters are imaginary. Far from it.
Review:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
First I am going to review the series as a whole because I feel that this more of a broken up novel than three individual storylines.
The series overall is not quite what I expected with a retelling. Usually when I hear "retelling," I think of the original storyline with new characters and similarities to the original storyline. Even though I have not read the original Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, I am fairly certain that Mary Shelley was not a character in her own book, and that there were no vampires. During this series, Mary Shelly is the main characters and told from her point of view. While they are fighting off the Sangsue (vampires), and Mary is trying to avoid the charms of the Sangsue King, she is writing the novel, Frankenstein.
With that being said, this series is amazing. I use my star rating system to match that of the sites that I post reviews on, but this is easily a 10-star book series. I loved the depth of detail and the characters. The series is published in the old-fashioned serial fiction style of Anthony Trollope where a large work of fiction is broken up and published in small sections. The individual books in this series are not stand alone and each is a very quick read.
Another reason this book would get bonus points is that it is completely original. I don't think I have ever read anything quite like this. I have read my fair share of vampire novels from Dracula to Twilight and can't find anything to compare to this series. If you love Frankenstein, Dracula (or any vampires) or paranormal historical fiction, I feel you would like this series. Now enough of me jabbering on and on. Check out the links below.
The series overall is not quite what I expected with a retelling. Usually when I hear "retelling," I think of the original storyline with new characters and similarities to the original storyline. Even though I have not read the original Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, I am fairly certain that Mary Shelley was not a character in her own book, and that there were no vampires. During this series, Mary Shelly is the main characters and told from her point of view. While they are fighting off the Sangsue (vampires), and Mary is trying to avoid the charms of the Sangsue King, she is writing the novel, Frankenstein.
With that being said, this series is amazing. I use my star rating system to match that of the sites that I post reviews on, but this is easily a 10-star book series. I loved the depth of detail and the characters. The series is published in the old-fashioned serial fiction style of Anthony Trollope where a large work of fiction is broken up and published in small sections. The individual books in this series are not stand alone and each is a very quick read.
Another reason this book would get bonus points is that it is completely original. I don't think I have ever read anything quite like this. I have read my fair share of vampire novels from Dracula to Twilight and can't find anything to compare to this series. If you love Frankenstein, Dracula (or any vampires) or paranormal historical fiction, I feel you would like this series. Now enough of me jabbering on and on. Check out the links below.
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