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Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capturea reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde's daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns. With the assistance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Mary continues her search for the elusive Hyde, and soon befriends more women, all of whom have been created through terrifying experimentation: Beatrice Rappaccini, Catherine Moreau, and Justine Frankenstein. When their investigations lead them to the discovery of a secret society of immoral and power-crazed scientists, the horrors of their past return. Now it is up to the monsters to finally triumph over the monstrous.
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3 primary booksThe Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by Theodora Goss.
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3.5
This first edition of the series sets up the world-building, characters, and backstories which felt like a lot. The interruptions were jarring at first, but I got used to them and even enjoyed them over time. About halfway through the action takes off. The action was fun and love the cast of characters. I think I will continue in the series.
A very entertaining tale. The daughters of classic horror novel characters take control of their own fate as they investigate their origins, with assistance from a consulting detective and his sidekick.
DNF. The format was weird with random script format dialogue and jumping around in timeline. If it was written in “normal” format I would have enjoyed this a lot more as the writing seemed decent, but I hate scripts and it was frustrating to have to be taken out of the story for some weird t??te-??-t??te between the writer and the main character.