Release Date: January 29th, 2013
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Form of Book: Paperback
Summary (from Good Reads): In the darkest places, even love is deadly.
Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumors about her father's gruesome experiments. But when she learns he is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations are true.
Accompanied by her father's handsome young assistant, Montgomery, and an enigmatic castaway, Edward—both of whom she is deeply drawn to—Juliet travels to the island, only to discover the depths of her father's madness: He has experimented on animals so that they resemble, speak, and behave as humans. And worse, one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the island's inhabitants. Torn between horror and scientific curiosity, Juliet knows she must end her father's dangerous experiments and escape her jungle prison before it's too late. Yet as the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father's genius—and madness—in her own blood.
~First book to a trilogy~
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This story is a tale inspired by the concept of Doctor Moreau created by H.G Wells and let me tell you something if you are a fan of that story, then you will truly enjoy this story. I found Shepherd's debut to be well written and the characters' personalities were very dark and twisted, yay! When focusing on the world-building, Shepherd brought in the similar aspects of Doctor Moreau, she brought in the island to a 'horror' point of view and and London was very realistic to the point where you can touch it with the tip of the fingers.
In terms of the pacing, it had the balance of both fast and slow so we can breathe in the story as a whole and not miss some of the important details Shepherd wanted her readers to see. My only complaints about this story was the plot being a little dry at the beginning, which almost made me want to put down the book. But, I got hook into the story after the parts of the Island began to appear.
While some people might of not enjoy Well's story and this re-telling, I thought of the story to be unique and somewhat original considering the few plot twists that were buried within the story itself. However, since this is the first book to the trilogy, I really don't have much else to say. All I got to say is how much of a good job Megan Shepherd did for for a debut author. Her sequel to this story, Her Dark Curiosity is already out, so I recommenced both stories to find out more about Juliet and her adventures of the unknown!
In terms of the pacing, it had the balance of both fast and slow so we can breathe in the story as a whole and not miss some of the important details Shepherd wanted her readers to see. My only complaints about this story was the plot being a little dry at the beginning, which almost made me want to put down the book. But, I got hook into the story after the parts of the Island began to appear.
While some people might of not enjoy Well's story and this re-telling, I thought of the story to be unique and somewhat original considering the few plot twists that were buried within the story itself. However, since this is the first book to the trilogy, I really don't have much else to say. All I got to say is how much of a good job Megan Shepherd did for for a debut author. Her sequel to this story, Her Dark Curiosity is already out, so I recommenced both stories to find out more about Juliet and her adventures of the unknown!
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