Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women by Kris Waldherr
368 Pages
Publisher: Muse Publications LLC
Release Date: October 4, 2022
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Horror
Caroline Frankenstein, Elizabeth Lavenza, and Justine Moritz are the three women in this story. Caroline is the mother of Victor Frankenstein. She is a lovely woman and wants nothing more than to have children. She sees Elizabeth as a young child begging in the streets and adopts her. She raises Elizabeth with the hopes that she will one day marry Victor.
One early morning, Elizabeth was missing from the house. A search begins and she is found curled around something under an oak tree. The something turned out to be a young girl with silver hair and eyes. At first, they believed she was severely injured but found she was a hunchback. Caroline insists on bringing the girl, Justine, back to the house and caring for her. She is infested with lice and her hair is matted. Justine’s father was the gravedigger and is recently deceased. Her mother approaches the family and is given money for Justine to live and work at the Frankenstein’s’ home.
This book is a masterpiece. It is written in the style of the classics. It is written from three different perspectives in the third person point of view. If you like classical fiction or books similar to the original Frankenstein, you will love this story.
