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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I loved it.,
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This review is from: The Remarkable Miss Frankenstein (Mass Market Paperback)
You know, when I read a book I want to be transported to a different place. A place where the laws of nature and rational thought don't necessarily belong. This book took me there.
Clair is an intelligent, independent woman in a time when those character attributes in a woman weren't appreciated. She has a passion and dedication to her science that no one, with the exception of her eccentric family can appreciate. That is until she meets Ian. He alone seems to be able to tolerate her search for the "truth at all costs". You find out later of course that he has a very important reason for keeping her close. What he doesn't realize of course is that he will fall totally in love with her. There are a lot of historical inconsistencies in this book. That did not bother me one bit. The author took the best bits of history and literature and made them her own. It was a charming and adorable story. A refreshing change of pace from the heavy handed sexual paranormal read. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I heartily recommend this book.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad,
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This review is from: The Remarkable Miss Frankenstein (Mass Market Paperback)
I found it difficult to rate this book as it was alternatingly laugh-out-loud hilarious and boring. Clair Frankenstein is a scientist who wants to win the Scientific Discovery of the Decade Award and is therefore investigating the supernatural, much as her uncle did when he assembled the Frankenstein monster (now known as her cousin Frederick)from various body parts. Her first attempt to find a vampire results in her meeting Baron Ian Huntsley whom she determines is not a vampire when he asks her to go riding in the park in broad daylight. Ian attempts to prevent Clair from discovering the supernatural creatures by distracting her through seduction attempts and then directing her towards the harmless Duke of Ghent. The situations Clair finds herself in are quite humorous, particularly when she witnesses the liasion between Lady Montcrief and the Honorable Christopher Wilder. The intermingling of people and characters from various time frames was also amusing, including Durlock Homes and Professor Whutson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Vincent Price (with his trademark laugh of course). However, I was annoyed by Clair's naive and ditzy letters to her friend Jane Van Helsing and her seemingly inability to use any common sense. Overall, this novel was worth reading but not nearly on the level of Lynsay Sands, Katie MacAlister, or MaryJanice Davidson.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
ending was cute,
This review is from: The Remarkable Miss Frankenstein (Mass Market Paperback)
I had a hard time getting into this book. I really liked Ian, but Claire was a little too muddle headed for me. Since I started the book I had to finish it, but by about half way through it I found myself wanting to read it. It is not the best book I have read, but it is also not the worst. I would probably read it again if I had nothing else to read. I would be interested in finding out more about Claire's friend Jane Van Helsing and the vampire Asher (maybe together??).
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