Jekel Loves Hyde
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Descrizione dell’editore
"Updates Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story . . . Teens who enjoy brooding love stories will not be disappointed" (School Library Journal).
Jill Jekel has always obeyed her parents' rules—especially the one about never opening the mysterious, old box in her father's office. But when her dad is murdered, and her college savings disappear, she's tempted to peek inside, as the contents might be the key to a lucrative chemistry scholarship.
To improve her odds, Jill enlists the help of gorgeous, brooding Tristen Hyde, who has his own dark secrets locked away. As a team, Jekel and Hyde recreate experiments based on the classic novel, hoping not only to win a prize, but to save Tristen's sanity—and maybe his life. But Jill's accidental taste of a formula unleashes her darkest nature and compels her to risk everything—even Tristen's love—just for the thrill of being bad.
"Fantaskey's latest novel deliberately evokes the doppelganger theme and questionable experiments of Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It also owes a great deal to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series . . . Fans of the genre won't be able to resist this slick genre update." —Booklist
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Jill Jekel and Tristen Hyde are playing a dangerous game: when these teenage descendants of the legendary Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde find a box left behind by Jill s murdered father a box holding the original documents detailing the actual experiments that inspired the novel they decide to recreate the experiments. Brainy Jill hopes to win scholarship money while troubled but beautiful Tristen wants to excise the evil inside of him, which has already driven him to violence. Through their alternating narration, readers learn of their deep bond and that Jill and Tristen are not only on their way to finding the formula but also to figuring out what happened to her father and his disappeared mother. Readers may be troubled by the violence intertwined with their growing romance; Tristen pins Jill against a desk and reveals that he has a force within me that wanted nothing less than to destroy Jill herself. But Fantaskey s (Jessica s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side) premise is creative, and there are plenty of twists to keep readers engaged right through the fiery final face-off. Ages 14 up.
