Angelika Frankenstein Makes her Match
Sexy and quirky - the unmissable read from the author of TikTok-hit The Hating Game
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Publisher Description
From the bestselling Australian author of The Hating Game, now a major motion picture, comes something a little unexpected... an historical rom-com that imagines Victor Frankenstein's sheltered younger sister's attempts to create the perfect man.
Clever, pretty (and odd), Angelika Frankenstein has run out of suitors. When assisting in her brother Victor's ground-breaking experiment to bring a reassembled man back to life, she realises that having an agreeable gentleman convalescing in the guest suite might be a chance to let a man get to know the real her.
When the handsome scientific miracle sits up on the lab table, her hopes for an instant romantic connection are thrown into disarray. Named Will for the moment, he has amnesia and is solely focused on uncovering his true identity. Trying to ignore their heart-pounding chemistry, Angelika reluctantly joins his investigation, hoping it will bring them closer. But then a second suitor emerges to aid their quest. Perhaps fate is not something that can be influenced in a laboratory? Or is Will (or whatever his name is!) her dream man, tailored for her in every way?
Filled with carriages, candlesticks and corpses, Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match is the spooky-season reimagining of the well-known classic that reminds us to never judge a man by his cadaver!
'A brilliant Gothic historical romance. It once again proves there is no one out there quite like Sally. Her mind is a wonder' MHAIRI MCFARLANE
'Thorne delivers laughs, thrills and heart in this rom-com riff on Mary Shelley's classic monster tale' Publishers Weekly
'I adored every single second of it!' ALI HAZELWOOD, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis
'... witty banter, a sexy, toe-curling romance, and voice that pirouettes off the page ... Sally Thorne at her absolute best' CHRISTINA LAUREN, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author
'I laughed, I cried, I fell in love. With every release, Thorne proves that she is an absolute force to be reckoned with. I have never read anything like this before - it was brilliant' BELLE AURORA, author of Raw
'I was hooked the moment I read the first page, and adored every delightful word of this book' RUBY DIXON, #1 Amazon Store author
'Such a ... lovely weird romance. Sally is ... an absolute master at banter' KYLIE SCOTT, New York Times bestselling romance author
'A fun take on the classic' New Idea
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Taking a light, comedic approach to the historical and macabre, Thorne (The Hating Game) delivers laughs, thrills, and heart in this rom-com riff on Mary Shelley's classic monster tale. In 1814 England, eccentric Angelika Frankenstein, sister of Victor and his partner in crimes against nature, is firmly on the shelf at 24, has more money than she knows what to do with, and is utterly clueless when it comes to relating to people. On the same night that Victor creates his famous monster, Angelika creates Will, stitching together her dream man using carefully chosen parts from the morgue. For Angelika, it's love at first sight. Will, however, is lost in this new world, with only the faintest clue of who he was before dying and coming back to life. As he searches for self-knowledge, he teaches Angelika about empathy and compassion, putting her on a path to redemption. But the possibility of Will's imminent demise couples with the loss of Victor's monster to create a tempest of epic proportions. Thorne does a good job showing the transformation of the Frankenstein siblings from unsympathetic mad scientists into heroes readers will be happy to root for while still maintaining the gothic atmosphere throughout. This is a delight.
