As the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father’s genius-and madness-in her own blood. Juliet knows she must end her father’s dangerous experiments and escape the island, even though her horror is mixed with her own scientific curiosity. As a former teacher, I loved finding new ways to introduce the classics to teens, and the fast-paced, secret-filled Madman’s Daughter is an. Moreau, it offers a glimpse of a classic often unfamiliar to many YA readers. Worse, one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the island’s inhabitants. The Madman’s Daughter is a gorgeous gothic mix of horror, mystery, and romance. Thinking him long dead, she scrapes a living as best she can. They travel to the island only to discover the depths of her father’s madness: he has created animals that have been vivisected to resemble, speak, and behave as humans. Teenager Juliet Moreau has had a hard life since her father was vilified by Victorian society. Yet as the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her fathers genius-and madness-in her own blood. Juliet is accompanied by the doctor’s handsome young assistant and an enigmatic castaway, who both attract Juliet for very different reasons. Torn between horror and scientific curiosity, Juliet knows she must end her fathers dangerous experiments and escape her jungle prison before its too late. But when she learns her father is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations were true.

After all, no one ever proved the rumours about her father’s gruesome experiments. Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself-working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. For fans of Libba Bray, this first book in a gothic suspense trilogy is inspired by H. The Madman's Daughter and Her Dark Curiosity are her first. The travel bug took her from London to Timbuktu and many places in between, though she ended up back in North Carolina with her husband and two cats, and she wouldn't want to live anywhere else. A dark, breathless, beautifully-written gothic thriller of murder, madness and a mysterious island… Megan Shepherd grew up in her family's independent bookstore in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd