Written by Jessica Verday
It is always tricky when an author starts messing with a real character from history. I usually don’t like it. Jessica Verday does an excellent job of weaving Edgar Alan Poe into a Jekyll and Hyde story. Brilliant. It took me a while to figure out the connection between Edgar and Alan. The book has a good headstrong female character which I like and enough history to make it almost believable. There is enough blood and mayhem to please many of our male readers, too, I would think.
Review by Kaydean Judy, Granger High School Media Center
Rating: ★★★★½ (4.5 stars)
Interest Level: Grades 9-12
Author Website: http://www.jessicaverday.com/
Of Monsters and Madness
Written by Jessica Verday
Egmont USA
277 pages
Release Date: September 9, 2014
ISBN: 9781606844632 (hardcover)
