Waiting on Wednesday (December 5)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine where we post upcoming releases we're highly anticipating. My pre-publication selection for this week's Waiting on Wednesday is The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd.

 The Madman's Daughter
Megan Shepherd
Series: The Madman's Daughter, #1
Release Date: January 29th, 2013
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Number of Pages: 432

In the darkest places, even love is deadly.

Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumors about her father's gruesome experiments. But when she learns he is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations are true.

Accompanied by her father's handsome young assistant, Montgomery, and an enigmatic castaway, Edward—both of whom she is deeply drawn to—Juliet travels to the island, only to discover the depths of her father's madness: He has experimented on animals so that they resemble, speak, and behave as humans. And worse, one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the island's inhabitants. Torn between horror and scientific curiosity, Juliet knows she must end her father's dangerous experiments and escape her jungle prison before it's too late. Yet as the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father's genius—and madness—in her own blood.

Inspired by H. G. Wells's classic The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Madman's Daughter is a dark and breathless Gothic thriller about the secrets we'll do anything to know and the truths we'll go to any lengths to protect.

I can't wait to read this one! It sounds so deliciously creepy and dark and rich in historic detail! I really hope it ends up being creepy, though, because it's never fun for me when I expect something to be creepy and the biggest scare ends up being the literary equivalent of a young child in a sheet screaming "BOO!" at you on Halloween. 

What are you waiting on? 

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