Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein

“Oh, what memories can hold on us, as well as for us.”
This art is a reimagining of the Mother of horror, a Mother of classic storytelling, and her beginnings. This Gothic, Historical fiction piece is written in a way that (as a reader with some but not lots of knowledge in Mary Shelley's story) invokes moments of wondering where the line between fiction and fact truly lies. How much can we truly know from our history books and others accounts. The book works between two timelines, that are merely 4 years apart but feel worlds of character growth in between. With a constant longing, a consistent mystery, and a gorgeously mesmerising storyline, ‘Mary' is a delightful work of prose that discusses the origins of Shelley's famous ‘Frankenstein', and all that memories can hold on us as well as for us.

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for this arc. This was an interesting story about Mary Shelley's early years. I love Frankenstein and this was an interesting take on Mary Shelley's life.