Theodora Goss

Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club race to save Alice—and foil a plot to unseat the Queen, in the electrifying conclusion to the trilogy that began with the Nebula Award finalist and Locus Award winner The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter. Life’s always an adventure for the Athena Club...especially when one of their own has been kidnapped! After their thrilling European escapades rescuing Lucina van Helsing, Mary Jekyll and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished—and so has Mary's employer Sherlock Holmes! As they race to find Alice and bring her home safely, they discover that Alice and Sherlock’s kidnapping are only one small part of a plot that threatens Queen Victoria, and the very future of the British Empire. Can Mary, Diana, Beatrice, Catherine, and Justine save their friends—and save England? Find out in the final installment of the fantastic and memorable Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series.

The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl

Patrick Book

These might be getting less charming as they go? I don’t know. Goss has a way of creating a very specific phrase (“energic powers”) that is overused and grates on the nerves for some reason.

Rachel Kanyid

I loved this! I don't know what it is about these books, but I absolutely eat them up every time one is released!!

Didi Chanoch

In recent years, we've had a delightful flourishing of stories dealing with some of the deeply problematic foundation of genre literature. Ruthanna Emrys' The Innsmouth Legacy series is both a love letter to and a rebuke of the works of HP Lovecraft. Vivian Shaw's recently completed Dr. Greta Helsing trilogy deals largely with the origins of vampire literature. And Theodora Goss' work looks straight at 19th century penny dreadfuls, adventure stories and detective fiction. This is not a series about the great colonialist men of science featured in so many of those stories. It is a story about the repercussions of their thoughtlessness. It is a story of the daughters of both Jekyll AND Hyde, the story of Rappaccini's daughter, the story of the puma woman from the Island of Doctor Moreau, of the Bride of Frankenstein, and some others to be revealed as the series goes on. It is both their story and the story of the telling of this story. This trilogy is an absolute delight, both meticulously researched and wonderfully imaginative. I highly recommend it, as I do the other two series I mentioned.

i had fun 😊

(i think we need this as a netflix mid tier show, i'd have the time of my life)

Mary Jekyll and the Athena Club foil a plot to unseat the Queen and race to save one of their own in this electrifying conclusion to the Locus Award winning trilogy that began with The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter. Life’s always an adventure for the Athena Club...especially when one of their own has been kidnapped! After their thrilling European escapades rescuing Lucina van Helsing, Mary Jekyll, and her friends return home to discover that their friend and kitchen maid Alice has vanished—and so has their friend and employer Sherlock Holmes! As they race to find Alice and bring her home safely, they discover that Alice and Sherlock’s kidnapping are only one small part of a plot that threatens Queen Victoria, and the very future of the British Empire. Can Mary, Diana, Beatrice, Catherine, and Justine save their friends—and the Empire? In the final volume of the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a tour de force of reclaiming the narrative, executed with impressive wit and insight” in a starred review, the women of the Athena Club will embrace their monstrous pasts to create their own destinies.

Renee Delcourt

This was so much fun and I literally just want it to continue, but alas, it is all done. 

Rebecca Roper

This series is probably my favorite discovery of 2020 reading, I love these girls to death

Diana

Jayarna La Bozzetta

This series is an ultimate comfort read. I will be recommending it to everyone, especially women. I feel like I've just been hugged by all of my best friends.

Mya Adams 

Legit is one of my favorite series. I loved the atmosphere, the characters and their development. I loved this book from start to finish. I need more from this group and I need more gothic, alchemical, feminist, baddass women. All I can say is good things about these books. For one I loved all the moments where the characters cut in, in present time and they comment on the story. I loved the camaraderie and found family. I loved seeing all the characters that they run into in the other books come back again for this book, Camilla, Laura, and the count. Those moments gave me life. I love Ms Poole, like she was so funny and adorable with the way she cares for the group and loves them like they were her kids. This book has made me want to read books set in an older time period. I have never been a fan of books set in time periods other than the present or future. I loved this book sooooooo much.

Elodia

** spoiler alert **
           Amazing conclusion to the series! I loved the character development and how everything ended, though there were still some loose ends that I wish had been wrapped up. This series has made me want to go and read every classic horror mentioned that I haven’t read yet! Will definitely reread this series in the future.

The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl

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