My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I really like the cover for this book, it's nice and colourful. Very pretty.
Maude Caulkin lives in Victorian London, which is hard for everyone, but so much worse if you're a young woman. When she finds herself alone with her terrible stepfather, he gets her caught up in a business she didn't expect.
One that might find her trouble, fortune, love and a new calling...
Yikes! I didn't expect the story to go there. 😯
Maude is an interesting character who finds herself under the control of just about every man she meets. One beats her. One offers her a job with ulterior motives. One attacks her. One encourages her to find her inner freak. It's interesting to see how she manages to suffer at the hand of some of these men but ultimately turns it all around to suit her own freakish nature.
She's fascinated by freaks and frequents the local freakshow, which fits perfectly with the atmosphere and imagery invoked in this story.
If you're squeamish, this might make you uncomfortable because what ends up happening is quite disturbing. But I was fine with it. I like to see a fucking asshole get what he deserves. And if it's at the hands of the one he hurt, so be it.
But hey, let's not forget that what happens to Charles Courtney-Duff is in the name of science. 😬
Interesting tale about violence and revenge.
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