<b><b>A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER</b></b><br><b><b>AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><b>A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br> <br><b>"Inescapably compelling</b>.<b>"</b>—<b>VICTORIA SCHWAB,</b> #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Invisible Life of Addie Larue</i></b><br><br><b><i><b>"A <b>masterful and monstrous</b> retelling." —<b>STEPHANIE GARBER,</b> #1 <i>New York Times</i> and internationally bestselling author of <i>Caraval</i> and <i>Legendary</i></b><br></i></b><br><b>A stunning and dark reimagining of <i>Frankenstein</i> told from the point-of-view of Elizabeth Lavenza, who is taken in by the Frankenstein family.</b><br><br>Elizabeth Lavenza hasn''t had a proper meal in weeks. Her thin arms are covered with bruises from her "caregiver," and she is on the verge of being thrown into the streets . . . until she is brought to the home of Victor Frankenstein, an unsmiling, solitary boy who has everything—except a friend.<b