The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet

An utterly fantastical and undeniably queer melding of Pride and Prejudice and Frankenstein that recasts Mary Bennet as an insatiable scientist,one who creates a monster in an attempt to save herself from spinsterdom Mary Bennet is the middlest middle child of all time. Awkwardplainand overlookedshe’s long been out of favor not only with her own family but with generations of readers of Pride and Prejudice. But what was Mary really doing while her sisters were falling in love? Wellwhat does any brighthardworking girl do in an age when brains and hard work are only valued if they come with a pretty face? Take to the attic and teach herself to reanimate the dead of course. The world refuses to make a place for peculiar Marybut no Bennet sister ever gives up on happiness that easily. If it won’t give this fiercelonely girl a placeshe’ll carve one out herself. And if finding acceptance requires a husbandshe’ll get one. Even if she has to make him herselftoo. HoweverMary’s genius and determination aren’t enough to control what she unwittingly unleashes. Her desperate attempts to rein in the destruction wreaked by her creations leads her to forge a perhaps unlikely friendship with another brilliant young woman unlike any she’s ever known. As that friendship blossoms into something passionate and all-consumingMary begins to realize that she may have to choose between the acceptance she’s always fought for and true happiness.