The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter (The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, #1)

by Theodora Goss

All stories about monsters contain a scene in which the monster sees himself in a mirror.

“Flats!” said Mrs. Poole in a horrified tone. “Divide a gentleman’s residence into flats! I don’t know what the world is coming to.

Footmen are ornamental in white stockings for dinner service, but not as useful as a good scullery maid. Although Joseph made himself useful enough, I’ll admit.”

“Yet even a madman has method in his madness,”

This is the dark half of London, where poverty and crime thrive—a

So this was what a fallen woman looked like! Exactly like any other woman, except for her fancier dress and general air of boldness.

Who knew what possibilities existed in the natural world? If a caterpillar could transform into a butterfly . . .