A review by tmaluck
Such Wicked Intent by Kenneth Oppel

3.0

Cross "Goosebumps" with "Frankenstein" and this is the result. I enjoyed this YA fetch quest for its classy Victorian setting and ever-shifting love rectangle, but had a hard time swallowing the entire "portal to the afterlife" plot device. The first book dealt more with alchemy and using rare ingredients to yield supernatural results, but superpowers granted by magical butterflies in a time-slowed limbo version of reality... come on. Although I disliked the plot devices, the characters -especially the increasingly mad young Frankenstein- carry the story well.