Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!

(Rating is 4.5!) I just want to preface this with the fact that I know pretty much NOTHING about any Dungeon and Dragons stories, and I know nothing about Ravenloft. Which I think is a campaign or something? Really, I know nothing. This felt like a very Frankenstein-inspired novel but set in a Dungeons and Dragons universe. Miranda, is a mystery girl covered in wounds with no memory of who she was before waking up in Dr. Viktra's lab. Miranda wonders who she was before and why Viktra is bothering to help her at all. Some of Dr. Viktra's and Miranda's interactions are pretty bizarre to me. Dr. Viktra flies into a rage for one second and then instantly goes calm again. Miranda tries to stand up to Dr. Viktra, only to instantly chicken out and go "Forgive me for my indolence!". Like...huh? Those interactions are minor and only happen a few times, but enough for me to notice. The overarching storyline that slowly has Miranda find out how and why she came to be in Dr. Viktra's lab was pretty good. Each chapter has a very small side story, before switching back to the main plot line. I think those side stories are actually interconnected with the main plotline, but I didn't really understand that until about the third chapter. I'm still not one hundred percent they are interconnected, but I assume. The art style is so good! Some of the page spreads are absolutely gorgeous, and the color schemes are beautiful. The page flow is good, and I never got confused about what was happening or who said what dialogue. There's also a good balance of dialogue and action, never too much of one or the other. I dunno, if this is going to just be a stand-alone novel or if there, will be more, but I hope so! I would love to see a novel fully focused on Miranda and a certain side character introduced in this novel. ( )