SOURCE: A review of Gothic Romance, in West Coast Review of Books, Vol. 15, No. 6, November-December, 1990, p. 38.

In the following mixed review of Gothic Romance, the Critic concludes that "Frankenstein buffs will thoroughly enjoy this read," while others "will miss the stylish innuendoes and likely find it unrewarding."

Students of English literature know the circumstances under which Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, evolved. Gothic Romance is a tongue-in-cheek tall tale about this story and how it triggered other "horrors" including the "romance" novel.

Frankenstein was supposedly born of ghost story telling during evening socials attended by the Shelleys and Lord Byron. In Gothic Romance, a lesser-known attendee and drug derelict, Doctor Polidori, claims the idea was stolen from him and pursues revenge by writing his own version. In it, Dr. Frankenstein kills people, starting with his wife, and brings them back to life. However, the restored beings are black-eyed evil...