Masque of the Red Death

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In this twist on Edgar Allen Poe's gothic short story, a wealthy teenaged girl who can afford a special mask to protect her from the plague that decimated humanity in the mid-1800s, falls in love, becomes caught up in a conspiracy to overthrow an oppressive government, and faces the threat of a new plague.

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Loved it submitted by ColeenT on June 17, 2012, 7:43pm I love the new take on Edgar Allan Poe's short story. This had an amazing plot line and it is a must-read.

Eh. submitted by brielle on June 18, 2012, 4:06pm While this book came to me highly recommended,it definitely doesn't rank as a favorite. The world of plague and panic is fascinating, but I never got attached to any of the characters. By the end of the book, the original formatting was messed up, the plot was just weird, and I didn't care.

Not a particularly strong dystopian fiction submitted by yugure on February 27, 2013, 5:04pm This is a strange book. It has an interesting premise (plague and masques and pseudo-Victorian social mores!) but the characters aren't very interesting or finely crafted, and it's hard to care about any of them. The plot is meandering, the world not very fleshed out (I can only hope the swamp and its inhabitants are revisited in the next book, though I can't say I'll read it), and the story is just generally lacking in oomph. I do appreciate the author's attempts at being atmospheric, though.