num_pages: 400
description: In 1718, in a small parish near Newcastle, Eliza Tally embarks on a reckless love affair that will prove her undoing. When her lover casts her off, denying their union, she is forced to travel to London. There she takes up a position in the house of an apothecary, Grayson Black, whom she trusts to salvage what remains of her reputation.
language: English
title: The Nature of Monsters
titlecomplete: The Nature of Monsters
characters: Eliza Tally, Grayson Black
genres: Gothic, Historical, Adult, 18th Century, Horror, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adult Fiction, British Literature, Mystery
ratings_count: 1770
places: London, England
publisher: Viking/Penguin, London