Love & Other Monsters

"In the bizarrely cold, scandalous summer of 1816, a group of famous young writers gathered at a mansion on the shores of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Brilliant Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly, her fiery fiancé Percy Shelly, the famously promiscuous Lord Byron, and his sexually tormented personal physician all sheltered together during the storms of what would become known as The Year Without Summer. But they were not alone. Claire Clairmont, Mary's impressionable, clever, and dangerously loyal step-sister joined them. That summer of desire, betrayal, and creative passion gave the world the works of Frankenstein, the modern vampire legend, and the mythic image of these Romantic literary giants. When a global climate catastrophe wreaks havoc, Claire tries to separate from Mary and Percy Shelley, finding strength in her individuality. Yet Claire is also caught up in romance, fueled by Jane Austen's novels, as she pursues Lord Byron whose celebrity status - and the paparazzi lurking nearby - threatens them all. As the connections between each member of the group grow more complex, Claire tries to find purpose in a world built by and created for men.