Stories Book Icons Frida Kahlo and the Skull Children 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 2 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, October 24, 2024 Written by Sophie McKenzie Publisher BBC Children's Books Pages 111 Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Celebrity Historical Location (Potential Spoilers!) Mexico City Synopsis Some art can be deadly . . . Young Frida Kahlo is angry. Injured in a terrible accident, she lives with constant pain and worries that her dreams are unreachable. But when the TARDIS lands in Mexico City – drawn by a strange disturbance in its energy fields – Frida’s life is turned upside down. Aliens have arrived, taking over the bodies of children and killing anyone who gets in their way. With the fate of the Earth at stake, the Doctor and Frida must find a way to understand their alien invaders, and each other. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Thirteenth Doctor Frida Kahlo How to read Frida Kahlo and the Skull Children: Books Frida Kahlo and the Skull Children Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 2 reviews 14 April 2025 · 146 words Review by Owen Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! I really like the Thirteenth Doctor and Frida Kahlo’s interactions, they’re pretty much perfect, and reading just them doing stuff is a delight, but the stuff around the ‘villains’ I struggle a little with. There seems a bit of a weird morality in them with how Kappa just gets ‘fixed’ for being curious (and like I know that’s not the message they want to give off, but it is what happens in the story and I can’t help but be a bit nicked by it) and how the Doctor really just lets the Caretans willingly be locked up in a dream world. Like getting them out of what she puts them in here seems like the premise of another Doctor Who story lol. And just like. It’s a bit weird. They just agree, story solved. Though apart from that, I think this is a lovely story! Owen View profile Like Liked 1 21 December 2024 · 49 words Review by Guardax 2 This book was a pleasant surprise. It is a quick easy read, but it is written from the perspective of an eighteen year old Frida Kahlo. The book felt authentic to early 20th century Mexico City and the Thirteenth Doctor was the correct choice to inspire a young Frida. Guardax View profile Like Liked 2 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating13 members 3.54 / 5 Member Statistics Read 19 Favourited 0 Reviewed 2 Saved 2 Skipped 0 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote