something strange and deadly by susan dennard

I appreciate the end for having an unhappy ending where everything isn’t perfect. This is an interesting story, although there were moments where I would skim over some paragraphs while I was reading. I also keep mis-remembering the title as “Something Strange and Deadly This Way Comes.” I finally caved. The synopsis made me believe this would be a flop. I’ve been unsure about reading it because I don’t have a particular interest in zombies and the cover leaves much to be desired. Will the Spirit Hunters succeed in helping find her brother? Can they save Philadelphia from sure destruction?Īmazon has been recommending me to read Susan Dennard’s Something Strange and Deadly for months now.

While associating with the Spirit Hunters, she has to balance secrets, finances, and her reputation. Desperate to find her brother, she seeks help from the Spirit Hunters, a group hired by the city to destroy the walking dead. Instead of running though, she sticks around long enough to realize her brother was not on the train and he left a telegram stating as much. Eleanor is waiting for her brother at the train station when the Dead Alarm goes off.

The Dead have arisen seeking to kill the living. The situation threatens her reputation, and the lives of everyone in the city. She avoids her mother’s choice of husband for the lab of Spirit Hunters, including the maddeningly stubborn yet handsome Daniel. Whoever controls the Dead Army has her brother. A zombie delivers a letter to Eleanor Fitt. Agent: Joanna Stampfel-Volpe, New Leaf Literary & Media. Blending historical fiction, horror, romance, and mystery, Dennard creates a roaring-and addictive-gothic world. In a swirling, rib-tickling story, Eleanor displays both good sense and the bravery to fight evil and remain free from the tyranny of high society. Meanwhile, Eleanor’s mother is trying to marry her off to wealthy and connected Clarence Wilcox, but feisty Eleanor can’t shake her nagging feelings about him-or about a ragtag Spirit-Hunter genius named Daniel.

Looking for answers, she sneaks off to find the Spirit-Hunters, a group of eccentric teenagers, at the 1876 International Centennial Exhibition. As the dead rise and acquaintances are murdered, Eleanor fears for Elijah’s life. Eleanor’s brother, Elijah, never returns home from New York City, instead sending a cryptic letter ripe for deciphering. In this first book in a trilogy, debut author Dennard deftly weaves together a vast plot involving social status, spirits, zombies, necromancy, romance, and pseudoscience.

In Victorian-era Philadelphia, 16-year-old Eleanor Fitt worries more about “hungry and dangerous” reanimated corpses than about parasols and corsets.

Something strange and deadly by susan dennard