Showing posts with label Susan Dennard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Susan Dennard. Show all posts

Thursday, July 17, 2014

#Tour #Review of Strange and Ever After by @stdennard with #Giveaway #Published @HarperTeen

Title: A Darkness Strange and Lovely 
Series: Something Strange & Deadly
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publish Date: July 22, 2014
Format Read: Finished Hardback
Source: Edelweiss
Rating: 4 Stars
In the conclusion to the trilogy that Publishers Weekly called “a roaring—and addictive—gothic world,” Eleanor Fitt must control her growing power, face her feelings for Daniel, and confront the evil necromancer Marcus...all before it’s too late.

He took her brother, he took her mother, and now, Marcus has taken her good friend Jie. With more determination than ever to bring this sinister man to justice, Eleanor heads to the hot desert streets of nineteenth-century Egypt in hopes of ending this nightmare. But in addition to her increasingly tense relationships with Daniel, Joseph, and her demon, Oliver, Eleanor must also deal with her former friend, Allison, who has curiously entangled herself in Eleanor’s mission.

With the rising dead chomping at her every move and Jie’s life hanging in the balance, Eleanor is convinced that her black magic will see her through to the bitter end. But there will be a price. Though she and the Spirit Hunters have weathered every battle thus far, there will be consequences to suffer this time—the effects of which will be irreversible. And when it’s over, only some will be able to live a strange and ever after.

Susan Dennard will leave readers breathless and forever changed in the concluding pages of this riveting ride.

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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

#ZombieWeek #Review of A Darkness Strange and Lovely by @stdennard with #Giveaway #Published @HarperTeen

Title: A Darkness Strange and Lovely 
Series: Something Strange & Deadly
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publish Date: July 23, 2013
Format Read: Finished Hardback
Source: Owned
Rating: 3 Stars
With her brother dead and her mother insane, Eleanor Fitt is alone. Even the Spirit-Hunters—Joseph, Jie, and the handsome Daniel—have fled to Paris. So when Eleanor hears the vicious barking of hounds and sees haunting yellow eyes, she fears that the Dead, and the necromancer Marcus, are after her.

To escape, Eleanor boards a steamer bound for France. There she meets Oliver, a young man who claims to have known her brother. But Oliver harbors a dangerous secret involving necromancy and black magic that entices Eleanor beyond words. If she can resist him, she'll be fine. But when she arrives in Paris, she finds that the Dead have taken over, and there's a whole new evil lurking. And she is forced to make a deadly decision that will go against everything the Spirit-Hunters stand for.

In Paris, there's a price for this darkness strange and lovely, and it may have Eleanor paying with her life.

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

#ZombieWeek #Review of Something Strange and Deadly by @stdennard with #Giveaway #Published @HarperTeen

Title: Something Strange & Deadly 
Series: Something Strange & Deadly
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publish Date: July 24, 2012
Format Read: Finished Hardback
Source: Owned
Rating: 5 Stars

There's something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia...

Eleanor Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family as fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off to any rich young man who walkers by. But this is nothing compared to what she's just read in the newspaper—

The Dead are rising in Philadelphia.

And then, in a frightening attack, a zombie delivers a letter to Eleanor... from her brother.

Whoever is controlling the Dead army has taken her brother as well. If Eleanor is going to find him, she'll have to venture into the lab of the notorious Spirit-Hunters, who protect the city from supernatural forces. But as Eleanor spends more time with the Spirit-Hunters, including the maddeningly stubborn yet handsome Daniel, the situation becomes dire. An now, not only is her reputation on the line, but her very life may hang in the balance.