I loved the Victorian era setting, with very subtle steampunk-ish elements – there are about two pieces of futuristic tech involved. The ending is also great – it ends on an understated, but far more realistic note. There’s also a dash of industrial sabotage and oh-so-subtle-and-unresolved romance in the air. The plot is a romp around Philadelphia in petticoats from graveyards to opera houses all why chased by the Dead (I think it helped that they weren’t called zombies). I loved it, and I usually can’t stand zombies. I’m so glad I finally got around to reading this.

And now, not only is her reputation on the line, but her very life may hang in the balance. But as Eleanor spends more time with the Spirit-Hunters, including the maddeningly stubborn yet handsome Daniel, the situation becomes dire. 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. Whoever is controlling the Dead army has taken her brother as well. But this is nothing compared to what she’s just read in the newspaper:Īnd then, in a frightening attack, a zombie delivers a letter to Eleanor. Her brother has gone missing, her family has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off to any rich young man who walks by. There’s something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia.

Something strange and deadly series