Author: Lia Habel
Genre: Science Fiction,
Steampunk,
Horror, YA, Fantasy.
Release: October 18th 2011
Pages: 470 pages
Rating: 2/5
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WARNING: The plot was
good,
a little long to get
into the really good parts,
but I enjoyed it a lot.
A book with lots of style.
(summary from goodreads)
Love can
never die.
Love conquers all, so they say. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead—or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie?
The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria—a high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country’s political unrest than in tea parties and debutante balls. But after her beloved parents die, Nora is left at the mercy of her domineering aunt, a social-climbing spendthrift who has squandered the family fortune and now plans to marry her niece off for money. For Nora, no fate could be more horrible—until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses.
But fate is just getting started with Nora. Catapulted from her world of drawing-room civility, she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting “The Laz,” a fatal virus that raises the dead—and hell along with them. Hardly ideal circumstances. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble . . . and dead. But as is the case with the rest of his special undead unit, luck and modern science have enabled Bram to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.
In Dearly, Departed, romance meets walking-dead thriller, spawning a madly imaginative novel of rip-roaring adventure, spine-tingling suspense, and macabre comedy that forever redefines the concept of undying love.
Love conquers all, so they say. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead—or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie?
The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria—a high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country’s political unrest than in tea parties and debutante balls. But after her beloved parents die, Nora is left at the mercy of her domineering aunt, a social-climbing spendthrift who has squandered the family fortune and now plans to marry her niece off for money. For Nora, no fate could be more horrible—until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses.
But fate is just getting started with Nora. Catapulted from her world of drawing-room civility, she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting “The Laz,” a fatal virus that raises the dead—and hell along with them. Hardly ideal circumstances. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble . . . and dead. But as is the case with the rest of his special undead unit, luck and modern science have enabled Bram to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.
In Dearly, Departed, romance meets walking-dead thriller, spawning a madly imaginative novel of rip-roaring adventure, spine-tingling suspense, and macabre comedy that forever redefines the concept of undying love.
Review:
What I Feel.......
Okay,
ZOMBIES! Dearly, Departed was very interesting. When I first started reading
this book I really enjoyed the beginning, then the book kept going on, in
my head I was like when will this book get to the part with zombies. But later
when they did get to the part with zombies I was like finally, but it ended
quickly when she wouldn't come out of the room, because she was scared to see
the zombies, so she had to talk through the door to Bram, that just annoyed me.
I
also thought, "why the chapters went to the other peoples point of view in
the book. I really wanted the chapters to Nora and Bram point of view, because
I really didn't get why Wolfe, Pamela and Victor. I really wanted them to focus
on Nora and Bram."
Nora and Bram
Nora
was a little stubborn sometimes, but at least she's not like those girls, who
are like "You steped on my dress it cost...BLAH BLAH BLAH!" Nora sometimes annoyed
me, like I said before how she wouldn't come out of the room, so she had to
talk through the door. It was okay, but then the talking kept going on and on.
First I thought was some kind of bad boy zombie, but apparently he was a
gentlemen, only when he's not killing other bad zombie. I wish we learned more
of Nora's and Bram's past. the book was very interesting.....ZOMBIES......if
you like zombies this is a must read.
QUOTE- "Nora started to
reach for her gun,
and I put my arm fully around
her. I lowered
my head at Tom and let a bit
of a snarl into
my voice. "Back
off." "
Broken Seasons
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- Leaf
Wow, Leaf! Your getting better every single post! Can't wait to see your review on Soul Screamers #1, good luck.
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