Something Strange and Deadly series by Susan Dennard - restarting 'something strange and deadly' July 13th 2014

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Abbie and I will be reading the 'Something Strange and Deadly' series from April 3rd 2014. Everybody welcome ☺

[Tessa]

Are you guys starting with "A Dawn Most Wicked", the extra?

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I usually go in publication order so

[Lovetoread]

I would love to join :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

you're quite welcome ☺

[Tessa]

I was curious so I've read the first 6 chapters from this. It was kinda ridiculous: how people were scared of the dead, but not really, how a party was more important than a person's well being and how snarky little "MissFitt" is.
I keep having the impression that at one point in the book they will just throw a shoe at the dead so they will keep it down. Besides the fact that they smell bad, these poor bastards barely manage to keep their body togheter. Donno how anyone could see them as something else than unpleasant. Actually, most people don't.

This is not a zombie book, the only danger here is the necromancer that keeps rising them, I think as a distraction.

Anyway, not my cup of tea (even if tea does seem to play an important role in this book).

Sorry girls, I'm out, but I do hope you will enjoy this more than I did :) .

[Sarah Elizabeth]

That's okay. It is kind of a poor zombie story (I've read it before), I want to finish the series though.

[Tessa]

Sarah wrote: "That's okay. It is kind of a poor zombie story (I've read it before), I want to finish the series though."
Haha, I see. So there's nothing wrong with me :p.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Going to read a couple of chapters now before we have to go out.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ I'd forgotten about the bells on the coffins! I like that! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ seances for entertainment never go well! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ that seance was crazy! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 4 (view spoiler)[ugh, I really hate it when people order stuff then expect you to pay for half of it! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Starting now. :)

Finally finished Last sacrifice, yay!

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 1 [spoilers removed]"

Nope!

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 3 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Knew it wouldn't go well! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Can finally carry on reading! for ten minutes at least ;)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ the using a parasol as a weapon thing just reminds me of the parsol protectorate :( (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 7 (view spoiler)[ "I could keep quiet. That didn't mean I Would."

I like that! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 8 (view spoiler)[ her mother wanting her to marry a rich man to save them reminds me of 'the luxe' (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 9 (view spoiler)[ violet ambrose alert - "that man might be a necromancer! He might be carrying a dead body! Let's follow him!"
Not the best idea miss fitt. (hide spoiler)]

[Marga]

I'll join this. :)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Yay ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

This is better than I remembered. Hoping the second half isn't too bad. I vaguely remember it all going downhill at some point.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

chapter 14 (view spoiler)[ her mother is awful. (hide spoiler)]

[Marga]

Chapter 1 - (view spoiler)[I didn't know that this is about zombies. Haha. Lol. Ooooh. When you died, you became a zombie here right? automatically? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Margarita wrote: "Chapter 1 - [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ It isn't really a zombie story, but there are zombies in it. people don't automatically become zombies though, the zombies are being annimated by a necromancer. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 16 (view spoiler)[ So Daniel caused the explosion that ruined Eleanor's father's business, and ultimately led to his death! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 7 "I could keep quiet. That didn't mean I Would."

I like that!"

Haha, love it!

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 8 [spoilers removed]"

It reminds me of that too.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "chapter 9 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ Defiantly a Violet moment. :( (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 19 (view spoiler)[ ha ha! she blew up the factory! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 21 (view spoiler)[ 2000 people? how big is this building?? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 21 (view spoiler)[ their plans always confuse me! (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 21 [spoilers removed]"

Must be massive.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 21 [spoilers removed]"

They confuse me a bit as well!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 21 (view spoiler)[ yuck. dead animals coming to life! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 22 (view spoiler)[ and the penny finally drops that Elijah is the necromancer. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 23 (view spoiler)[ she hadn't noticed that her name was 'misfit' before? (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Just finished.
It was alright, but it was a bit slow.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 23 [spoilers removed]"

She's a bit slow on the uptake!

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 24 (view spoiler)[ how stupid are they to have not considered using the river? (hide spoiler)]

[Marga]

Chapter 6 - (view spoiler)[ I can't imagine how they used the "influence machine". Lol so original xD (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 25 (view spoiler)[ she's only just realised he's insane?! (hide spoiler)]

[Marga]

Chapter 7 - (view spoiler)["I could keep quiet. But that doesn't mean i would." Stubborn MC. Hmm. There's so many guys in this story. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 26 (view spoiler)[ ouch! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Margarita wrote: "Chapter 7 - [spoilers removed]"

I liked that bit too ☺

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 27 (view spoiler)[ she lost her hand ☹ I had totally forgotten that ☹ Poor girl. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 27 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ That bit was horrible! (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

You know I just realised that this was the first book I was ever approved for on Edelweiss! Just got declined for like 4 others by Simon&Schuster as usual.