Ultimately, I would definitely recommend this book for anybody who hasn’t read the two books I mentioned it being similar to. It was also a really quick and engaging read - I managed to finish it in only two sittings. I loved the atmosphere of Philadelphia during the 1800s, I thought that Eleanor’s relationship with her mother was really well-done and very realistic of that time period, and I liked the combination of necromancy, zombies, and steampunk. Honestly, this book would’ve been a huge home run if it wasn’t for that one aspect that brought my rating of it down two whole stars.īut, again, I still did really like this book. But, in this case, it was so obvious and cliché that I couldn’t even believe that that’s where the author went with it. The problem is that I tend to be pretty good at guessing what the end game is, so I’m used to being disappointed, and I try not to let it ruin my enjoyment/review of the book too much in the end. I really, really like it when authors are so good at their jobs that they can leave tiny hints throughout the book and then still totally surprise you at the end with a major twist.
And then immediately convincing myself that there was no way I could be right, because it so obviously just a red herring…….but it wasn’t. I clearly remember the moment that I realized what the twist was going to be and telling myself that I should remember how early on I had figured it out, just in case I was right. The most disappointing part of the novel is that there is a HUGE twist at the end…but I had literally figured it out on page 79. And the author did a good job with the romance in this novel, although again it was very similar to Born of Illusion. I also really liked the setting of the novel - Philadelphia in 1876 - and the steampunk aspects. The writing is superb, and I loved the main character. But it really was original and brilliant. I just wish that I’d read this one first, because it was hard to appreciate its originality and brilliance when my mind was constantly comparing it to something else. I found Something Strange and Deadly to be better than Clockwork Angel, though. This novel shares the same sort of strained relationship between Eleanor and her crazy mother as in Born of Illusion and is almost exactly the same (in almost every way) as Clockwork Angel. While I enjoyed some aspects of this book, I was disappointed by how similar it felt to some other novels I’ve read recently - namely, Born of Illusionand Clockwork Ange l. Something Strange and Deadly is a late 1800s-era steampunk novel about zombies.
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