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A review by toastymaloney
Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel
3.0
The story starts with a girl. She's had a difficult past year, due to the loss of her father. She lives in a world that is in the not too distant future and is post apocalyptic.
The world she lives in is like this: the ancestors decided to adopt the old Victorian ways. Ladies wear dresses and lots of petticoats; gentlemen wear waistcoats and carry handkerchiefs. Everyone addresses each other with formality. And it seems to work.
Except there are those who don't think it works very well. The Punks. They fight along the civilized borders. And it seems the fighting is getting worse. Much more harsh than in the past.
So back to the girl I mentioned. Her name is Nora Dearly. Her father worked on lots of medical things for the government that was hush hush. He died, and she was devastated. Her best friend helps her through so much.
While at home one evening, Nora is kidnapped. Her kidnappers look wrong. She fights with everything she has to stop them. And the book goes on to tell of her adventures, as well as a couple of other characters. Including Bram, the young captain who also happens to be a zombie, Victor, who is Nora's father and also is a zombie, and also others. :)
The world she lives in is like this: the ancestors decided to adopt the old Victorian ways. Ladies wear dresses and lots of petticoats; gentlemen wear waistcoats and carry handkerchiefs. Everyone addresses each other with formality. And it seems to work.
Except there are those who don't think it works very well. The Punks. They fight along the civilized borders. And it seems the fighting is getting worse. Much more harsh than in the past.
So back to the girl I mentioned. Her name is Nora Dearly. Her father worked on lots of medical things for the government that was hush hush. He died, and she was devastated. Her best friend helps her through so much.
While at home one evening, Nora is kidnapped. Her kidnappers look wrong. She fights with everything she has to stop them. And the book goes on to tell of her adventures, as well as a couple of other characters. Including Bram, the young captain who also happens to be a zombie, Victor, who is Nora's father and also is a zombie, and also others. :)