Margaret K. McElderry

9781534466081

STARRED REVIEW

Magic Dark and Strange

Set in an alternate Victorian England, Magic Dark and Strange combines mystery, magic and the macabre while underscoring the conditions of the working class.

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Review of ‘Magic Dark and Strange’

By day, Catherine works in a print shop. At night, her boss sends her to the cemetery to raise the dead and give families a final hour with their loved ones—but each raising takes an hour off her life. It’s an unfortunate bargain, but Catherine is at the mercy of her employer, who can toss…

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