Ella, The Slayer

A W Exley
4.4
163 reviews
Ebook
240
Pages

About this ebook

The flu pandemic of 1918 took millions of souls within a few short weeks.
Except it wasn't flu, and death gave them back.


Seventeen-year-old Ella copes the best she can; caring for her war-injured father, scrubbing the floors, and slaying the undead that attack the locals. Vermin they're called, like rats they spread pestilence with their bite. Ella's world collides with another when she nearly decapitates a handsome stranger, who is very much alive.

Seth deMage, the new Duke of Leithfield, has returned to his ancestral home with a mission from the War Office -- to control the plague of vermin in rural Somerset. He needs help; he just didn't expect to find it in a katana-wielding scullery maid.

Working alongside Seth blurs the line between their positions, and Ella glimpses a future she never dreamed was possible. But in overstepping society's boundaries, Ella could lose everything - home, head and her heart... 

An Edwardian Cinderella if you imagine Downton Abbey with zombies. This fairytale retelling is perfect for fans of Aya Ling, Marissa Meyer, Chanda Hahn and KM Shea

Keywords: teen & young adult, young adult, historical fantasy, fairytale, fairy tale, fairy-tale retelling, adaptation, fairytale adaptation, Edwardian, zombies, romance, cinderella, fantasy romance.

Ratings and reviews

4.4
163 reviews
K Lee
October 30, 2018
Good spin on Cinderella. Thoroughly enjoyed the plot. It felt like some things were a little lacking (character development), but it was a good story all the same. I liked that drama wasn't played out for too long.
Samantha Wolff
October 22, 2018
Dull and poorly developed. Couldn't get past the second chapter. Unfortunately it jumps on the band wagon of combining any popular classic story with zombies, and the concept is overdone.
Margo James
August 1, 2018
This book is a combination of 'Ever After' and 'The Walking Dead'. Nice writing style but the storyline is all copy of another's work. Unsuccessful attempt to turn a classic into more.
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About the author

Books and writing have always been an enormous part of Anita's life. She survived school by hiding out in the library, with several thousand fictional characters for company. At university, she overcame the boredom of studying accountancy by squeezing in Egyptology papers and learning to read hieroglyphics.

Today, Anita writes fantasy historical novels from her home in rural New Zealand.

You can find her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AWExley 
or Twitter @AWExley

 

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