Anatomy: A Love Story
2022

Ratings82

Average rating3.7

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Dana Schwartz’s Anatomy: A Love Story is a gothic tale full of mystery and romance.

Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.

Jack Currer is a resurrection man who’s just trying to survive in a city where it’s too easy to die.

When the two of them have a chance encounter outside the Edinburgh Anatomist’s Society, Hazel thinks nothing of it at first. But after she gets kicked out of renowned surgeon Dr. Beecham’s lectures for being the wrong gender, she realizes that her new acquaintance might be more helpful than she first thought. Because Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Beecham: if she can pass the medical examination on her own, Beecham will allow her to continue her medical career. Without official lessons, though, Hazel will need more than just her books—she’ll need corpses to study.

Lucky that she’s made the acquaintance of someone who digs them up for a living.

But Jack has his own problems: strange men have been seen skulking around cemeteries, his friends are disappearing off the streets, and the dreaded Roman Fever, which wiped out thousands a few years ago, is back with a vengeance. Nobody important cares—until Hazel.

Now, Hazel and Jack must work together to uncover the secrets buried not just in unmarked graves, but in the very heart of Edinburgh society.


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Series

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2 primary books

#1 in The Anatomy Duology

The Anatomy Duology is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2022 with contributions by Dana Schwartz.

#1
Anatomy: A Love Story
#2
Immortality

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I don't know why but it took me a long time to really get into this book, and even by the end I wasn't 100% invested in the characters. I did eventually find myself excited by the story but it felt like it took too long to get there. But I will still definitely get the sequel!

September 3, 2022

For the most part this book was okay, but I didn't care for the characters at all.

November 10, 2023

//bookclub read

May 2, 2023