Rating: 4 out of 5 Spoiler warning: I wanted to talk about some of the events closer to the end, so there are things you will learn in this review that purists might want to experience from the book first.…
Blog Archives
Review: “Body Farm Z,” Deborah Sheldon
Pros: What an original setting for a zombie book! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Deborah Sheldon’s Body Farm Z takes place at a body farm in Australia–a place where scientists study how cadavers rot and decay under various…
Review: “Dead Moon,” Peter Clines
Pros: Moon zombies!! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Dead Moon, by Peter Clines, is a wonderful new take on the zombie story! For nearly a hundred years, the Moon has hosted cemeteries. There’s just no more room to…
Short Take: “No Easy Hope,” James N. Cook
Pros: Interesting characters Cons: Somewhat slow Rating: 3 out of 5 Unlike many recent zombie apocalypse novels, James N. Cook’s No Easy Hope (Surviving the Dead Volume 1) takes the time to give the characters some depth and originality. I…
Short Take: “Trudge,” Shawn Chesser
Pros: Some decent material Cons: Bland, familiar ground; appropriate title Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Shawn Chesser’s Trudge: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse (Volume 1) is an aptly-named book. It felt like trudging through the fairly standard zombie tale. The characters…
Review: “A New World: Chaos”, John O’Brien
Pros: New ground for a zombie book Cons: Slooooooow Rating: 3.5 out of 5 John O’Brien’s A New World: Chaos (Volume 1) posits a world in which the disease just did the killing–it was the rush to find a cure…
Review: “Return of the Phoenix,” Heath Stallcup
Pros: Standard but decent storyline and a couple of decent characters Cons: Slapstick humor bits; inappropriate humor bits; forced humor bits; writing so-so Rating: 2 out of 5 Heath Stallcup’s Return of the Phoenix: A Monster Squad Novel (Volume 1)…
Short Take: “Last Another Day,” Baileigh Higgins
Pros: New venue; decent characters; good writing Cons: It’s good but not great Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Baileigh Higgins’s Last Another Day (Dangerous Days – Zombie Apocalypse Book 1) stands out among the other Kindle Unlimited zombie firsts I’ve…
Short Take: “Outbreak,” Joshua C. Chadd
Pros: There is an audience for this; some good action scenes Cons: Everything else Rating: 2 out of 5 Joshua Chadd’s Outbreak (The Brother’s Creed) (Volume 1) exists to please a very specific kind of audience, and that audience has…
Review: “Devour,” R.L. Blalock
Pros: Likable characters that you come to care about; plenty of variety in action Cons: I probably would have shifted some of the end elements around. Maybe. Rating: 4 out of 5 R.L. Blalock’s Devour (Death & Decay) (Volume 1)…