Review: 3.5 stars for a story with promise
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2014
I'm not a avid reader of zombie stories, so I can't compare this to others in that genre, but I was impressed by the author's imagination. It takes a truly creative mind to piece together a realistic paranormal existence and she has done just that.The opening scene was intriguing and thoroughly disgusting all at the same time.  It reminded me of one of those television shows or movies about an epidemic spreading across the world, only this involved a zombie outbreak.  I read on, eager to find out where I would be taken next.The reader is taken many places, perhaps not always in geography alone, but definitely in points of view.  We start at the government level, then move on to a married couple fighting to save themselves, then to the members of a civilian army.  And we still aren't done.  While I appreciate that the author is attempting to show us that this event affects everyone, at times the shifting was distracting.  Yes, these people are all linked together, but the novel would possibly have flowed better had we been in fewer people's heads.There was so much potential here for this to be a four to five star read.  However, I kept thinking to myself that it didn't quite get past the stage of a good first or second draft.  The excitement and the tension jumps off of the virtual page at times but could certainly be assisted with another attempt at editing and formatting.  A polished version of this story could only improve upon this already interesting tale.