Review: Andrea Laurence's "The Walking Sexy"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 15, 2013
*Possible mild spoilers*I absolutely love this story. I'm a fan of zombie lit and I've read many different takes on the genre, but I found Laurence's voice fresh and unique. Unlike vampires and werewolves, zombies are a monster that can't be made-over or sexed up; there's just nothing sexy about rotting flesh. Even so, Grey is sexy. He's also intriguing. Not exactly a zombie, but not exactly human either. The mystery of what Grey is and how he came to be kept me turning pages just as much as the escalating sexual tension between him and Daria.I also have to remark on the setting. I've spent more than a little time thinking about the perfect place to spend the zombie apocalypse, should one arise (like I'm the *only* one who's thought about this). For all intents and purposes, Daria's hideout is about as perfect as it can get...and because of that I feared for her from the moment she appeared on the page. There's no such thing as safety when zombies start to rise, so the illusion of safety in zombie stories always strikes me as more menacing than not. The more idyllic Daria's haven seemed, the more concerned I became until the climactic scene when the barriers between the living and the living dead are, quite literally, stripped away.My only complaint is that it isn't longer. I look forward to reading more in this series.