Review: Feeling Peckish - Love & Decay by Rachel Higginson
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2014
Feeling Peckish - Love & Decay by Rachel HigginsonReagan and Haley are two kickass zombie effer-uppers in a world ravaged by the undead. They have survived the last two years kicking the cans, twigs and berries of the odds and creeper's and crawler's ends and giving the bird to those creatures who prefer fast food to dining in. When they find a department store with all the amenities of the days before those when things went to kitten crap the two girls let it go to their heads. Reagan might have even spent a little too much time at the make-up counter, but a girl needs her eyeliner. Down to their last few bullets, trapped in what would have been a pre-zombie world dream, they are screwed and their only way out is an emergency door that is sealed shut no matter how hard Reagan kicks the everliving crap out of it. Her prayers are answered and the door open-sesames to men with guns on them and instead of the hungry, hungry bogeymen now they have a two man army before them; not a good thing since girls are not any safer with men than they are with the undead. Rape and death are constant threat and nothing says dead like a gun pointed at your head, right?This is a novella and I really like that Rachel Higginson has actually named her novellas episodes rather than 'books' because it gives it that serial feeling that I think a story like this one needs. The guys that find Reagan and Haley are brothers and as the boys find out more and more about the girls they become more and more convinced that Reagan and Haley need protection rather than to be sent out on their way as they might have done for others who came across their path. For the most part these guys are rough and tumble and they know how to handle themselves. Hendrix who takes a shine to Reagan from the start, yet remains enigmatic while growing more and more protective of her, will quickly win your heart."Where are you supposed to stay?" He ground out as we worked our way down the wall, leaning back and painstakingly walk our way down the elevator shaft.I shot him a nasty look, but he couldn't see me because of all the darkness. "Hendrix are you kidding me?""By me Reagan. Always, by me," he answered, ignoring my sarcasm.If I have any pet peeve it is that Rachel Higginson does the unforgivable! The boys are all named after iconic musicians and Vaughan and Reagan are talking about which boy and which musician, they come to Hendrix and Reagan says:I laughed at that. Stevie Ray Vaughn was an iconic guitarist and Hendrix suddenly made sense as well. "Jimmy?" I asked just to be sure, nodding my head at Hendrix's back.NO! You can't do that to him! How could you get Jimi Hendrix's name spelled wrong. Jimi Hendrix? He's a Rock God! You make me weep a Purple Haze of tears, Rachel Higginson! Take it back and make it right! You go and write his name 100 times and then you write me a 500 word essay about his impact on the world of rock and roll.This novella is fantastical! Becarefulness when you are purchasing these books because all the covers are the same and this book is Love & Decay, Episode #1. There is Love & Decay, Volume #1 as well. I was very confused when I went to purchase the next novella and there was all this and all that and then saw that the volumes had episodes #1-6 and #7-12. If you like this book you should look at H.L. Wampler's The Last Alive and Haven by Laury Falter.Hey, Rachel... can I have a Hendrix? I'll trade you a Jello cup, some low calorie gatorade, one half eaten brownie and two spoons that have been chewed up in the garbage disposal. You might not be able to find goods like this for sometime. You should take food where you can find it and you have 4 other guys. Why do you need Hendrix? (This review was written for my blog All The Things Inbetween at Alicrean.com)