Review: Brilliantly funny short read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 24, 2014
This is a short read from an author I know by her real name, Rebecca Raisin. Rebecca writes romance, Billie Jones writes humour.The author asked if I would like to read this story as I have read her stuff before and loved it. It is a very quick read and is a satirical take on monster type movies. It's a bit like a Scary Movie type take on those disaster movies we all love to hate! Or hate to love!The basis of the story is the fact there's a typhoon hitting Australia, but with the added danger of having snakes within it. Kez is sent to investigate due to being a herpetologist, someone who studies reptiles and amphibians.On the way to check things out disaster strikes as Kez and her pilot fly into one of the typhoons. What follows is sooo funny I can't begin to go into it without spoiling things. But here are a few of my favourite parts.“It….t….t….t….” he manages.I wrench his face closer to mine,”Snakes! Is it raining snakes?”“Y….y….y….y….”“This might take a while,” Bluey says, glancing over at me.“Yeah, the venom is working it's way around his bloodstream.”“No, not because of that. He's got a stutter.”—————-“Where's Jay?” I finally ask.“He's outside.”“What! What about the snake typhoon?”“Controlled, for now. Jay erected one of those plastic wraps, Under the Dome TM, you can buy from the shopping channel. He got two for the price of one, so he was happy to share. He also got a set of steak knives, but he's going to sell those online.”—————–“Found something!” Cindi splashes over, holding my laptop and I hope to God she doesn't drop it in the water. I have a lot of ebooks saved on it.—————–That last one is something I can totally connect with! Lol Also the way the main character Kez constantly talks about the “secret government department” is like a running joke throughout the story.There are so many other passages I could have highlighted, especially near the end when you find out what has to be done to solve the puzzle of what's going on, but that would just spoil things as it's such a short read.A highly recommended read from me.