Review: An intelligent well-written Zombie-horror book: admittedly a bit hard to find...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 22, 2012
For the record, this is not a review by 'Calamity Jane'. She is my fiance and is grudgingly allowing me to review this book under her Kindle review profile. My name is Josh Drake, and much to the dismay of my fiancé, I love zombie movies and zombie books. She does look for and download zombie books to her Kindle for me to read and she hit pay dirt with this one. Her biggest complaint is the quality (or lack of) the zombie entertainment I usually enjoy. Many lack any coherent plot, much like most porn, and is written purely for grotesque amusement. Not that I see anything wrong with that. Lately I've been watching The Walking Dead series which my girl pointed out actually has a decent plot and well developed characters. True. And then she found this book, using bait to get me to read an "intelligent" zombie horror book, by informing me that if I handed over the PS3 controller and read and reviewed this book in time, that I might be included in the next book as a zombie. Bait taken. And I have to say, you have written an intelligent, unique and satisfying book. You do not shy away from utilizing advanced vocabulary (not abundantly found in the zombie genre) and the analogies and metaphors you use are non-cliché and visually descriptive which is important to me (I'm a graphic designer -the more visual, the better). I enjoyed the fact that I had the opportunity to read a smartly written zombie horror novel that I could connect to and enjoy on many levels. Frankly, it was hard to put down once i started. This book is not a typical zombie gore-fest just for the sake of gore.  Your writing style flows smoothly and I found myself eating up (pardon the pun) every page, hungry for more. I would recommend this book in a heartbeat-you've got talent as an author and it shows.Whether I get written into the next zombie book or not (it would be cool though), I am now a dedicated fan and cannot wait for the next book. I enjoyed this book and will be passing the word along to my zombie-loving friends to check it out. Plus now I can tell my finance that I'm refining my 'undead' tastes and will be seeking out more zombie entertainment rated higher than 1-2 stars. I might get less eye-rolls. Keep up the excellent work man. I'll be checking out your other works as well. Zombie horror isn't the only genre I read and I read in your extended bio in this book about your other novels. Looking forward to it---Josh Drake