Review: Fox's "Gentlemen Prefer Voodoo"
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2013
I tend to prefer my zombies be more sci-fi than magic. That said, this was a cute story. The timeline of events seemed unrealistically truncated, but that argument can be made for many short stories. The overall resolution was a little more anti-climactic that I would have liked, and the "why" of the zombie's return didn't really do it for me, but it wasn't an unpleasant read. In a short span of time, Fox made me care about the characters and what happened to them. I was invested in their story (even the little Kongamato who liked to bring dead rats as gifts) and wanted them to find happiness. I also love the setting (New Orleans) and Fox was able to weave the importance of the setting into the story well."Gentlemen Prefer Voodoo" is cute (not in a pejorative sense), clever, funny, and well written. Highly recommend if you have a bit of time to spare.