Review: I was really hoping that this would be a good gritty zombie story.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 11, 2013
In a world where the undead roam the streets, there are very few people who are still alive. Sheri is one of them but because she's been bitten previously no one trusts her. Just because she hasn't changed yet doesn't mean that she won't. So, she's sent out on dangerous missions by herself and upon arriving to her "people", she's chained to the wall of the "King's" chambers.I was really hoping that this would be a good gritty zombie story. Yeah, I know, the girl who's all about romance wanted horror. Not that the Stockholm syndrome wouldn't have been a bonus but I was looking for a novel to get me in the Halloween spirit. This one just didn't work for me. I felt like it was part of a previous story that I had not read. The author takes the readers back in time periodically throughout the story to try to make the characters more than 1-dimensional. We go back to when Sheri is picked up my the "King" and we even get glimpses of her life when the zombie apocalypse happens but I just didn't really connect with it. I think had this been a full length novel (like I originally thought), the author could have taken the time for more character development as well as laying out more of the post apocalyptic world. Instead I felt like the story was a bit rushed and I didn't connect at all with the characters.I wish I had known that this was a short story (50 pages) prior to requesting it on NetGalley because I am not a fan of short stories. So that is totally my bad. So I will say that if short stories are your thing and you want something that is a mix of erotic horror, than you'd probably really enjoy this. The author's writing was good and if she ever writes a full length novel spin off of this book, I'd definitely give it a try.