Review: Great continuation of book one!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
I got the first book in this series, "The King of Clayfield", for free on my Kindle. I could tell that I liked this author's writing style and I was NOT disappointed with the first book. I was quickly hooked on these characters and the story line, and so I happily bought books 2 and 3 (even though they were $5.99 each ~ the most I have EVER paid for a Kindle book, because I'm cheap that way). As I expected, this second book in the series did not disappoint. I finished it in 4 days (despite a very busy schedule) because I read it every single chance I got. I'm going to start book 3 ("Firebirds") as soon as I finish this review (thankfully, it's a slow day at work!) because I can't wait to see what happens next. OH, but I should add that, as a huge horse and animal lover, I wish Mr. Gregory had placed more emphasis on the surviving horses and other domestic animals in and around Clayfield. Honestly, if I ever survived a zombie apocalypse, my goal would be to find some type of small farm and keep some horses (for transportation and working the farm) as well as some other animals (cows, goats, chickens, etc.), too. While I'm sure that would be a difficult undertaking, and probably akin to opening a hot buffet bar for zombies, I would still try. Hopefully, there will be more emphasis on the main character saving some animals in "Firebirds." We shall see. Finally, there were about 4-5 typos or word omissions in this second book (a missing "to" or "the", etc.), but they weren't major detractors so I didn't ding any stars for those. I think anyone who likes a good, entertaining (and not OVERLY gory) zombie read will like this series! :)