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cheesygiraffe's review against another edition
4.0
It seemed the first half of the book isn't one bit paranormal. Sure Felix gets a job trying to find out where the psychic disturbances are coming from and find the zombie reanimator. But he deals with drug thugs for the most part in the first half. Then the zombies come in. And he finds Phaedra, a 16 year old who has a strange ability. Felix gets the job done but for a price... Another great one in the series. I love Felix!
olewis01's review against another edition
5.0
Felix Gomez: not your mother's vampire. Actually, he's not like any vampire any of us have known. Plagued by his human self, his immortal self comes across as more human than vampire. His vampire self explores the dark places his human side hid exposing guilt, empathy, compassion, and a strong sense of justice wrapped up in a begrudging hero persona that he rarely admits to himself and denies to others. Sent on a mission to find out who is creating zombies and where a psychic pull is coming from Felix finds himself the champion of a troubled young girl who literally begs him to turn her. Fighting himself, and the zombies he tries his best to do the right thing, always, but there always seems to be a twist that forces him to do things he doesn't want to do. It's packed with action, gangsters, zombies, and temptation. I highly recommend reading it
verkisto's review against another edition
2.0
I'm not sure if Mario Acevedo set out to make it difficult to find images of his book covers by running the titles through Google search, but with The Undead Kama Sutra and now Jailbait Zombie, I can say with certainty that you'll get distracted by the other results you get. I guess what I'm saying is make sure you have Safe Search on if you try such a thing.
Anyway, with Jailbait Zombie, Acevedo moves further away from the titles of his books having anything to do with the actual story. A jailbait zombie is mentioned, but only in passing, and it never comes to fruition. Instead, the story is about Felix chasing after zombies while also trying to figure out the source of his hallucinations about the family he accidentally killed in Iraq and why a local girl was so strange.
The story was OK, but nothing great by any means. It's well-paced and is as compelling as The Undead Kama Sutra, but it wasn't a very satisfactory story. The characters seemed two-dimensional and had motivations that flopped around based on where the story was going. Even Felix flip-flopped about, though in at least one case it was somewhat justified. I think the previous book was like that too, only I just didn't notice it until I was reading this one.
I'm still concerned about Acevedo's portrayal of women. In one scene, Felix goes to visit the ex-girlfriend of a suspect, who he's already learned moved around a lot, and dabbled in making meth. When he finally meets the ex-girlfriend, and reveals who he's looking for, the woman has some choice words for her ex-boyfriend and slams the door in Felix's face. His response is to call her a harpy. Later he encounters a woman who is just ill-tempered and he calls her a shrew, but in the first instance, I don't even see how he could justify that kind of remark, unless he's supposed to be a character who has a complete disregard for other people's situations. Given how he reacts to Phaedra, the troubled teen, and the fact that he's supposed to be a sympathetic character proves otherwise.
I only have one left book to go to finish out this series, and I already have the book, but if I didn't, I don't think I would bother with it. I remember the first two books being fun, light, silly romps, but the last two have just been overdone, and both of them have ended with very little resolved, and two major plot points that aren't concluded. The fifth book might cover some of these loose ends, but I thought that this one would cover some of the ones left untied at the end of The Undead Kama Sutra, and that didn't turn out to be true. As it is, though, I wouldn't recommend either of these books, and I probably need to rethink what I thought of the first two books, as well.
Anyway, with Jailbait Zombie, Acevedo moves further away from the titles of his books having anything to do with the actual story. A jailbait zombie is mentioned, but only in passing, and it never comes to fruition. Instead, the story is about Felix chasing after zombies while also trying to figure out the source of his hallucinations about the family he accidentally killed in Iraq and why a local girl was so strange.
The story was OK, but nothing great by any means. It's well-paced and is as compelling as The Undead Kama Sutra, but it wasn't a very satisfactory story. The characters seemed two-dimensional and had motivations that flopped around based on where the story was going. Even Felix flip-flopped about, though in at least one case it was somewhat justified. I think the previous book was like that too, only I just didn't notice it until I was reading this one.
I'm still concerned about Acevedo's portrayal of women. In one scene, Felix goes to visit the ex-girlfriend of a suspect, who he's already learned moved around a lot, and dabbled in making meth. When he finally meets the ex-girlfriend, and reveals who he's looking for, the woman has some choice words for her ex-boyfriend and slams the door in Felix's face. His response is to call her a harpy. Later he encounters a woman who is just ill-tempered and he calls her a shrew, but in the first instance, I don't even see how he could justify that kind of remark, unless he's supposed to be a character who has a complete disregard for other people's situations. Given how he reacts to Phaedra, the troubled teen, and the fact that he's supposed to be a sympathetic character proves otherwise.
I only have one left book to go to finish out this series, and I already have the book, but if I didn't, I don't think I would bother with it. I remember the first two books being fun, light, silly romps, but the last two have just been overdone, and both of them have ended with very little resolved, and two major plot points that aren't concluded. The fifth book might cover some of these loose ends, but I thought that this one would cover some of the ones left untied at the end of The Undead Kama Sutra, and that didn't turn out to be true. As it is, though, I wouldn't recommend either of these books, and I probably need to rethink what I thought of the first two books, as well.
nguy524's review against another edition
2.0
I had a little bit of a hard time getting through this book. I’m not sure if it’s because I have not read any of the other books about Felix or what. I did really enjoy the last 100 pages and was completely surprised by the ending with Phaedra but I’m not sure if it’s enough to read more of the series.
anygivenmemory's review against another edition
3.0
I found this book to be better than the 2nd and the 3rd. Whew. Marathon read of all 4 books....I have a 5th on the way and I think I'll be taking a break from this series for a bit.
fables630's review against another edition
5.0
The best book so far in the series you can tell that Mr. Acevedo had a great deal of fun writing this one.
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