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mxsallybend's review against another edition
5.0
What I loved most about this was the intimacy of it. By telling the story through the eyes of the 5 main characters, our view of the catastrophe is limited to personal experience. There are no highlight reels of zombie attacks across the world, no montages of military or political agendas, and no scenes of desperate scientists trying to find a cure. In fact, we never find out how the zombie plague started, why it mutated, or what the end result will be. When you’re 5 survivors thrown together by circumstance, the struggle to survive is far more important that indulging in philosophical musings on the big picture. They characters are definitely an odd bunch, but it's their interactions that carry the story along.
At its heart, this is a blood-and-guts horror story that never shies away from the gore. It’s creepy and scary, with action scenes that are frantic and intense, and characters who are delightfully aware of their own horror movie mistakes. Well-paced, this is also a story with moments of friendship and quiet reflection . . . along with some graphic sex scenes that likely wouldn’t survive the transition to film, but which are never gratuitous, and really do serve to advance the plot and develop the characters.
If you’re looking for a good, action-packed zombie story with characters who deliberately avoid the genre stereotypes, then I can’t recommend this enough. Forget the mash-ups and parodies, and indulge yourself in some good, old-fashioned zombie horror. I had an absolute blast reading it, and I am definitely looking forward to more.
http://bibrary.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-zombielicious-by-timothy.html
At its heart, this is a blood-and-guts horror story that never shies away from the gore. It’s creepy and scary, with action scenes that are frantic and intense, and characters who are delightfully aware of their own horror movie mistakes. Well-paced, this is also a story with moments of friendship and quiet reflection . . . along with some graphic sex scenes that likely wouldn’t survive the transition to film, but which are never gratuitous, and really do serve to advance the plot and develop the characters.
If you’re looking for a good, action-packed zombie story with characters who deliberately avoid the genre stereotypes, then I can’t recommend this enough. Forget the mash-ups and parodies, and indulge yourself in some good, old-fashioned zombie horror. I had an absolute blast reading it, and I am definitely looking forward to more.
http://bibrary.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-zombielicious-by-timothy.html
asphaltcowgrrl's review against another edition
3.0
Am really dumbfounded as to what I should say about this book... Cheesy, but not in a completely bad way, fun and silly, too.
iguana_mama's review against another edition
5.0
Cross-posted at Outlaw Reviews and at Shelf Inflicted
OK, I'll admit I have a weakness for zombie novels. Not that all of them are good, of course. Some move along at a breakneck pace, but the characters are so one-dimensional that it doesn't matter if they all die at the end. Others contain way too many boring, pseudo-scientific details about what caused the zombie contagion in the first place, and others contain zombies that are just not scary enough.
I'm happy to report that Zombielicious succeeded on all counts. The blurb and the cheesy cover art that reminds of B-horror films made me grin and I knew I was going to be in for a wild, action-packed, fun and lusty ride. I read the story in two sittings and loved the fast-paced and suspenseful action scenes, the suitably creepy zombies, the sad and touching moments, and the sizzling sex that was in turns tender, desperate, angry, and downright hilarious.
This story is told in the first person from the perspectives of five main characters, one character per chapter. This style worked well for me, as it made their stories more personal and made it easy for me to connect with them. It also worked well later on in the story, when the characters were together much of the time. It was nice getting differing individual perspectives on the same events.
There's Jill, an ex-porn star once known as Katie "Killer" Cummings who is now working as a nurse. There's Joey, who is a lab rat at a drug-testing facility in order to save enough money to get a place with his transgender friend, Ever. There's Ace, an ex-cop now working as a security guard who knows about Jill's past and harasses her every chance he gets. Then there's Walt and Molly, who are twins, and as different as night and day.
I enjoyed the easy interaction between the characters and though a couple of them were very unlikable, I was invested enough to care what happens to them. They live in a messed-up world where zombies are not the only danger.
In most of the zombie stories I've read, all the characters have died. The good news here is that Zombielicious ended with a glimmer of hope for the remaining survivors. I'm very much looking forward to the sequel.
If you're looking for a good time, great sex (gay and straight), a few good laughs, and lots of chills and thrills, then look no further.
OK, I'll admit I have a weakness for zombie novels. Not that all of them are good, of course. Some move along at a breakneck pace, but the characters are so one-dimensional that it doesn't matter if they all die at the end. Others contain way too many boring, pseudo-scientific details about what caused the zombie contagion in the first place, and others contain zombies that are just not scary enough.
I'm happy to report that Zombielicious succeeded on all counts. The blurb and the cheesy cover art that reminds of B-horror films made me grin and I knew I was going to be in for a wild, action-packed, fun and lusty ride. I read the story in two sittings and loved the fast-paced and suspenseful action scenes, the suitably creepy zombies, the sad and touching moments, and the sizzling sex that was in turns tender, desperate, angry, and downright hilarious.
This story is told in the first person from the perspectives of five main characters, one character per chapter. This style worked well for me, as it made their stories more personal and made it easy for me to connect with them. It also worked well later on in the story, when the characters were together much of the time. It was nice getting differing individual perspectives on the same events.
There's Jill, an ex-porn star once known as Katie "Killer" Cummings who is now working as a nurse. There's Joey, who is a lab rat at a drug-testing facility in order to save enough money to get a place with his transgender friend, Ever. There's Ace, an ex-cop now working as a security guard who knows about Jill's past and harasses her every chance he gets. Then there's Walt and Molly, who are twins, and as different as night and day.
I enjoyed the easy interaction between the characters and though a couple of them were very unlikable, I was invested enough to care what happens to them. They live in a messed-up world where zombies are not the only danger.
In most of the zombie stories I've read, all the characters have died. The good news here is that Zombielicious ended with a glimmer of hope for the remaining survivors. I'm very much looking forward to the sequel.
If you're looking for a good time, great sex (gay and straight), a few good laughs, and lots of chills and thrills, then look no further.
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