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A review by tobin_elliott
Fear of the Hunt: Book 2 of The Hunt Series by Steven Ross
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
4.25
I am a fan of Ross, and when I found out he'd done a follow-up to his LOVE OF THE HUNT, I bought the book immediately...
...and then apparently sat on it for ten months. Blame my ridiculous TBR pile. Anyway, I'm remedying that now.
This is a fun and interesting follow-up. LOVE set the stage, and introduced us to Victor and Ross's own brand of sentient zombies. Now, I'm the first to admit, I am not a fan of the zombie genre, as a whole, and usually scrape my enjoyment from the human element fighting against them (see: WALKING DEAD) (yeah yeah, I know, I'm a cliché, sue me).
But Ross has done something interesting here...in this volume, there's almost a total lack of "normal" humans. This one's close to ALL! ZOMBIES! ALL! THE! TIME!
...and yet, Ross has a somewhat self-loathing, and mostly selfless monster in Victor. If I have one complaint with Victor, it's that he falls in love far too quickly, but hey, I've never lived through a zombie apocalypse, so what do I know?
Still, when we finally meet the big bad in this one...and I do mean *big bad*...this story takes on a somewhat surreal aspect that I really enjoyed. I mean, it's pretty much a Christmas tale...with more carnage.
Ross is a hell of a writer, and he can weave a story that sucks the reader in easily. This one is no exception. I had a great time with this one.
...and then apparently sat on it for ten months. Blame my ridiculous TBR pile. Anyway, I'm remedying that now.
This is a fun and interesting follow-up. LOVE set the stage, and introduced us to Victor and Ross's own brand of sentient zombies. Now, I'm the first to admit, I am not a fan of the zombie genre, as a whole, and usually scrape my enjoyment from the human element fighting against them (see: WALKING DEAD) (yeah yeah, I know, I'm a cliché, sue me).
But Ross has done something interesting here...in this volume, there's almost a total lack of "normal" humans. This one's close to ALL! ZOMBIES! ALL! THE! TIME!
...and yet, Ross has a somewhat self-loathing, and mostly selfless monster in Victor. If I have one complaint with Victor, it's that he falls in love far too quickly, but hey, I've never lived through a zombie apocalypse, so what do I know?
Still, when we finally meet the big bad in this one...and I do mean *big bad*...this story takes on a somewhat surreal aspect that I really enjoyed. I mean, it's pretty much a Christmas tale...with more carnage.
Ross is a hell of a writer, and he can weave a story that sucks the reader in easily. This one is no exception. I had a great time with this one.