As I may have noted in passing a few thousand times before, I'm a fan of all things zombie.
Not all things zombie. I should have said nearly all things zombie. Because for every good zombie movie or good zombie book, there are half a dozen real stinkers just dying to sneak into your bookshelf or your Netflix queue.
Happily, the book My Life as A White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland is firmly in the good zombie group. I snarfed this one down in a mere two days, because I had to know what happened next. Who turned heroine Angel into a zombie? Why did they turn her? And how is she going to obtain the ingredients for her strict new diet without (ahem) learning to embrace her inner Romero?
This is NOT your typical zombie novel. There is no undead rising. No one is trapped in a mall. Not a single cliche shambles past. Angel appears normal to everyone around her, as long as she feeds on human flesh every few days. Working in a morgue allows her the chance to do so without the usual zombie marauding. and since the author has actually worked in a morgue setting, the details make Angel's day-to-day life come alive, so to speak.
What truly stands out about White Trash Zombie is Angel's journey from living deadbeat to undead upright citizen. Seeing someone die and then manage to turn their train-wreck of a life around was an inspired theme, and I applaud Diana Rowland for taking the road less traveled.
If you're a fan of zombie fiction, I'd rate My Life as A White Trash Zombie as a must-read. Better than 'Breathers!'
Also available in print.
Enjoy!
Not all things zombie. I should have said nearly all things zombie. Because for every good zombie movie or good zombie book, there are half a dozen real stinkers just dying to sneak into your bookshelf or your Netflix queue.
Happily, the book My Life as A White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland is firmly in the good zombie group. I snarfed this one down in a mere two days, because I had to know what happened next. Who turned heroine Angel into a zombie? Why did they turn her? And how is she going to obtain the ingredients for her strict new diet without (ahem) learning to embrace her inner Romero?
This is NOT your typical zombie novel. There is no undead rising. No one is trapped in a mall. Not a single cliche shambles past. Angel appears normal to everyone around her, as long as she feeds on human flesh every few days. Working in a morgue allows her the chance to do so without the usual zombie marauding. and since the author has actually worked in a morgue setting, the details make Angel's day-to-day life come alive, so to speak.
What truly stands out about White Trash Zombie is Angel's journey from living deadbeat to undead upright citizen. Seeing someone die and then manage to turn their train-wreck of a life around was an inspired theme, and I applaud Diana Rowland for taking the road less traveled.
If you're a fan of zombie fiction, I'd rate My Life as A White Trash Zombie as a must-read. Better than 'Breathers!'
Also available in print.
Enjoy!
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