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Scaretober Day Five: Spooky Stack

I have an entire jam-packed shelf dedicated to horror/ scary books, but here are some of my more recent reads. The best were Needful Things, Joyland, and Slasher Girls & Monster Boys. I recommend all three!

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Scaretober Day Four: Candyman

So the description on this one was “books that kept you smiling”. Say what you will, but the books in the PJO and HOO series are my feel good reads. Can’t help but smirk-smile when I read them.

What are your feel good reads?

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Scaretober Photo Challenge Day 3: fierce females

“You'll be a rumor. A whisper. The thought that wakes the bastards of this world sweating in the nevernight. The last thing you will ever be, girl, is someone's hero.”

Mia Corvere, Lila Bard, Morrigan, Aelin, Enne Salta, Victra, Bruce Quinlan, Spensa, and Mustang are just a few of some of my favorite fierce female characters. The women who taught us not to let the hard days win, to never yield, and to never take no for an answer. Who have shown that female characters can kick ass and be well dressed. That they can lead fleets and empires with and without a man by their side. Most of all, I admire these characters for their will and resilience. More books with strong female leads please!

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Scaretober Photo Challenge Day 2: “We would gladly feast on those who would subdue us.” - fave families.

I just recently started re-reading the Illuminae Files series via audiobook and fell in love with it all over again. Kady, Hanna, and the rest of their group of rebels become their own type of fearsome family. Arguments and teasing included. Let’s be real, AIDAN is that weird cousin we all dread seeing during the holidays. The series is full of thrills, suspense, and space battles with plenty of squeeeee moments in between. If you haven’t read this series please try it!!

Who are some of your favorite bookish chosen (not necessarily blood!) families?

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Scaretober Photo Challenge Day 1: Tome Life TBR

Shorter TBR than normal because there are so many good Halloween shows and movies to fit in! Happy Spooky Season everyone!

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4/5

Twelve years ago, Ethan Chase was held hostage in the Iron Realm by King Machina. Shortly after his rescue, his sister Meghan Chase became the Iron Queen and more or less cut ties with her human family. Ethan holds a lot of resentment toward his sister. Ethan’s Sight means that his life is constantly plagued by faeries, so he has made himself into an outcast to avoid dragging anyone else into his problems. This year, Ethan has started at a new school after an unfortunate redcap encounter got him expelled from his last one. Though he is set on being alone, half-phouka Todd and human Kenzie force their friendship upon him. Against his better judgment, Ethan finds himself in Nevernever in search of the missing fey exiles and half-breeds (Todd included) with Kenzie by his side. Ethan is thrust back into a world that he has done everything in his power to avoid in order to complete his rescue mission and to battle a new breed of fey. He just hopes he hasn’t led Kenzie to her doom.

The Lost Prince brings a breath of fresh air to the Iron Fey series. Ethan is the perfect balance of teen angst with hero potential, and Kenzie is the light to his dark. The Lost Prince has plenty of adventure and just enough romance to get the reader invested in the dynamic between the characters. The Lost Prince is agreeably better than Iron King and definitely better than the other books in the Iron Fey series. Ethan as a narrator is far superior to both Meg and Ash. I look forward to reading more from his perspective.

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Sometimes, little one, it’s best if the worlds think you a little mad.

Pierce Brown, Iron Gold

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5/5

Darrow has made the difficult decision to fight Atlantia and the Society rebels instead of going after Pax and Electra. Sevro has left the battle to join Victra in the search for the children, and he and Darrow have left things on uneasy ground. However, Virginia (aka Mustang) understands and supports Darrow’s decision, and turns her attention to finding the children while her husband fights for the stability of the Republic. Darrow knows that Atlantia has planned an Iron Rain for Mercury and he concocts a Reaper-esque scheme to defeat her and take the planet. As with all of Darrow’s battle plans, there are many moving pieces and many people will die. What he could not have foreseen was how wrong his plans would go.

Lysander and Diomedes au Raa gain an audience with Atlantia. Word is quickly spreading of Lysander's survival and Atlantia is wary of his motivations. To gain her trust Lysander agrees to fall in her Iron Rain. On Mercury, Lysander gets his first taste of real war. His cocky and naïve sense of himself and his fighting prowess is quickly depleted.  Old allies show themselves to be new enemies as Lysander's presence threatens to put the current power players’ positions in jeopardy. After an assassination attempt, a trek through Hell, and severe disfigurement, Lysander comes out on the other side waist-deep in plotting and back-stabbing. And in some way he loves it.

Mustang is holding the Republic together by the skin of her teeth. There is a traitor in the Senate that is helping the Society, the Syndicate, or both. The Vox Populi party is doing everything in their power to deny her the war-time power to send aid to Darrow, and the search for Pax and Electra is moving at a snail’s pace. The traitor’s identity is revealed only for them to be the puppet of an even more sinister player. Mustang’s past will come back to haunt her, but she isn’t ready to give up on the Republic just yet.

Sefi has deserted the Republic and claimed land on Mars for her and her people. She is trying to bring the Obsidians into modern times and plans to establish herself in the helium industry. Sefi has obtained Pax and Electra and plans to use them as insurance in dealing with relations with Mustang and the Republic. The children are treated as wards and allowed to fight and learn with the obsidians. Ephraim has also been brought to Sefi and she promises him a ship, payment, and to have Lyria and Volga brought to him in exchange for teaching her fighters the ways of the freelancer. She wants her fighters to be able to hold their own against the Reaper’s Howlers and Atlantia’s Gorgons. With the Obsidians, Ephraim begins to find joy in life again. He seems to really want to become a better person for Volga and for his lost Trigg. Sefi and Ephraim are the first to witness the rise of a new foe and black horse player in the power play between the Society, the Republic, and the Syndicate. The Ascommani were once just a legend, but they have appeared in flesh and blood to take command of the Obsidians.

Lyria and Volga have been taken as prisoners by Victra for the kidnapping of Pax and Electra. Lyria watched Volga shoot Kavax, so their alliance is one based on very little trust. When the Ascommani attack Victra’s ship, Lyria, Volga, and their very pregnant captor find themselves stranded on Mars. A cold peace built by the need for survival surprisingly becomes a deep bond. The group survives their trek through the wilderness only to find themselves deep into Red Hand territory. When Victra and Volga are taken it is up to Lyria to free her companions and finally get the revenge she has wanted for her family. Little Red Lyria proves that she is more than her color.

Dark Age is the fifth installment in the Red Rising series. The book starts as a slow burn, but it quickly picks up pace until the reader is being pelted with action, deceit, and thrills from all sides. The different perspectives and simultaneous stories give the plot so much depth and convey a great deal of detail in an organic way. Our old war heroes are weary and the new bucks believe themselves invincible. The war has stretched its claws across the planets, and no side is on top long enough for a winning team to be clearly determined. Mustang, Darrow, Sevro and their friends seem to have nine lives, but their near misses always have the reader on the edge of their seat. Dark Age contains high highs and low lows for our heroes. Even when all hope seems to be lost, time and time again Darrow shows that no one wages war quite like the Reaper. Dark Age is addicting and keeps the reader fully engaged until the very last word. You will want more. You will laugh. You will cry (or want to). You will find rock bottom and minutes later be flying high. You will want to scream knowing you have to wait who knows how long for the next book. This increasingly dynamic, thrilling, amazing story of science fiction Romans and space Vikings only gets better with each installment, and Dark Age is no different.

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3/5

As Meg laid dying in his arms, Ash swore to find a way for them to be together if she survived. Now, Meghan Chase is the Iron Queen, the ruler of a realm that Ash cannot survive in. Ash is determined to find a way to beat the odds and Puck joins him for an adventure to the End of the World.

The above description/ summary/ synopsis is short because the book has very little important plot points and revealing any more would spoil the story. Iron Knight is told from Ash’s point-of-view, though it doesn’t read much differently than its predecessors. Iron Knight was my least favorite of the Iron Fey novels. The plot is incredibly slow-moving and drags in a totally unnecessary way. More than once it seems as though Ash is only undergoing the quest because he is bound by the oath that he made. Iron Knight simply left a lot to be desired.

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3.5/5

It has been a year since Meghan Chase first went to Nevernever to rescue her brother Ethan from the Iron King. After killing King Machina, Meg discovered that she has power over both Summer and Iron glamours. The journey to defeat Machina almost cost Meg and Ash their lives and their heroics are repaid with exile. Now, a new Iron King is on the rise and the old fey are losing the battle for Nevernever. The situation is so dire that Oberon and Mab have joined forces, but both courts know that Meg is the real key to stopping the iron fey. If Meg succeeds then she and Ash may return to Nevernever, but if they fail then all of the old fey will fade to nothing.

Iron Queen is the third installment in the Iron Fey series. The story is slow to begin and the whole subplot involving Meg’s human father Paul serves only to stretch out the storyline. Ash is the only character that has really shown any development, so Meg is getting a bit stale as a protagonist. Ultimately, Iron Queen is just ok. If you enjoyed Iron King and Iron Daughter, then Iron Queen will be up your alley. As an independent novel, Iron Queen lacks any real substance until the very end.

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3.5/5

Meghan, obeying her contract with Ash, has arrived in the Unseelie Court. Not quite a prisoner and not quite a guest, Meghan spends most of her time away from the fey gentry, but that doesn’t keep her from the torment of Ash’s brother Rowan. Ash himself has been distant and outright cruel to her since arriving in Unseelie territory. His ruse of indifference is tossed out once the iron fey infiltrate the Unseelie Court. In an attempt to steal the scepter of the seasons, Ash’s look-a-like Tertius kills Ash’s brother Sage and Rowan is revealed as a traitor. Mab refuses to acknowledge the reality of the iron fey and blames the Summer Court for Sage’s death and the scepter’s disappearance. Ash and Meg must find the scepter and return it to Mab before Summer and Winter go to war.

I liked Iron Daughter significantly less than I liked Iron King. At the beginning of the book, Meghan can’t seem to understand why Ash is treating her the way he is and beats herself up over it. It's not like he didn’t spend the entire second half of Iron King saying that they couldn’t be together and how his feelings for her would bring the wrath of his family. Her naiveté is frustrating and starts the story off on the wrong foot. The plot is slow-moving until Puck, Ash, and Meghan arrive in the realm of Leanansidhe, the Exile Queen. She’s eccentric and plays an almost crazy aunt-like character. From that point on the story starts to find a direction and finally picks up the pace. Iron Daughter, unfortunately, reads like a bridge novel, serving the sole purpose of setting up the next book in the series, but not really contributing with any substance. The book was still worth reading, and I have higher hopes for the rest of the books in the series.

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4/5

The only thing Meghan Chase wants for her sixteenth birthday is for her mom to take her to get her driving permit. Instead, Meghan gets a long-lost faerie father, a kidnapped little brother, a brooding Unseelie prince, and the title of Summer princess. Meghan’s little brother Ethan gets replaced with a changeling and Meghan must travel to the faerie lands of Nevernever to get the real Ethan back. Her guide to all things fey is the infamous Puck, who has been disguising himself as Meghan’s best friend Robbie in order to keep an eye on her in the human world. Meghan is being hunted by those loyal to the Unseelie Queen, so she strikes a deal with Prince Ash. In exchange for his help in finding her brother, Meghan will go to the Unseelie court with Ash once Ethan is home safe. Their rag-tag rescue party is rounded out with the addition of Grimalkin, a cait sith reminiscent of the Cheshire Cat.

Ethan is being held at the court of the Iron Fey, a group of faeries unheard of until now. Faeries were born from the dreams of mortals, and the Iron Fey have come to exist as a result of the technological advancement of humans. All faeries, except for the Iron Fey, are injured and weakened by iron, so the expansion of the Iron Court will bring the end of Nevernever. Meghan and her group’s treacherous journey into the unknown are made all the more harrowing by Ash and Puck’s constant attempts at dueling to the death, and by the looming Unseelie threat. Ethan’s life and the fate of Nevernever rest on the shoulders of a half-blood fey princess who may just be out of her depths.

Prior to last summer, I would have laughed if someone had told me how much I would come to love faeries. It actually sounds kind of dumb when I say it out loud. Now I don’t mean Tinker Bell-esque, sprite-like, Cinderella helping, cutesie fairies. I mean faeries. Fae/Fey. More similar to the faeries of mythology, the type of faeries that peak my interest are those just human enough to make you doubt their treachery. Faeries are tricky manipulators who generally care little for human life. They’re magical in a dark way, and they are more likely to stab you in the back than teach you how to fly.

My introduction to faeries came from the Fae Queen herself, Holly Black. Black’s Modern Faerie Tales series contain all of my favorite aspects of Faeries. Naturally, I also devoured her other fae-related books and then had to turn to other sources to get my fix. Cassandra Clare’s faeries do not dominate her books, but they are compelling creatures all the same. Sarah J. Mass’ A Court of Thorns and Roses and Throne of Glass series show more humanity within the faerie characters, but evil is still lurking just below the surface. I have read countless other books about faeries, so while I am quick to enjoy a book simply because of its subject matter, I am also a harsh critic on how the fae characters are presented. My preference is definitely for those that are reminiscent of Black, Clare, and Mass’ characters. Hell, give me a brooding Lord of the Night Court and I’m sold. I didn’t name my cat Rhys for nothing.

Meghan Chase’s introduction to the fey is more of a crash-course than a gentle easing into the subject matter. Until now she has been ignorant of her fey heritage, but her sixteenth birthday is apparently important in her relationship with the world of faeries. Realizing that Ethan has been replaced with a changeling spurs Meghan to find her real brother, which means that Puck must reveal himself to her after who knows how long of keeping his real identity a secret. Kagawa doesn’t really get into any details as to why Meghan’s sixteenth birthday is so important or reveal just how long Puck has been posing as BFF Robbie. Little details like this are missing from various parts of the story, but do not manage to take away from the story. The missing pieces do more to prompt questions than to distract from the plot.

Meghan is resilient yet stubborn, and her blatant defiance of Oberon is a little tedious. If I was trying to recruit help in finding my missing brother, you better believe I would be sucking up to my daddy the faerie king. Meghan’s attitude really only irked me after I saw how quick she was to get past Ash’s initial distasteful attitude towards her. I like Meghan and Ash together, but there was no trust building or friendship that naturally led to romance. It was more like they had one moment and then all of a sudden they were into each other. Rushed romance aside. Iron King had an interesting plot and the story found a nice balance between adventure, drama, and romance. The brief glimpse we are given of the court politics between the Seelie and Unseelie is interesting and I am excited to get deeper into the drama amongst the courts in the other books in the series. I think that some time spent in the land of faeries will do wonderful things for Meghan’s character development and for building a stronger, yet tumultuous foundation for her relationship with Ash.

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Angelfall 3.25/5

“Who will guard against the guardians?”

The angels of the apocalypse have come and brought destruction upon the earth. Cities like NYC, Chicago, and San Francisco have been reduced to ghost towns where even the gangs are afraid to go out at night. Seventeen-year-old Penryn doesn’t have the luxury of being a teenager. Her dystopian reality involves managing her paranoid schizophrenic mother who no longer has access to medication, and keeping her 7 year-old wheelchair-bound sister Paige alive. Penryn witnesses a group of angel prey upon another and makes the mistake of trying to help. While she’s distracted one of the angels flies off with Paige, and their mother flees in an attempt to escape one of her many delusions. Now, Paige and the angel are on their own. Paige must work with the enemy and jump head first into the lion’s den in order to save Paige and keep her family together while the world falls apart.

World After 3.5/5

Fighting angels was hard enough, but after seeing Raffe and his new wings the humans think that the demons have come as well. Penryn, Paige, and their mother have found temporary shelter with the resistance, but Paige’s new state has many on edge. When Paige attacks one of the refugees, the others lash out and she flees. Penryn and her mother manage to track her to Alcatraz, but the prison has become overrun with locust creatures and human prisoners. Unable to find Paige, Penryn goes undercover in the new aerie. The archangel Uriel has called for a special election and is determined to become the new Messenger. All of Uriel’s efforts up to this point have been to convince the others that the apocalypse is on the horizon and that only he can lead them to glory. Uriel’s victory would mean the end of mankind, and somehow it is up to Penryn wielding a borrowed angel sword to stop him.  

End of Days 4/5

Penryn has taken up the mantle of angel slayer, her mother has become a captain in the resistance, and Paige leads a horde of locust monsters. The Young women are not who they were mere days ago. The outcome of the election will be determined using a blood hunt, in which Uriel and Raffe will lead teams of angels to prey upon the humans. The leader of the team with the most kills will become the Messenger. After everything that has happened Penryrn can’t believe that Raffe would massacre the humans, but she will not leave the her family and the refugees undefended. They will no longer accept merely scraping by and living in constant fear. Penryn and the remains of the resistance lead the refugees in what they have accepted will be humanity’s last stand. But they will not go down without a fight.  

I really couldn’t get into Angelfall. I progressed through the book, but I wasn’t really enjoying it. I have always been captivated by stories involving angels and demons, gods and monsters, and the tales surrounding well-known deities and religious figures. This is why I was initially drawn to the series, and why I believe that I decided to read the second book instead of stopping after Angelfall. I think that I just really wanted to believe that the series was going to get better, and luckily it did. Angelfall was tedious for more than half of the book, but the story does serve to build a strong foundation for the rest of the series. The action and drama really picks up in World After.

The second novel in the series does a better job of mixing the angel and demon themes with the dystopian setting. Mad science experiments, evil angelic plots, and holy power grabs give the plot of World After the life that Angelfall was missing. End of Days is the best novel in the series. It contains an epic fight scene, a trip to Hell, cult activity, and a grand kumbaya that is heartwarming and thankfully not cheesy. Contrary to what has been evident in the past two books, human decency persists in the face of devastation and this scene in the book is the perfect way to lead up to the potential end of the world. I recommend this series to those, who like me, enjoy stories about gods and monsters and to readers who don’t mind a different take on the dystopian genre.

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4/5

Angel has been out of commission for three weeks while she healed from her accidental dismemberment. On her first day back at the morgue, a dead body comes alive and tries to attack her, Nick, and Allen. The trio scramble to hide evidence of pseudo-zombie from the other morgue staff, but soon shamblers start popping up all over town. Shambler Judd’s corpse was dumped into the bayou and led to the creation of zombie alligators. These alligators managed to infect several humans and those humans bred what the CDC would come to refer to as LZ-1. As with any other epidemic, panic spreads as more of the population becomes infected. Large groups of people are falling ill at the same time, and some victims die if their bodies can’t handle the infection.

Dr. Nikas and the zombies of the Tribe are doing everything they can to manage the outbreak, but desperation leads them to re-recruit the traitorous Dr. Charish. The zombies that were just recently entertaining a mass exodus now must trust in their human allies. There are no small roles when saving Tucker’s Point from the LZ-1 epidemic, so the living and the undead are all put to work to help find the cure. The world is coming too close to resembling a cinematic zombie apocalypse and Angel and her friends are the only ones equipped to stop it.

The White Trash Zombie books have been my guilty pleasure reads for the last few weeks and I am sad to see the series come to an end. Angel has come full circle in her academic, social, familial, and professional life. She has found an amazing support system and believes that she can do whatever she sets her mind to. Instead of just going through the motions, Angel has come to value her life and the second chance that she has been given. Zombie affliction aside, Angel is a relatable character and I believe that everyone can find even a little bit of themselves in her. Getting to know the character of Angel has been a true pleasure.

Diana Rowland’s writing is personable and personal. I feel like I am having a conversation with my best friend, cuss words included and filter excluded. Rowland gives Angel a voice that is unapologetically honest and relatable. The plot and the witty humor make each book entertaining and binge-worthy, but it is the character of Angel that truly makes the whole series compelling. In White Trash Zombie Unchained, Angel reaches the climax of her badassery and helps the series go out with a bang. I have some qualms with some plot points, but overall I would definitely recommend the White Trash Zombie series.

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4/5

Tucker’s Point has been taken over by Zombie Fest and Mardi Gras, creating a gold and purple rot-riddled spectacle. The cast of the zombie movie shot nearby has chosen to host a special screening of a new mockumentary, Zombies Are Among Us!, during the festivities. To the close observer, the film is much more than a spoof, it’s a lightly veiled compilation of real clips featuring actual zombies. Exposure has become a very real threat, and Pierce has already begun planning a mass exodus for the Tribe. Dr. Charish has escaped and is using her intelligence as a bartering tool in trying to make a deal with either the Tribe or Saberton. Marcus, Pierce, Brian, and the rest of the big players in the Tribe have gone to Portland to meet with Charish, leaving Angel on her own to handle the exposure risk.

This isn’t Angel’s first tango with danger, but her addiction to one of Dr. Nikas’ new mods has thrown a wrench into things. Supernatural problems aside, a body has turned up with a missing head and Ed is definitely not the culprit. Though half the town is running around pretending to be zombie hunters for the festival, Angel is pretty sure she knows who is responsible for the murder. With her zombie friends occupied in Portland, Angel must turn to new human allies and risk the exposure that she is tasked with preventing.

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At first, I thought I was going to be disappointed with White Trash Zombie Gone Wild. Angel has come so far from who she was in the first book, and now she is once again an addict. She’s lying to her family and indirectly harming her friends. She has endangered her job with Dr. Nikas and makes half-assed arguments to herself to justify her actions. Luckily, this time Angel feels remorse and comes to terms with the consequences of her actions. The support system that she has built for herself keeps her from completely regressing.

Addiction aside, Gone Wild portrays Angel at her most badass. In the other books in the series, she is always aided by a male counterpart in saving the day or tackling the problem being presented. In Gone Wild, Angel is more or less on her own for the majority of the book. Angel shows that she is not one to be underestimated. She has more than earned her place in the Tribe’s inner circle and continues to make valuable contributions to the team. Angel knows her worth and refuses to be kept in the corner.

Marcus has taken his place as the “public” face of the Tribe and immediately phases Angel out of the circle of trust. For the nanosecond that Marcus is in Gone Wild, he proceeds to skip out on plans with Angel, lie to her, and more or less demean her contributions. Previously, Marcus has been kept out of the inner workings of the Tribe while Angel has been neck-deep in corporate espionage, kidnappings, and rescue missions. All of a sudden now that Marcus is involved Angel is left in the dark and treated as less than. After one interaction I was happy that Marcus remained absent for the remainder of the book. It was odd to not have the usual cast of characters around, but it did make Gone Wild feel reminiscent of My Life as a White Trash Zombie.  Rowland uses Gone Wild to bring the series back to its roots, but also to show how much Angel has grown.

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4.5/5

It’s been a pretty good year for Angel Crawford. She’s passed her GED, made some great friends, held down her job at the coroner’s office, and has even started working part-time for Pietro and Dr. Nikas. But this doesn’t mean that life is perfect. Angel’s zombie baby Philip is still on the mend, Marcus is going away to law school, and the struggle between the Tribe and Saberton continues to escalate. The turmoil reaches a new level when Saberton operatives abduct crucial members of the Tribe. A ragtag rescue team made up of Angel, Philip, Naomi, and Kyle must travel to the big city and face a mission way outside of their league.

How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back is witty and entertaining. Out of the entire series, Groove definitely has the most amusing antics and hijinks. Many of the supporting characters in the series get the chance to shine in this novel. I started the book thinking that I wouldn’t like Philip because he was going to get in between Angel and Marcus, but that mind-set quickly changed. Angel and Philip’s relationship was pleasant in its lack of drama and mutual support. Naomi is a firecracker and the gal pal Angel has always needed. She’s hardheaded but knows how to get the job done and provide emotional support when need be. Kyle knows how to kick some ass and is imposing without much effort. Angel gets a peek behind his tough exterior and we find out that Kyle has a lot of inner turmoil of his own. Hopefully, in the future, we will see good things for Kyle and for his relationship with Naomi. What I am most excited about is Rowland alluding to the fact that Marcus will play a larger role in the rest of the series. It’s always seemed like he is supposed to be a main character, but never takes part in any of the action. I have big hopes for the future of Marcus and his role in the Tribe.

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4/5

Angel Crawford, ex-pill popper convict and newly-minted upstanding citizen, has been a zombie for 10 months. She is thriving at her job in the coroner’s office, her relationship with her dad is on the mend, and she is finally getting her life together. The only hitch? Saberton Corporation has joined the zombie research race. Like the scientists in Pietro’s camp, Saberton is working on a faux brain substitute and other zombie research that would be dangerous in the wrong hands. Even worse? Angel’s zombie baby Philip is working for Saberton and seems to have a grudge to settle with Angel. When a zombie movie begins shooting in Tucker Point and Saberton uses the extras to conduct their research, things get complicated when real zombie are playing fake zombies and no one knows who’s on what side.

White Trash Zombie Apocalypse is the third novel in the White Trash Zombie series. Like its predecessors, Apocalypse is raunchy and filled with snort-laugh moments. Angel is a badass lead character and someone who I personally would love to be friends with. Her inner monologues are funny and witty, especially those about work, zombieism, and Marcus. She always seems to get herself into trouble, but she’s strong enough to get herself out of it with the help of her friends. Angel’s had her share of struggles and has every right to not trust others, yet she always seems to want to see the good in people. Angel’s is a real rags-to-riches story in terms of her personal and social growth. I would recommend White Trash Zombie Apocalypse to fans of iZombie, the urban fantasy genre, and anyone enjoys a good zombie book.