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Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry
Mar. 28th, 2008 09:01 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Seattle. One minute you're drinking a vanilla breve, the next, some creepy old dude is breathing on you, turning you into a zombie. And that's just for starters. Now, the recently deceased Amanda Feral is trying to make her way through Seattle's undead scene with style (mortuary-grade markup, six-inch stilettos, Balenciaga handbag on sale) while satisfying her craving for human flesh (Don't judge. And no, not like chicken.) and decent vodkatinis.
Making her way through a dangerous world of cloud-doped bloodsuckers, reapers, horny and horned devils, werewolves, celebrities, and PR-obsessed shapeshifters - not to mention an extremely hot bartender named Ricardo - isn't easy. And the minute one of Amanda's undead friends disappears after texting the word, "help" (the undead - so dramatic!) she knows the afterlife is about to get really ugly.
Something sinister is at hand. Someone or something is hellbent on turning Seattle's undead underworld into a place of true terror. And this time, Amanda may meet a fate a lot worse than death.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Worth a look, particularly if you enjoy zombie books (it's effectively Sex and the City meets Night of the Living Dead). There are a couple of structural issues that I think come from the fact that this is a debut novel and which I think won't be a problem going forward in the series (notably in terms of backstory introduction) but it's funny, gory and imaginative.
Seattle. One minute you're drinking a vanilla breve, the next, some creepy old dude is breathing on you, turning you into a zombie. And that's just for starters. Now, the recently deceased Amanda Feral is trying to make her way through Seattle's undead scene with style (mortuary-grade markup, six-inch stilettos, Balenciaga handbag on sale) while satisfying her craving for human flesh (Don't judge. And no, not like chicken.) and decent vodkatinis.
Making her way through a dangerous world of cloud-doped bloodsuckers, reapers, horny and horned devils, werewolves, celebrities, and PR-obsessed shapeshifters - not to mention an extremely hot bartender named Ricardo - isn't easy. And the minute one of Amanda's undead friends disappears after texting the word, "help" (the undead - so dramatic!) she knows the afterlife is about to get really ugly.
Something sinister is at hand. Someone or something is hellbent on turning Seattle's undead underworld into a place of true terror. And this time, Amanda may meet a fate a lot worse than death.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Worth a look, particularly if you enjoy zombie books (it's effectively Sex and the City meets Night of the Living Dead). There are a couple of structural issues that I think come from the fact that this is a debut novel and which I think won't be a problem going forward in the series (notably in terms of backstory introduction) but it's funny, gory and imaginative.
