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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Flip This Zombie’ by Jesse Petersen
by Carolyn • Posted in 3 Star Reviews, Authors M-P, Book Reviews, Jesse Petersen, Reviews by Carolyn, SimonSchuster UK, Urban Fantasy, Zombies
Title: Flip This Zombie (Living with the Dead #2)
Author: Jesse Petersen
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (UK) | Orbit (US)
Publication Date: July 2011 (UK) | Jan 2011 (US)
Paperback: 247 pages
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Source: Review copy from publisher
Reviewed by: Carolyn
RATING: 6/10
SUMMARY:
The Zombie Apocalypse has been good to Sarah and David. Their marriage is better than ever. They communicate well, share responsibilities, and now, they’re starting a business. ZombieBusters-for all your zombie extermination needs.There are lots of zombies and that means lots of customers…Except one of them doesn’t want the zombies dead, he wants them alive and ready for experimentation. Mad scientists make for difficult clients and this time, Sarah and David might have bitten off more than they can chew.
REVIEW:
“Flip This Zombie” is the second book in the ‘Living with the Undead‘ series and although it’s an enjoyable read it didn’t have the same impact, humour and laugh out loud moments that were so much a part of the first book ‘Married with Zombies‘.
Somewhere along the way, this novel became a little too much like so many other zombie novels. It lost a little bit of it’s originality and although Sarah and David still snark at each other and banter back and forth it isn’t in the same tongue in cheek way I loved to much in the first book.
“Flip This Zombie” is a little darker, which I normally like, but because this series started out with such a light and humourous tone I assumed, and hoped, this would be continued in the next instalment.
Sarah and Dave are now head of a new business, ZombieBusters Inc, which sees them splattering more zombie brains than usual. But now they are experienced zombie hunters and have gained knowledge of all their weaponry. They are no longer the naive married couple we met in the first book – which I missed a little too be honest – they are a zombie fighting duo.
There’s also the addition of a scientist who proclaims to have a possible cure and hires Sarah and Dave to collect live zombies for him to test on. But things do not go to plan. There are quite a few twists and turns that kept me turning the pages, but mostly it was all quite predictable.
VERDICT:
“Flip This Zombie” isn’t as enjoyable or as fresh as the first book, ‘Married with Zombies‘, but it is still entertaining. I will definitely be reading the third instalment, ‘Eat, Slay, Love‘.
You can find out more about the author here:
Books in Series Order:
2. Flip this Zombie
3. Eat Slay Love
This book counts towards the following BCC reading challenges:
5 Comments
I strugled with this one too but I must say the third one Eat Slay love is really good! disappointed there wont be a book 4
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I saw this at Borders today, but didn't pick it up. I haven't read the 1st one. Since Fiction State of Mind said Eat Slay Love is good, I'll definitely try the first two.
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I love how you listed the reading order of the series. Everyone should do it!
Nice review!
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Don't you hate it how sometimes the second book is not as good as the first. I have yet to give a zombie book a go, I really must
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Kai (FSOM) – Yes, I'm a bit disappointed there won't be more in the series as I think there would have been more for Dave and Sarah to get up to
Midnyte Reader – The first book MARRIED WITH ZOMBIES is really fun, I enjoyed that a lot so I would recommend this series overall, especially if you like zombies
Evie – I'm glad you like reading order list – I must say I also find it handy
Laura – If you've not read much zombie fiction I wouldn't suggest you start with this series, even though I enjoyed it there are better zombie novels out there to begin with. Such as ALLISON HEWITT IS TRAPPED, which is just absolutely brilliant!
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