Alice in zombieland - Review

Alice in zombieland by Gena Showalter

The white rabbit chronicles book one.

Available 5th October 2012

www.miraink.co.uk 

What's it about?

She won’t rest until she’s sent every walking corpse back to its grave. Forever.

Had anyone told Alice Bell that her entire life would change course between one heartbeat and the next, she would have laughed. From blissful to tragic, innocent to ruined? Please. But that’s all it took. One heartbeat. A blink, a breath, a second, and everything she knew and loved was gone.

Her father was right. The monsters are real….

To avenge her family, Ali must learn to fight the undead. To survive, she must learn to trust the baddest of the bad boys, Cole Holland. But Cole has secrets of his own, and if Ali isn’t careful, those secrets might just prove to be more dangerous than the zombies….

My review

Although Gena Showalter has an extensive back catalogue I've only read one other book by her before so I wasn't sure what I would be getting with Alice in zombieland. It turned out that what I got was a fabulous book, full of action, suspense, some laugh out loud one liners and great characters.
I really loved Gena's concept on zombies and it's like nothing I've seen before which gave this book a really unique spin.
I wouldn't say that this is an Alice in wonderland retelling, more of a parody if anything, but I loved the little bits she pulled from the original classic and put into this story, it was a lot of fun to try and 'spot' them.
Alice was a great leading lady, despite her traumatic experience she manages to keep her head held high and moves on. I loved how funny and feisty she was, she could definitely kick my butt lol and her curious nature.
Cole was awesome too, he was totally hot - of course! - Gena manages to give such vivid descriptions of him, I often found myself wishing I was Alice! He's also strong and protective and lots of other swoon worthy things.
The other character I loved was best friend Kat, she oozes confidence but not in an arrogant way, she's caring and just a great best friend, I hope everything works out for her as much as I hope it does for Alice and Cole.
I really can't fault the story or the writing of this book at all, it was a wonderful read, it had the right amount of humour, action and romance. It's not too gory so I think people who aren't usually fans of zombie books might enjoy it as much as I did.
I can't wait for book two and to see where this tale goes next.

My thoughts on the cover
I LOVE this cover! It's creepy and has a gorgeous dress, the brightness of the girls blonde hair and pale skin really stand out against the dark forest and even though it looks like a scary place, she looks for curious than worried. And the frame is really cool too with the different playing card suits at the corners and on the middle of each border.

Sorry, no favourite quotes as I read an uncorrected proof copy of the book that cannot be quoted from.

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Lord of the Vampires - Review by Ninfa Sferlazzo-Hayes

Lord of the Vampires by Gena Showalter

Available now

www.millsandboon.co.uk

@MillsandBoonUK

Story: Jane Parker has seen so much loss and suffering to last her a lifetime. Her dreams are haunted by the terrible accident that took away her family and she lives as a recluse, running away from life and people, steeling her heart to not be hurt again.

But as her dreams start to show her a gorgeous man, chained and abused, her heart can't help but reaching out to him.

When a strange book is delivered to her home she thinks nothing of it, but inside the pages she discovers the story of the mysterious prisoner and she's sucked into his world with no hope of escape.

Nicolai is the prisoner is Jane's dreams. A Vampire sex slave in the kingdom of Delfina, he doesn't know who he is and where he comes from, but a ferocious need for freedom and revenge burn inside him and the only thing he's certain of is that Jane is the only person in the world that can help him.

Once they come together, a powerful force will be unleashed, and worlds  will be changed forever.

Review

I've read Gena Showalter's books for years and one thing is certain: she never disappoints.

Her stories deliver exactly what it says in the tin: sexy and tortured heroes, strong willed heroines and a romantic whirlwind that will sweep your heart and senses away.

“Lord of the Vampires” is no different.

The first instalment in the 4 books series “The Royal House of Shadows”, which is a collaboration of 4 fantastic authors (Jill Monroe, Jessica Andersen and Nalini Singh), is as sizzling hot and page turning as any of Gena's books (I'm a big fan of “The Lords of the Underworld” series)

Nicolai is a great anti-hero, he's savage, vengeful and yet he's full of contradictions and I loved how his true emotions started to blossom as his feelings for Jane became deeper and stronger.

He was of course my favourite character in the book :)

I love the new world in which the story evolves, and although it is very familiar in that it resembles other worlds from Gena's stories, it's still interesting and varied and full of interesting mythologies and legends.

The plot is intriguing and well developed and has so many twist and turns that it's going to keep readers entertained and on the edge.

I can't wait to see how the series will continue but let me say, Gena Showalter has certainly kicked it off with pure class ;)

You'll love it if you like: Gena Showalter's books of course :)

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Intertwined review

Intertwined by Gena Showalter

What's it about?

Aden's image was burned into her mind. He had black hair with inch-long blond roots. A face as perfect as the Grecian statues she'd seen in her world history textbook, even with the grime. For the briefest of moments, when a beam of sunlight had hit him, she could have sworn his eyes were striped with green, brown, blue and gold. But then the ray had disappeared and the colours melted into each other, leaving only an intense black. The colours didn't matter, though. Those eyes were feral, wild, and she'd felt that undeniable shock that had ended as quickly as it had begun, for one second seeming to hook her to a generator, jolting her, unnerving her. Even hurting her. And here he was again...

My review:
4/5

Aden and the four souls trapped in his head are just the tip of the iceberg to the amount of characters and information you'll take in reading this book! Yet somehow it's not as confusing as you'd think it would be. The writing is easy to read and your not bombarded with all the information in the first few pages so I had no trouble keeping up. And there's also a vast variety of supernatural creatures to keep you entertained during the story, which hasn't been forgotten either, giving Intertwined the full package. There some plot twists I really didn't see coming and enough little clues at the end to keep me guessing what will happen next and, of course, had me ordering the next book!
The book is mainly focused on Aden, although I don't think he'll stick in my mind forever as a favourite I still liked him a lot. I loved how he longs for peace from the voices in his head but at the same time he loves them and even thinks of them as his family, after all he has grown up with them. I thought he was a lovely guy who was very protective of his friends.
The other person the book is focused on is Mary Ann, who, again is lovely but not necessarily memorable.
Both meet a love interest in the book, but both love stories were so similar it did make the book feel a little repetitive in places and everyone was so jealous of each other it got a little frustrating to. But all in all I enjoyed the book a lot and look forward to reading Unravelled very soon.