Teaming up with your neighbor during a zombie outbreak is a no-brainer, but if it turns out he’s a vampire . . . the stakes couldn’t be higher, in this infectious new paranormal romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Spoiler Alert.
When Edie Brandstrup attempts to save her sweet, seemingly harmless human neighbor from the first major zombie breach in two decades, she’s stunned to be saved by him—and his ridiculously large sword—instead. As it turns out, he’s actually a super-old, super-surly vampire. But for all her neighbor’s newly revealed cynicism and lethality, Gaston “Max” Boucher (yes, Gaston) is unexpectedly protective. He wants her to stay in his safety bunker until the breach is resolved. Edie can’t risk more innocent people getting killed, though—and Max won’t let her save them alone.
As they unravel a sinister conspiracy to set zombies loose on the world (again), the duo meet a host of lovable allies and discover they’re not the only ones willing to fight for the future of humanity. Despite the awful timing, Edie finds herself falling for the vampire who’s helping her save the world . . . but all their dangerous plans could end their future before it even begins. As she and Max battle side by side, Edie must decide whether having a love worth living for also means having a love you’d die for—and, in a world that grows deadlier by the minute, whether that’s a risk she’s willing to take.
Review:
OMG, this was a freaking delight!
I absolutely adored Evie, our noble and well-meaning (if somewhat crippled by survivor’s guilt) heroine and her definitely-not-a-human-dude-bro-named-Chad neighbor, Max–they were so darn cute together! Not to mention hot AF, when we got to that part of the program 😉
I do think I need a collection of all of the new lyrics that she came up with for “Gaston” though. Be careful if you’re taking a drink while reading is all I’m going to say about that.
I really enjoyed the world that Ms Dade created here, and the fact that she didn’t go overboard with explaining how things worked. Yes, it’s somewhat complicated, and yes, I didn’t always 100% know what *exactly* was going on worldwise, but ultimately it really worked for me. The danger and tension is palpable, and the non-zombie side characters are, without exception, a delight.
They all better get their own books 🙂
Not gonna lie, though–there was a few minutes near the end where I was starting to question whether the “romcom” part of the title was a lie. SO DARN STRESSFUL.
But of course Ms Dade pulled us through in the end–and gave us the promise of a book 2 with how this one ended (not a cliffhanger, but we are left with a clear continuing issue we need to resolve and the promise of the heroine whose POV will be at least half of the book)
I cannot wait!
Rating: 4 1/2 stars / A
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
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