Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland
The continuing adventures of Angel Crawford and her new life as a zombie/coroner's assistant prove that the first book wasn't just a cute one-off. The universe expands as Angel realizes that her new boyfriend's uncle may be the Don Corleone of the zombie world, which is a good thing if he likes you, not so good if he wants to use you as a pawn in some corporate espionage. Angel continues to grow and evolve, moving further away from her white trash past and closer the being downright respectable. My favorite part of this series so far is Angel's continuing ability to find her own sense of self worth. She starts to demand better treatment from those around her, including her police man/zombie sire of a boyfriend. It's refreshing to see a female character initially fall in love and then pull away of her own volition when her boyfriend acts like a condescending tool. It's a complicated relationship in a good way. Angel has finally gotten some control over her life and she's not going to let anybody take it away.
The main plot involves a secret government plot to create zombie soldiers or 'Zoldiers' (cuz it wouldn't be a good evil project without a stupid name) Some very bad stuff goes down, but we get to see Angel unleash her inner monster and create a lot of carnage. So far, this series continues to hold it's place as one of the more unique approaches to the genre. Plus they always err on the side of more gore than romance, way more gore.
9/10
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