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Taking on the Dead by Annie Walls
2.0

I bought this book with great expectations. I was so excited to read it, not only for the kick-ass cover but for Kansas herself, a girl able to survive by herself for 4 years, taking down zombies with machetes and cross-bows. Give me more!

However, I was only a few pages in when I knew I was and would continue to be bitterly disappointed. First off, when Harley and co come into it, Kan is all, "hey guys, come on in to my little bunker, no problem." Hello, there has been a zombie apocalypse for four years, and if you have the common sense to survive this long, you should have the common sense to know you probably shouldn't immediately trust a gang when there are all sorts of terrible machete/gun/arrow shooting people out there looking for food and safety which you have! And if these people are staying at your home, why the hell don't you lock your buker basement door to prevent them coming into it in the middle of the night wielding guns and non zombie bitten wives. And also personality changes, Harley went to a nice guy to 'look at your meaty thighs guy' far too easily. I believe if someone is as disgusting as Harley, your gut instinct will tell you, and again, if Kan had survived four years already, she should have a gut instinct telling her if a person is good or not. Like Rudy, now he was good....yet she beat him up a few times. She needs to figure that out.

I sometimes felt like when I was reading it, that there were bits missing or some more information could have been added, maybe some description here and there, I'm not too sure, but something was definitely off. I read on another review that this was self published and while I applaud the author for doing so, I think this is a book that could have used some editing by a publishing house to scrap useless bits and suggest better ones to replace.

Also, why would you set a zombie on fire in a building that you are trying to gather...just giving yourself way more obstacles to try and avoid and survive. Ugh.