Battle of the Network Zombies

This book got me hooked from page 1. I would recommend this to anyone who likes urban fantasy!!

Finally, a Paranormal book that is different from all the rest. Yes, it is crass, snarky, disgustingly candid and vulgar...but all in a GOOD way (I swear). It is also hilarious, well-written, and most importantly - original. I never realized what I was missing in paranormal books until I read this series: A main character that doesn't feel bad about eating. I swear, I am sick to death of main characters feeling bad about having to eat humans. If you think about it, it is almost realistic if zombies really existed. Why is it that in other books the only ones that don't have food issues are the bad guys? The heros/heroines almost always have to overcome feeling guilty about needing blood or whatever else they eat. Love it that this one doesn't. Another thing...of course parts of the book are gross. The main character is a freaking zombie and zombies are dead...hence the rotting and finding ways of dealing with it. I will give a tip to readers: If you don't like cussing you won't like this book. If you want your characters to have empathy you won't like this book. If you think that stuff is hilarious, like I do, then read away because it is FANTASTIC. Good job, author man!

The third book in the Amanda Feral series knocks it out of the park. Granted once you are done with it you will never want Corn on the Cob again and you will seriously reconsidering hibachi, but I stand behind how much fun this book was. Definitely not for those of weak constitution, it is a riotous, irreverent romp through the landscape of Seattle and Reality Television. Through the American Minions show in which Amanda is playing "the Simon" we are introduced to a number of characters. Each one is a very unique personality and creature. It is like episodes of Big Brother, Toddlers and Tiaras, and Intervention all mashed up into one glorious show with the snark already included in for you! What's not to like? Also at the end you are given a short story of Amanda's youth before she became a member of the Living Dead. It is a rather disturbing look into why Amanda is as damaged as she is. (Here's a hint: it has nothing to do with her being dead).

BATTLE OF THE NETWORK ZOMBIES (Amanda Feral Book #3) MARK HENRY Urban Fantasy Rating: 4.5 Enchantments Celeb zombie Amanda Feral seems to be having a stream of bad luck. Between her car getting repossessed in the parking lot of her mother's strip club; her relationship with Scott breaking up (all his idea) and Elizabeth Karkaroff wanting to get out of the business, which means Amanda would owe her a staggering sum of money she doesn't have, not to mention she owes the reaper her first born, if she'd have one. But there might be a way out of all of this mess. Amanda can't stand Johnny Birch, the weird little wood nymph, but if being a judge on his new reality show will save her, what's wrong with that? Until she discovers Johnny's charred body on the floor of his room and suddenly the show's no more. With some quick thinking on her part, Amanda turns the show into a whodunnit and she's the lead detective, which would be great if she'd ever been a detective before. What do I like best about the latest in Mark Henry's 'Amanda Feral' series? Hard to say, between the gruesome and sometimes macabre scenes and characters, not to mention all the dark humor, with every scene sometimes so gruesomely detailed, it's hard to pick just one. But perhaps it's Amanda herself, with her sarcastic barbs and outlook on life, especially dark in this particular tale. And who can forget the footnotes, where Amanda talks straight to the reader? BATTLE OF THE NETWORK ZOMBIES brings the reader back into Amanda's life and she's just as delightful as ever, as are her two good friends Wendy and Gil. Hands down, one of my favorite scenes in the book is when Amanda first arrives at the mansion where the reality show is set to be filmed. Thanks to Johnny's woodland nymph nature, the place is literally alive with vegetation. Amanda meets the unusual Mama Montserrat, who takes an instant liking to her, and an instant dislike to Wendy, who's tagged along on the trip, posing as Amanda's agent. The fun really begins when the contestants are introduced, a handful of wanna-be bodyguards you'd never imagine. I especially enjoyed some of the new characters Mr. Henry brings to the mix in this one, from Mama Montserrat, the producer of the ill-fated Johnny Birch reality show and possible suspect in Johnny's demise to Hairy Sue, the unusual stripper from Amanda's mother's club and a surprising contestant on the reality show. Who would have figured her for the role of bodyguard? Filled with some memorable characters, including my new favorite Tanesha, and a heck of an unusual mystery, readers looking for something a little dark and twisted won't go wrong picking up BATTLE OF THE NETWORK ZOMBIES. Mark is the co-founder of both The South Sound Algonquin writer's group in Washington and the highly regarded (and/or degraded) League of Reluctant Adults, an online cabal of disturbed urban fantasy and paranormal romance writers. He's a member of the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association and

Mark Henry's demented zombie Seattle takes on the author's other favorite brain-eater: reality tv. Henry's urban fantasy continues to be envelope-pushing with the raunchy humor and, well, raunchier humor. By book three, when we've come to accept Amanda Feral as a person that really should have been a zombie long ago, we see new depth to the character. Not necessarily clean, clear or any sort of depth we'd want to see, mind you. Her interactions with her now undead mother really bring different layers to light. The new, more cartoonish, cover art doesn't really appeal to me, but in some ways it's probably a better match for Henry's humor than the romance-like covers for Happy Hour and Road Trip. Anyone could wade right into this book, like wading into Ethel's gentleman's club in the first chapter (wear rubber boots), but new readers might find Happy Hour of the Damned (now out in mass market paperback) a clearer starting place.