{"id":25265,"date":"2020-07-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=25265"},"modified":"2020-07-06T16:05:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T21:05:27","slug":"wotr20-review-zombie-queen-by-brandy-slaven-and-mary-martel-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=25265","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR20 – #Review – Zombie Queen by Brandy Slaven and Mary Martel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The beginning…
\nThe beginning is always the best place to start when reflecting on what has been.
\nThinking back on it, my life had been perfect.
\nMiddle class girl in high school with a happy home life.
\nMy life had been full of nothing but promise.
\nLife was good.
\nEverything was great.
\nAnd then my whole world went to shit. In one day.
\nThe disease came first.
\nThen the dead.
\nIt was a fight for my life every single day from the start. But I was different from all the rest.
\nI had heard my mother’s screams while watching my sister become one with the undead. All the while feeling like there was absolutely nothing I could do to help them.
\nIt killed me.
\nWhat\u2019s more, it changed me.
\nI did everything I possibly could to survive on my own.
\nAnd then I learned how to survive with others.
\nBy being their Queen.
\nTheir Zombie Queen.
\nAnd by being the most feared woman they ever came in contact with.<\/p>\n

This is a WhyChoose novel full of zombies, a sword wielding badass chick, and an army of dudes.<\/i>
\nRecommended age 17+ due to content and language.<\/i><\/p>\n

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For the love of zombies and all of their undead unholiness….Sign me up! I am going to try to explain how great this story is. The tag on this book is WhyChoose…so why choose? It\u2019s the end of the world and the zombies have taken over, people! Em was a good girl with a good future ahead of her but that was in a past life. \u201cI may be a sword wielding bad@$$ zombie slayer now, but before all of this….I was pretty much afraid of my own shadow.\u201d Em has had to learn to survive on her own. She has taught herself to survive and to take care of herself. She is the ultimate bad@$$. The first real curveball thrown in the story is how she meets her band of merry men. I was like \u201cwhaaaaat?\u201d It was craziness I tell ya! Then being witness to the story unfolding and how she gets to know all these guys is really impressive. This is not a hot and heavy reverse harem type of book, it\u2019s so much more! I really love how the world building happened and how the characters unfolded. Nothing was overbearing or overdone. It was fast paced, full of action, with some hawtness thrown in…perfect! There are zombies and then there are monsters…of the human variety. People just don\u2019t act right and those actions were loud and clear in this story. There were many many times that I rooted for Em and her crew out loud. Em has protected herself, not only physically, but mentally as well by not being a pushover little girl. She has a smart mouth, knows what she wants and has no problem letting them know about it either. I am going to give one tiny spoiler because it stems from one of my favorite lines in the book. Em befriends a grandma and she says \u201cSuck on a d***, Grandma Death. I thought we were supposed to be friends but you\u2019re a f*****g traitor.\u201d I literally LOL\u2019d after this. Em is a girl after my own heart. I hope their story continues because I need more!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Brandy<\/p>\n

Brandy Slaven lives in Tennessee with her husband and two wild children. If you can’t find her typing away at her laptop, you will find her with her nose in a book at the beach or hiking at a state park.<\/p>\n

\"Mary<\/p>\n

Mary Martel was born in West Michigan and spent the majority of her life there. She currently resides in North Dakota with her husband, and her two beautiful daughters. She’s an avid reader, and when not writing she can be found with her nose stuck in a book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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