by John Raven 

A Horror, 2025 by Warbreck Publishing, 343 Pages 

What I Didn’t Like:

• There’s a character who speaks almost exclusively without articles (like “the”) making her dialogue feel very choppy and awkward. I’m sure there was a reason but reading it was rough. Combine that with the petty annoyance of character’s using each other’s names too often and the result is a stilted dialogue.
• The way these guys talk about women and sex is not something I feel the need to read or be around. Someone assumes a woman trying to have a word with him privately must want to have sex with him, there’s an actual sexual assault, and that’s not even all the issues. Honestly, there’s a lot more men than women in this book and maybe that contributes to this overwhelming “locker room” vibe.
• The story offered a lot of plot elements we’ve seen in horror before. Not much of this story came off as unique. 

What I Did Like:

• The addition of vampire lore to zombie lore was fun. I hadn’t seen much crossover between the two before and I would’ve liked that explored a bit more. 
• The ending of the story offered a lot more action, mystery, and intensity. 

Who Should Read This One:

• If you’re a diehard zombie fan, you want something that brings in vampires, and you aren’t critical about “locker room” style talk you may like this one more than I did. 

My Rating: 2 Stars

• For me the toxic masculinity was problematic and turned me completely off of the story.