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kaitiecakes's review against another edition
3.0
As much as I want to finish this series I think I’ve lost interest in it and don’t know if I can Indeed finish it. Nothing is holding me to wanting to finish the other 2 books anymore. I feel like the series could of ended after book one. However I enjoyed the second book as well and the third one was ok, along with this one.
I’m going to try and read a different book and then come back to this one to see if I just need a break from this series for a while.
I’m going to try and read a different book and then come back to this one to see if I just need a break from this series for a while.
snoopydoo77's review against another edition
5.0
4 ½★
This is the fourth book of the series and it was a little different than the previous books. One we have Angel taken out of her environment and out of the group of people she works with and thrown into a world world that is completely new to her.
Saberton is still at it and trying its best to destroy all zombies. They kidnap some major players in the whole Z game including the head of the clan Pierto. That throws everyone into a frenzy as they know what could happen if they not find him fast and most important without anyone knowing.
While the books seemed a bit slower in the beginning compared to others I still liked it best. Of course because of Angel and how wicked awesome she is. She has shown some really, major growth throughout the series and it really shows. Just not as you would expect it sometimes. She really runs into a lot of self-doubt, this book. But in the end it just shows how much she really has grown love how far she has come and all people she has, met and how they see her., verseus how she sees herself.
I like that she now has friends to hang out and talk to , no matter how different they might be from her world. Also she can trust them. Or can she? Also dealing with a mole and really it can be anyone in there group. She doesn’t know who she can trust and who she cannot trust .
Since she is in New York throughout this book we do not get a lot of interaction with people form her work and her work, which I kind of missed. But we still get some info and news from it.
Please see my full review here:
http://snoopydoosbookreviews.com/4838-2/
This is the fourth book of the series and it was a little different than the previous books. One we have Angel taken out of her environment and out of the group of people she works with and thrown into a world world that is completely new to her.
Saberton is still at it and trying its best to destroy all zombies. They kidnap some major players in the whole Z game including the head of the clan Pierto. That throws everyone into a frenzy as they know what could happen if they not find him fast and most important without anyone knowing.
While the books seemed a bit slower in the beginning compared to others I still liked it best. Of course because of Angel and how wicked awesome she is. She has shown some really, major growth throughout the series and it really shows. Just not as you would expect it sometimes. She really runs into a lot of self-doubt, this book. But in the end it just shows how much she really has grown love how far she has come and all people she has, met and how they see her., verseus how she sees herself.
I like that she now has friends to hang out and talk to , no matter how different they might be from her world. Also she can trust them. Or can she? Also dealing with a mole and really it can be anyone in there group. She doesn’t know who she can trust and who she cannot trust .
Since she is in New York throughout this book we do not get a lot of interaction with people form her work and her work, which I kind of missed. But we still get some info and news from it.
Please see my full review here:
http://snoopydoosbookreviews.com/4838-2/
kathydavie's review against another edition
3.0
Fourth in the White Trash Zombie comic urban fantasy horror series about Angel Crawford, a zombie from the wrong side of the tracks who's makin' good. Based in Louisiana.
My Take
The action is goin' on, all right. Philip's health problems are mirrored in Angel's body, and they're increasing in frequency and severity. It doesn't help that they've suddenly lost most of their support.
It's kidnappings, harrowing escapes, unexpected retribution, and nasty revelations with an odd combination of good and bad…writing-wise, I mean. Good tension with not knowing whom to trust. Totally unexpected reveal…whew… The fun of a well-funded escapade…*grin*… The horror of Saberton and its CEO. Andrew's reactions certainly keep things moving between his hatred for his mother, but his reaction to the family business…ewww… It'll be interesting to see how he copes in White Trash Zombie Gone Wild, 5.
I did feel some of it, if only because I do have a good imagination. Unfortunately, Rowland wasn't much on the show. I was annoyed with some of Angel's reactions as well. She was so chirpy in the dumbest situations, which did not contribute to pulling me in.
I did like the realism of Kyle's initial reactions when everything first went balls up. And Brian's behavior certainly keeps things TENSE. A bit of sadness as well when Dr. Nikas reveals his past to Angel. Prejudice is an ugly thing.
Hooey, that bar scene at Pillar's was exciting…I kinda wish Angel had gone a bit further.
I can understand pride, but Angel's stubbornness was annoying. Hullo? It's an op. It's not like they're on a vacation! Although, then again, I can understand her frustration with Naomi's unawareness of how money works. As for Andrew's excuses… No, uh-uh, no-how, I ain't buyin' it. He made his choices; he can't blame Julia for making hers.
Ooh, baby, I do like that Jane! That girl can really think under pressure. It'll kill me to have to wait to get ahold of White Trash Zombie Gone Wild.
Now, if we could only sic Jane on that horrifying Nicole and her security people. Jesus. How anyone can do things like this to others???
And I'm still wondering if Nick has a thing for Angel…
The Story
It's zombie versus zombie as the Saberton Corporation declares war against the Zombie Mafia, kidnapping too many of their party. It falls to Angel to lead the remnants of her Krewe halfway across the country to claw their way through corporate intrigue, zombie drugs, and undead trafficking to rescue her friends — and expose the traitor responsible for their abduction.
It doesn't help that Philip is seizing up, barely surviving…
The Characters
Angel Crawford, a.k.a., ZeeEm,is was dyslexic white trash with a drug habit. Now she drives a morgue van, has gotten her GED, and is working with Dr. Leblanc and others in the morgue. Happy. Off the drugs. Her relationship with her dad on the mend. Dad is a reformed (we hope) alcoholic who's going on a date with Tammy Elwood. She tends bar down at Kaster's.
The Krewe is …
…the team on the run: Philip Reinhardt had been undercover for Pietro at Saberton until Angel was forced to turn him into her Zombie Baby, a.k.a., ZeeBee ( Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues, 2). Naomi Comtesse, Angel's best friend, now works as security for Pietro; her undercover name had been Heather Miller when she was actually Julia Saber. She's dating Kyle Griffin, one of Brian's top security guys.
Brian Archer is a zombie and head of Pietro's security.
The Tribe is…
…a loose confederation of zombies and their businesses led by Pietro Ivanov — Angel calls 'em the "Zombie Mafia". His "nephew" is Marcus Ivanov, a zombie policeman whom Angel is dating. Dr. Jane Pennington (she has doctorates in political science and law) is a federal congresswoman to whom Pietro has recently proposed. Victor is her zombie bodyguard.
Rachel Delancey is Brian's second-in-command with a hate-on for Angel, Philip, and Kyle. Simon Sirtis and Ken Godwin are some of the drivers. Raul, Dan, Chris Peterson, and Lawrence Hawkins are more members of the security force.
Dr. Ariston Nikas is another zombie, and he runs the zombie research lab where Angel works part-time. Jacques Leroux and Reg are Nikas' lab techs. John Kang had been one of Naomi's best friends and the first zombie Angel ever knew. Now he's a head.
The St. Edwards Parish Coroner's Office is…
…where Angel works. Dr. Leblanc is the pathologist with great faith in Angel. Allen Prejean is the Coroner's Office chief investigator who still sees Angel as a screwup. Nick Galatas, formerly known as "the Prick", is one of the death investigators while working toward a medical degree and has been a real help to Angel. Derrell is Angel's usual partner, i.e., death investigator.
Saberton Corporation is…
…a family corporation run by the Sabers. Nicole Saber is the CEO of Saberton and the twins' (Andrew and Julia) psychopathic mother. Julia Saber carried on from her grandfather, Richard Saber, doing industrial espionage for Saberton. Dr. Kerazny is the head of R&D. Thea Braddock is in charge of regular security. Special Security includes: Boat Launch Guy is Edwards, Perfect Eyebrows is Pierce Gentry, Ferguson, Davis, Gordon, Jenkins, and Rutledge.
Saberton has been performing pseudo-zombie experimentation using mostly unwilling participants in a variety of projects including the Zoldier project under Dr. Kristi Charish's direction, a neurobiologist currently under Pietro's guard and working for the zombies. Boo-yah! Dr. Sophia Baldwin, an old friend of Marcus' from high school, had explained the parasite theory to Angel.
Randy had been Angel's old boyfriend. Carol Ann is Randy's current bed partner; she has ambitions for more. Debbie Stewart is her dishonorable friend. Clive is a drug-dealing friend of Randy's who lies his weasely heart out. Rick Belluci is a loudmouth racist who used to be a drinking buddy of Angel's dad. Jennifer is the expensive dyslexia specialist who is tutoring Angel. Dear John's Café is owned by John Hickey with his own gimmick and good food (with free WiFi). Top Cow is a café with good food, lousy service…and the first place Marcus and Angel had had lunch. Bill is the bartender at Pillar's Bar.
Freddie is the burly sensei teaching Angel basic jiu jitsu. Chance is another student. Sarah Lynn Harper had been a movie extra in White Trash Zombie Apocalypse, 3. Brenda Barnes had been another extra. Miss Chastity Turner resorts to the old "do you know who I am" gambit. I hope Angel can go back for a "discussion" with "Shop Dude", a.k.a., Jerome Womack, the antiques dealer.
Ports are an easy way to deliver the mods, a.k.a., modifiers, specialized drugs that rev up or tone down the zombie parasite's activity on demand. The Plague is a one-size-fits-all bucket of the pains resulting from the bad-brain concoction Charish "cooked up".
The Cover and Title
The cover is rather gruesome with the bleeding, scarred, and smokin' Angel framed in a tangle of white-and-black sock-clad legs and other severed limbs in this gray-white-pinky red cover. It's an even paler pink that forms a good part of the title with a dark pink forming the rest of it. The author's name is more of a pastel pink outlined in black at the bottom.
The title leaves me wondering (especially after the ending). Is it a positive or a negative in how How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back? It could go either way…!
My Take
The action is goin' on, all right. Philip's health problems are mirrored in Angel's body, and they're increasing in frequency and severity. It doesn't help that they've suddenly lost most of their support.
It's kidnappings, harrowing escapes, unexpected retribution, and nasty revelations with an odd combination of good and bad…writing-wise, I mean. Good tension with not knowing whom to trust. Totally unexpected reveal…whew… The fun of a well-funded escapade…*grin*… The horror of Saberton and its CEO. Andrew's reactions certainly keep things moving between his hatred for his mother, but his reaction to the family business…ewww… It'll be interesting to see how he copes in White Trash Zombie Gone Wild, 5.
I did feel some of it, if only because I do have a good imagination. Unfortunately, Rowland wasn't much on the show. I was annoyed with some of Angel's reactions as well. She was so chirpy in the dumbest situations, which did not contribute to pulling me in.
I did like the realism of Kyle's initial reactions when everything first went balls up. And Brian's behavior certainly keeps things TENSE. A bit of sadness as well when Dr. Nikas reveals his past to Angel. Prejudice is an ugly thing.
Hooey, that bar scene at Pillar's was exciting…I kinda wish Angel had gone a bit further.
I can understand pride, but Angel's stubbornness was annoying. Hullo? It's an op. It's not like they're on a vacation! Although, then again, I can understand her frustration with Naomi's unawareness of how money works. As for Andrew's excuses… No, uh-uh, no-how, I ain't buyin' it. He made his choices; he can't blame Julia for making hers.
Ooh, baby, I do like that Jane! That girl can really think under pressure. It'll kill me to have to wait to get ahold of White Trash Zombie Gone Wild.
Now, if we could only sic Jane on that horrifying Nicole and her security people. Jesus. How anyone can do things like this to others???
And I'm still wondering if Nick has a thing for Angel…
The Story
It's zombie versus zombie as the Saberton Corporation declares war against the Zombie Mafia, kidnapping too many of their party. It falls to Angel to lead the remnants of her Krewe halfway across the country to claw their way through corporate intrigue, zombie drugs, and undead trafficking to rescue her friends — and expose the traitor responsible for their abduction.
It doesn't help that Philip is seizing up, barely surviving…
The Characters
Angel Crawford, a.k.a., ZeeEm,
The Krewe is …
…the team on the run: Philip Reinhardt had been undercover for Pietro at Saberton until Angel was forced to turn him into her Zombie Baby, a.k.a., ZeeBee ( Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues, 2). Naomi Comtesse, Angel's best friend, now works as security for Pietro; her undercover name had been Heather Miller when she was actually Julia Saber. She's dating Kyle Griffin, one of Brian's top security guys.
Brian Archer is a zombie and head of Pietro's security.
The Tribe is…
…a loose confederation of zombies and their businesses led by Pietro Ivanov — Angel calls 'em the "Zombie Mafia". His "nephew" is Marcus Ivanov, a zombie policeman whom Angel is dating. Dr. Jane Pennington (she has doctorates in political science and law) is a federal congresswoman to whom Pietro has recently proposed. Victor is her zombie bodyguard.
Rachel Delancey is Brian's second-in-command with a hate-on for Angel, Philip, and Kyle. Simon Sirtis and Ken Godwin are some of the drivers. Raul, Dan, Chris Peterson, and Lawrence Hawkins are more members of the security force.
Dr. Ariston Nikas is another zombie, and he runs the zombie research lab where Angel works part-time. Jacques Leroux and Reg are Nikas' lab techs. John Kang had been one of Naomi's best friends and the first zombie Angel ever knew. Now he's a head.
The St. Edwards Parish Coroner's Office is…
…where Angel works. Dr. Leblanc is the pathologist with great faith in Angel. Allen Prejean is the Coroner's Office chief investigator who still sees Angel as a screwup. Nick Galatas, formerly known as "the Prick", is one of the death investigators while working toward a medical degree and has been a real help to Angel. Derrell is Angel's usual partner, i.e., death investigator.
Saberton Corporation is…
…a family corporation run by the Sabers. Nicole Saber is the CEO of Saberton and the twins' (Andrew and Julia) psychopathic mother. Julia Saber carried on from her grandfather, Richard Saber, doing industrial espionage for Saberton. Dr. Kerazny is the head of R&D. Thea Braddock is in charge of regular security. Special Security includes: Boat Launch Guy is Edwards, Perfect Eyebrows is Pierce Gentry, Ferguson, Davis, Gordon, Jenkins, and Rutledge.
Saberton has been performing pseudo-zombie experimentation using mostly unwilling participants in a variety of projects including the Zoldier project under Dr. Kristi Charish's direction, a neurobiologist currently under Pietro's guard and working for the zombies. Boo-yah! Dr. Sophia Baldwin, an old friend of Marcus' from high school, had explained the parasite theory to Angel.
Randy had been Angel's old boyfriend. Carol Ann is Randy's current bed partner; she has ambitions for more. Debbie Stewart is her dishonorable friend. Clive is a drug-dealing friend of Randy's who lies his weasely heart out. Rick Belluci is a loudmouth racist who used to be a drinking buddy of Angel's dad. Jennifer is the expensive dyslexia specialist who is tutoring Angel. Dear John's Café is owned by John Hickey with his own gimmick and good food (with free WiFi). Top Cow is a café with good food, lousy service…and the first place Marcus and Angel had had lunch. Bill is the bartender at Pillar's Bar.
Freddie is the burly sensei teaching Angel basic jiu jitsu. Chance is another student. Sarah Lynn Harper had been a movie extra in White Trash Zombie Apocalypse, 3. Brenda Barnes had been another extra. Miss Chastity Turner resorts to the old "do you know who I am" gambit. I hope Angel can go back for a "discussion" with "Shop Dude", a.k.a., Jerome Womack, the antiques dealer.
Ports are an easy way to deliver the mods, a.k.a., modifiers, specialized drugs that rev up or tone down the zombie parasite's activity on demand. The Plague is a one-size-fits-all bucket of the pains resulting from the bad-brain concoction Charish "cooked up".
The Cover and Title
The cover is rather gruesome with the bleeding, scarred, and smokin' Angel framed in a tangle of white-and-black sock-clad legs and other severed limbs in this gray-white-pinky red cover. It's an even paler pink that forms a good part of the title with a dark pink forming the rest of it. The author's name is more of a pastel pink outlined in black at the bottom.
The title leaves me wondering (especially after the ending). Is it a positive or a negative in how How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back? It could go either way…!
yodamom's review against another edition
4.0
Zombie Barbie Hits the Nuts for 100 Bonus Points
Massive transformations for several characters some permanent some, who knows.
1) Marcus and Pietro both have a transformations
2) Angel is dolled up and bedazzled, her opinions on the process with funny
3) Torture, beyond horrible, extreme.
4) Jane rocks the house down with her woman roar
5) Angel gets that tingling feeling and it's not just for one man
3.5 stars. The beginning lagged, the middle muddled a bit, the end was action jackson plus.
On to the next book
Massive transformations for several characters some permanent some, who knows.
1) Marcus and Pietro both have a transformations
2) Angel is dolled up and bedazzled, her opinions on the process with funny
3) Torture, beyond horrible, extreme.
4) Jane rocks the house down with her woman roar
5) Angel gets that tingling feeling and it's not just for one man
3.5 stars. The beginning lagged, the middle muddled a bit, the end was action jackson plus.
On to the next book
codergrl's review against another edition
2.0
I was really into this series but it has lost me. I feel like the character building has stopped and it's just yet another 'someone is trying to get Angel cause she's so special' crisis. Meh
snakeboba's review against another edition
1.0
I did not finish this.
I feel like it’s lost the charm it had for me.
I feel like it’s lost the charm it had for me.
lisaluvsliterature's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Now this fourth installment was packed with action from the very beginning to the very end! There were tons of twists and turns and so many new details about the zombie parasite or whatever it is that this author brings in this world. And not only is there a ton of action, we get to see the world outside the little bitty Louisiana town that Angel lives in when they must go to New York City to rescue some of the zombies we know and maybe love. For a change, I have to say that I felt some similarities between Angel and myself. For instance, the stubbornness about having other people pay or do things for you, and how it can make you feel like they are looking down on you or not believing you can do something, even if they don’t even mean it that way. And then when she’s walking in NYC with the others and complaining about how her short legs can’t keep up, it totally reminded me of visiting my sister who lived in NYC and her walking so fast, only her legs weren’t that much longer than mine, she was just completely a NYC native at that point.
With all the stuff going on, some traitors, who maybe later we found weren’t actually traitors. And then some that Angel or others trusted until people tried to point a finger at them, and it was hard to know for sure. So many possible double agents, or then again maybe they weren’t! One character mentioned how they’d felt like they didn’t want to “be here” basically be alive, but it didn’t mean he was suicidal, and I get that. I have feelings all the time that I just don’t want to do things anymore, life specifically, but I also am not suicidal. So that really spoke to me.
Something happens late in the story that means we learn a huge load of info on the zombie parasite and how it continues to affect its hosts. We also get histories of Pietro and other older zombie characters and that is fascinating to learn as well. It got really dark with some of the ways the bad guys were treating the zombies they’d managed to lock up. It was horrible and so sad. But again, we learned so much more about their “medical condition” as Angel called it with her dad, as well as other people that had to be let in on the secret in this book.
In the end we have some new zombies that will for sure feature in future stories. As well as Angel who has been doing so well with her new life, finds something that her addictive personality might be able to use to slide back into some old habits. That end of the book made me eager to get started, and I’ll do that in May!
With all the stuff going on, some traitors, who maybe later we found weren’t actually traitors. And then some that Angel or others trusted until people tried to point a finger at them, and it was hard to know for sure. So many possible double agents, or then again maybe they weren’t! One character mentioned how they’d felt like they didn’t want to “be here” basically be alive, but it didn’t mean he was suicidal, and I get that. I have feelings all the time that I just don’t want to do things anymore, life specifically, but I also am not suicidal. So that really spoke to me.
Something happens late in the story that means we learn a huge load of info on the zombie parasite and how it continues to affect its hosts. We also get histories of Pietro and other older zombie characters and that is fascinating to learn as well. It got really dark with some of the ways the bad guys were treating the zombies they’d managed to lock up. It was horrible and so sad. But again, we learned so much more about their “medical condition” as Angel called it with her dad, as well as other people that had to be let in on the secret in this book.
In the end we have some new zombies that will for sure feature in future stories. As well as Angel who has been doing so well with her new life, finds something that her addictive personality might be able to use to slide back into some old habits. That end of the book made me eager to get started, and I’ll do that in May!
shawniebooks's review against another edition
3.0
This was my least favorite of the series so far. Angel is more of a hot mess than ever, we are reminded of it over and over, and given a play by play of her every thought. In this instance, less would be more. :) I'll still continue this entertaining series and look forward to the next two books to finish it up.
birdloveranne's review against another edition
4.0
After a boring start, it got good, and I had a few laughs.
wannabekingpin's review against another edition
4.0
all reviews in one place: night mode reading; LT
I’m having a love-hate relationship with White Trash Zombie series. On one hand, Angel is pretty damn nice character, and the plot at times gets real good. On the other hand, there’s just no click, no hook, I could quit any time and not think twice. And this is fourth book!
About: Saberton corp, the one that tried to make zoldiers, by turning zombies using synthetic brains, just doesn’t know when to quit. But seeing how they figured they lack the brain power (I regret nothing), they kidnapped a scientist from Angel’s zombie tribe. The same one who was trying to help Philip, her zombie baby, the one she had to turn, the one Saberton fed fake brains upon creation. And since his treatment wasn’t concluded upon kidnapping, they’re in a lot of trouble. Gathering up the zombie gang they all make their way to New York, with Philip having ever more intense episodes, and both of their rot not going away. On top of that, their friends got secrets and troubles to solve in New York too, not to mention some scores that need settling with Saberton… so off to New YooooOOooorrrk! (if you’ve not heard the tune, I’m very disappointed)
Mine: I like Angel, yes. She’s smart in her own way, and is trying her best to improve against all odds. To a point where one too many decisions Marcus makes for both of them, without consulting her, leaves him single. She adjust on the spot, and I like that kind of thinking. And if that’s not enough praise, this petite zombie babe smacked a… a mean lady in the teeth and didn’t even spill her beer! Mind you, mean lady had it coming, and was ready to inflict far more pain and damage than Angel did. I like the new Philip too, he seems interesting, and his episodes are hilarious. I know they probably shouldn’t be, but they are, and it was very funny, and I laughed a lot.
I like it just enough to continue. Plot is fairly fresh, and I do like Angel, but I do hope that ending wasn’t a mad omen. For now, 4 out of 5. Like like like.
I’m having a love-hate relationship with White Trash Zombie series. On one hand, Angel is pretty damn nice character, and the plot at times gets real good. On the other hand, there’s just no click, no hook, I could quit any time and not think twice. And this is fourth book!
About: Saberton corp, the one that tried to make zoldiers, by turning zombies using synthetic brains, just doesn’t know when to quit. But seeing how they figured they lack the brain power (I regret nothing), they kidnapped a scientist from Angel’s zombie tribe. The same one who was trying to help Philip, her zombie baby, the one she had to turn, the one Saberton fed fake brains upon creation. And since his treatment wasn’t concluded upon kidnapping, they’re in a lot of trouble. Gathering up the zombie gang they all make their way to New York, with Philip having ever more intense episodes, and both of their rot not going away. On top of that, their friends got secrets and troubles to solve in New York too, not to mention some scores that need settling with Saberton… so off to New YooooOOooorrrk! (if you’ve not heard the tune, I’m very disappointed)
Mine: I like Angel, yes. She’s smart in her own way, and is trying her best to improve against all odds. To a point where one too many decisions Marcus makes for both of them, without consulting her, leaves him single. She adjust on the spot, and I like that kind of thinking. And if that’s not enough praise, this petite zombie babe smacked a… a mean lady in the teeth and didn’t even spill her beer! Mind you, mean lady had it coming, and was ready to inflict far more pain and damage than Angel did. I like the new Philip too, he seems interesting, and his episodes are hilarious. I know they probably shouldn’t be, but they are, and it was very funny, and I laughed a lot.
I like it just enough to continue. Plot is fairly fresh, and I do like Angel, but I do hope that ending wasn’t a mad omen. For now, 4 out of 5. Like like like.