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"We've got zombies to flee and bagels to go..."
Maaja Wentz's debut novel Feeding Frenzy is a tasty Scooby-Doo stew, a mash-up of witches and zombies seasoned with a generous helping of Harry Potter.
First year student Tonya is attending university in her small Canadian home town of Loon Lake, a few hours outside of Toronto, which just happens to have been settled centuries before by witches and wizards, from which Tonya is descended. But Tonya's immediate family doesn't have anything to do with magic, and neither does she... until forced to when a mysterious plague strikes her fellow students, turning them into ravenous zombies. But not your classic zombies. These zombies are hungry for food instead of brains.
It's an original take on the classic zombie tale, and insecure Tonya makes for a relatable hero as the fate of the campus falls squarely on her freshman shoulders.
Wentz's style is eminently readable and frequently witty. Feeding Frenzy is the first in a series of novels set in Loon Lake. I expect it's a series that will just get better as it goes along.
Maaja Wentz's debut novel Feeding Frenzy is a tasty Scooby-Doo stew, a mash-up of witches and zombies seasoned with a generous helping of Harry Potter.
First year student Tonya is attending university in her small Canadian home town of Loon Lake, a few hours outside of Toronto, which just happens to have been settled centuries before by witches and wizards, from which Tonya is descended. But Tonya's immediate family doesn't have anything to do with magic, and neither does she... until forced to when a mysterious plague strikes her fellow students, turning them into ravenous zombies. But not your classic zombies. These zombies are hungry for food instead of brains.
It's an original take on the classic zombie tale, and insecure Tonya makes for a relatable hero as the fate of the campus falls squarely on her freshman shoulders.
Wentz's style is eminently readable and frequently witty. Feeding Frenzy is the first in a series of novels set in Loon Lake. I expect it's a series that will just get better as it goes along.
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