Zombies, gore and more.

Hollowland by Amanda Hocking.

Reviewed by Jeremy Poole.

5 stars.

                This is where indie books really come into their own; we all remember the B-horror movies of Zombies, with their wobbly scenery, plastic actors and gore. How I loved them. This is the book equivalent, without the wobbly scenery.

                Remy, our hero, a Buffy type with no super powers, sets out to find her missing brother and splat some zombies, perverts and marauders on the way. She doesn’t want to save the last of mankind, after a rabies type virus has wiped out, or turned the last of humanity into zombies. She’s just after her little brother. He happens to be the only immune person to the disease.

                This book reads like the best comic strips, with cliché after cliché, Remy even gets a pet lion. Despite, or because of this I loved it. This book hasn’t been destroyed by editors giving us what we want, it gives us what the writer wants and that’s just fine by me. I read it in a couple of sittings. The climax of the book can only be described as marvellous and unexpected. I can’t wait to read the next instalment.

                A must have, and it’s free!!!!

                Jeremy.