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Mallory Caine, Zombie-at-Law #2
The Year of Eating Dangerously
The Dead Shall Rise. . .
As a lawyer, Mallory Caine considers it her duty to defend the innocent. As a flesheating zombie, she knows how to take a bite out of crime. So when a scared ten-year-old boy asks for her help--claiming that his mother wants to eat him--Mallory rises to the occasion. Unfortunately, the occasion is a Satanic ritual, the mom is a monster, and the boy is a sacrifice.
. . .And Approach The Bench.
Before you can say "The devil made me do it," Mallory is caught dead center between a family of freaks, fire-breathing demons, and the final battle of good versus evil. If she doesn't have enough on her plate, the brain-chomping lawyer has to defend her zombie-hunting father in court. And, oh her flesh-eating secret is about to be exposed by a sexy LAPD detective who's good enough to eat. What's a zombie girl to do. . .?
As a lawyer, Mallory Caine considers it her duty to defend the innocent. As a flesheating zombie, she knows how to take a bite out of crime. So when a scared ten-year-old boy asks for her help--claiming that his mother wants to eat him--Mallory rises to the occasion. Unfortunately, the occasion is a Satanic ritual, the mom is a monster, and the boy is a sacrifice.
. . .And Approach The Bench.
Before you can say "The devil made me do it," Mallory is caught dead center between a family of freaks, fire-breathing demons, and the final battle of good versus evil. If she doesn't have enough on her plate, the brain-chomping lawyer has to defend her zombie-hunting father in court. And, oh her flesh-eating secret is about to be exposed by a sexy LAPD detective who's good enough to eat. What's a zombie girl to do. . .?
336 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
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November 16, 2012
Big on brains, not on fat.
The Year of Eating Dangerously is every bit as good as Pay Me In Flesh. The crazy paranormal world and the characters that inhabit it as created by K Bennett are just fun from the word go and you'll be turning one page after the next to see just what kind of crazy dilemmas everyone's favorite Zombie Attorney gets into.
This book is PACKED with goings on. At the heart of the plot is a little boy who shows up on Mallory's office doorstep one day claiming his mother wants to eat him. Mallory, having a good (dead) heart decides to look into it. To anybody else it would look like some type of child abuse case but to Mallory, who's more in tune with the paranormal goings on in LA than most anybody else, she knows there could be more than meets the eye. She takes it upon herself to defend him as her client against the mother. Case #1
We can't forget about her zombie slaying father now can we? Case #2. Mallory is going to do her best as the tough as nails defense lawyer to get her father out of murder charges for killing the undead cop in the first book. This is bad enough, especially when dealing with the emotionally driven case of the little boy, but what makes it worse is that the prosecuting attorney is her ex Aaron. Aaron is still making a push for them to be together again and Mallory can't reconcile her current situation and her feelings for him which, unlike her body, are still alive and well.
On top of THAT, Amanda (Mallory's alter brain eating street walking ego) gets herself into a bit of a pickle with a biker gang on one of her nightly prowls. Hopefully Amanda doesn't leave a trail of brains that lead right to Mallory's doorstep!
All the characters are back from Max, the comedian/guardian angel/owl, to Aaron to Strobert to Father Clemente, as well as some new characters that play some pretty big roles in the story and more importantly, shed light on some of what actually happened to bring Mallory to this undead state.
The theme of angles and demons, good and evil, God and Lucifer are still strong in this book and things are heating up in LA. Vampire attorneys, zombie gangsters, celebrity ghosts (yes, it's true), predictions of chaos and Armageddon. This book, and this SERIES is one wild, well written, laugh out loud, and touching ride. Eating brains aside, Mallory is just as in undeath as she was in life: a smart, strong, clever, caring character that's going to put up a fight for what she believes in.
Only problem is having to wait for the next installment! Love it!
The Year of Eating Dangerously is every bit as good as Pay Me In Flesh. The crazy paranormal world and the characters that inhabit it as created by K Bennett are just fun from the word go and you'll be turning one page after the next to see just what kind of crazy dilemmas everyone's favorite Zombie Attorney gets into.
This book is PACKED with goings on. At the heart of the plot is a little boy who shows up on Mallory's office doorstep one day claiming his mother wants to eat him. Mallory, having a good (dead) heart decides to look into it. To anybody else it would look like some type of child abuse case but to Mallory, who's more in tune with the paranormal goings on in LA than most anybody else, she knows there could be more than meets the eye. She takes it upon herself to defend him as her client against the mother. Case #1
We can't forget about her zombie slaying father now can we? Case #2. Mallory is going to do her best as the tough as nails defense lawyer to get her father out of murder charges for killing the undead cop in the first book. This is bad enough, especially when dealing with the emotionally driven case of the little boy, but what makes it worse is that the prosecuting attorney is her ex Aaron. Aaron is still making a push for them to be together again and Mallory can't reconcile her current situation and her feelings for him which, unlike her body, are still alive and well.
On top of THAT, Amanda (Mallory's alter brain eating street walking ego) gets herself into a bit of a pickle with a biker gang on one of her nightly prowls. Hopefully Amanda doesn't leave a trail of brains that lead right to Mallory's doorstep!
All the characters are back from Max, the comedian/guardian angel/owl, to Aaron to Strobert to Father Clemente, as well as some new characters that play some pretty big roles in the story and more importantly, shed light on some of what actually happened to bring Mallory to this undead state.
The theme of angles and demons, good and evil, God and Lucifer are still strong in this book and things are heating up in LA. Vampire attorneys, zombie gangsters, celebrity ghosts (yes, it's true), predictions of chaos and Armageddon. This book, and this SERIES is one wild, well written, laugh out loud, and touching ride. Eating brains aside, Mallory is just as in undeath as she was in life: a smart, strong, clever, caring character that's going to put up a fight for what she believes in.
Only problem is having to wait for the next installment! Love it!
May 23, 2015
Great job
I loved this book, I especially like all the snide remarks the main character uses. The build up of the plot and twisting of the characters keeps me going to read more and finish the book.
Thanks for another great read.
MJ
I loved this book, I especially like all the snide remarks the main character uses. The build up of the plot and twisting of the characters keeps me going to read more and finish the book.
Thanks for another great read.
MJ
July 27, 2012
Cool take on zombies and has some other interesting supernatural creatures also. A fun read.
October 5, 2018
And Mallory’s search goes on. Funny, wry and sarcastic as she tries to not eat everyone in sight.
September 25, 2020
This book was hilarious. I thought it would be a horror book, but was more a comedy. I always knew there were some strange people in Los Angeles, but I never knew they were this strange.
March 29, 2023
Unreadable. If you are over the age of 12, avoid. If you're 12 or younger, avoid harder.
March 1, 2012
3.5
Mallory Caine is a zombie, not the Romero kind in horror movies, the kind that is brought back from the dead, and told what to do. She doesn’t know who brought her back. She did hear voices telling her what to do, but she ignored them. She keeps at her job as a lawyer in L.A. and eats brains on the side. She is currently her father’s lawyer, who is in court for a murder charge, and decides to help a little boy who claims his mother is trying to kill him.
At the start of the story she sets her sights on killing a biker gang, and eating some brains. As it happens they have a girl with them. The girl just so happens to have to do with the paranormal surrounding the story. This plot point didn’t seem to add up with the others until much later in the novel, but all these threads seem to be teaming, and weaving themselves together. From her father, to the boy she helps, all of it starts to come together.
All the fun side characters along the way are also well worth it. Her father seems like a raving lunatic, or is he really getting visions from God? The little boy she is helping also has biblical ties. Mallory tells us the story, and even though she clearly in a God vs. Devil scenario she isn’t too happy with either one. She is getting pressure on all sides to make her choice between the two, but she just wants to get her soul back.
The fact that she is not sold on either God or the Devil is what I liked most about her. She is sassy, and I like sass, but not overly angry at the world. She isn’t happy with her lot, and she is tired of the cosmic world wanting to put her in a category. She kills people, and eats their brains. She even feels bad about it, but isn’t going to wallow in misery. Instead she is going to win her court battles with flare. It is that attitude that kept me with the story. Not all the characters built into the story have the strength she does.
The only negative was that the story is hard to take seriously. The main character eats people, and has a guardian angel, which also happens to be an owl. Not to mention that the paranormal also spills over into the actual court room. It is hard to see this kind of thing going on in a court of law. The detailing is sparse enough that the whole eating people isn’t near as gross as it could have been. Instead it is light and funny.
I haven’t read an Urban Fantasy like The Year of Eating Dangerously. The God vs. Devil story, which is what this is at its core, is not new. It is one of the oldest stories, quite literally, but what’s done here is different. I also love the main character. She isn’t really good or bad, but just trying to be. She is also practical and easy to identify with even if she is a brain eating lawyer. It does feel comic, and I giggled through a lot of it. I wasn’t grossed out by the face eating action, mainly because there is not a ton of graphic detailing. The chapters are extremely short, making the book easy to read in just a couple sittings. I defiantly plan to see where the series goes.
Mallory Caine is a zombie, not the Romero kind in horror movies, the kind that is brought back from the dead, and told what to do. She doesn’t know who brought her back. She did hear voices telling her what to do, but she ignored them. She keeps at her job as a lawyer in L.A. and eats brains on the side. She is currently her father’s lawyer, who is in court for a murder charge, and decides to help a little boy who claims his mother is trying to kill him.
At the start of the story she sets her sights on killing a biker gang, and eating some brains. As it happens they have a girl with them. The girl just so happens to have to do with the paranormal surrounding the story. This plot point didn’t seem to add up with the others until much later in the novel, but all these threads seem to be teaming, and weaving themselves together. From her father, to the boy she helps, all of it starts to come together.
All the fun side characters along the way are also well worth it. Her father seems like a raving lunatic, or is he really getting visions from God? The little boy she is helping also has biblical ties. Mallory tells us the story, and even though she clearly in a God vs. Devil scenario she isn’t too happy with either one. She is getting pressure on all sides to make her choice between the two, but she just wants to get her soul back.
The fact that she is not sold on either God or the Devil is what I liked most about her. She is sassy, and I like sass, but not overly angry at the world. She isn’t happy with her lot, and she is tired of the cosmic world wanting to put her in a category. She kills people, and eats their brains. She even feels bad about it, but isn’t going to wallow in misery. Instead she is going to win her court battles with flare. It is that attitude that kept me with the story. Not all the characters built into the story have the strength she does.
The only negative was that the story is hard to take seriously. The main character eats people, and has a guardian angel, which also happens to be an owl. Not to mention that the paranormal also spills over into the actual court room. It is hard to see this kind of thing going on in a court of law. The detailing is sparse enough that the whole eating people isn’t near as gross as it could have been. Instead it is light and funny.
I haven’t read an Urban Fantasy like The Year of Eating Dangerously. The God vs. Devil story, which is what this is at its core, is not new. It is one of the oldest stories, quite literally, but what’s done here is different. I also love the main character. She isn’t really good or bad, but just trying to be. She is also practical and easy to identify with even if she is a brain eating lawyer. It does feel comic, and I giggled through a lot of it. I wasn’t grossed out by the face eating action, mainly because there is not a ton of graphic detailing. The chapters are extremely short, making the book easy to read in just a couple sittings. I defiantly plan to see where the series goes.
March 1, 2012
3.5 Stars
Mallory Caine is a zombie, not the Romero kind in horror movies, the kind that is brought back from the dead, and told what to do. She doesn’t know who brought her back. She did hear voices telling her what to do, but she ignored them. She keeps at her job as a lawyer in L.A. and eats brains on the side. She is currently her father’s lawyer, who is in court for a murder charge, and decides to help a little boy who claims his mother is trying to kill him.
At the start of the story she sets her sights on killing a biker gang, and eating some brains. As it happens they have a girl with them. The girl just so happens to have to do with the paranormal surrounding the story. This plot point didn’t seem to add up with the others until much later in the novel, but all these threads seem to be teaming, and weaving themselves together. From her father, to the boy she helps, all of it starts to come together.
All the fun side characters along the way are also well worth it. Her father seems like a raving lunatic, or is he really getting visions from God? The little boy she is helping also has biblical ties. Mallory tells us the story, and even though she clearly in a God vs. Devil scenario she isn’t too happy with either one. She is getting pressure on all sides to make her choice between the two, but she just wants to get her soul back.
The fact that she is not sold on either God or the Devil is what I liked most about her. She is sassy, and I like sass, but not overly angry at the world. She isn’t happy with her lot, and she is tired of the cosmic world wanting to put her in a category. She kills people, and eats their brains. She even feels bad about it, but isn’t going to wallow in misery. Instead she is going to win her court battles with flare. It is that attitude that kept me with the story. Not all the characters built into the story have the strength she does.
The only negative was that the story is hard to take seriously. The main character eats people, and has a guardian angel, which also happens to be an owl. Not to mention that the paranormal also spills over into the actual court room. It is hard to see this kind of thing going on in a court of law. The detailing is sparse enough that the whole eating people isn’t near as gross as it could have been. Instead it is light and funny.
I haven’t read an Urban Fantasy like The Year of Eating Dangerously. The God vs. Devil story, which is what this is at its core, is not new. It is one of the oldest stories, quite literally, but what’s done here is different. I also love the main character. She isn’t really good or bad, but just trying to be. She is also practical and easy to identify with even if she is a brain eating lawyer. It does feel comic, and I giggled through a lot of it. I wasn’t grossed out by the face eating action, mainly because there is not a ton of graphic detailing. The chapters are extremely short, making the book easy to read in just a couple sittings. I defiantly plan to see where the series goes.
- Beth (Guest Reviewer)
Mallory Caine is a zombie, not the Romero kind in horror movies, the kind that is brought back from the dead, and told what to do. She doesn’t know who brought her back. She did hear voices telling her what to do, but she ignored them. She keeps at her job as a lawyer in L.A. and eats brains on the side. She is currently her father’s lawyer, who is in court for a murder charge, and decides to help a little boy who claims his mother is trying to kill him.
At the start of the story she sets her sights on killing a biker gang, and eating some brains. As it happens they have a girl with them. The girl just so happens to have to do with the paranormal surrounding the story. This plot point didn’t seem to add up with the others until much later in the novel, but all these threads seem to be teaming, and weaving themselves together. From her father, to the boy she helps, all of it starts to come together.
All the fun side characters along the way are also well worth it. Her father seems like a raving lunatic, or is he really getting visions from God? The little boy she is helping also has biblical ties. Mallory tells us the story, and even though she clearly in a God vs. Devil scenario she isn’t too happy with either one. She is getting pressure on all sides to make her choice between the two, but she just wants to get her soul back.
The fact that she is not sold on either God or the Devil is what I liked most about her. She is sassy, and I like sass, but not overly angry at the world. She isn’t happy with her lot, and she is tired of the cosmic world wanting to put her in a category. She kills people, and eats their brains. She even feels bad about it, but isn’t going to wallow in misery. Instead she is going to win her court battles with flare. It is that attitude that kept me with the story. Not all the characters built into the story have the strength she does.
The only negative was that the story is hard to take seriously. The main character eats people, and has a guardian angel, which also happens to be an owl. Not to mention that the paranormal also spills over into the actual court room. It is hard to see this kind of thing going on in a court of law. The detailing is sparse enough that the whole eating people isn’t near as gross as it could have been. Instead it is light and funny.
I haven’t read an Urban Fantasy like The Year of Eating Dangerously. The God vs. Devil story, which is what this is at its core, is not new. It is one of the oldest stories, quite literally, but what’s done here is different. I also love the main character. She isn’t really good or bad, but just trying to be. She is also practical and easy to identify with even if she is a brain eating lawyer. It does feel comic, and I giggled through a lot of it. I wasn’t grossed out by the face eating action, mainly because there is not a ton of graphic detailing. The chapters are extremely short, making the book easy to read in just a couple sittings. I defiantly plan to see where the series goes.
- Beth (Guest Reviewer)
August 24, 2013
What can I say, I liked this one. Most books where the main character is a "monster" the author chooses a "sexy" one like vampire or witch. Sometimes a werewolf, but that is usually only if the character is a man. I guess a hairy chick just isn't considered attractive for some reason. You might have one of the ickier monsters as a supporting character, but they just don't have what it takes to carry a book. Especially not if you hope to turn your book into a franchise.
This one caught my attention right away because the main character, well, she happens to be a zombie. Not a mindless drooling one, a mindful drooling one. She has to eat human to survive. Drinking blood is somehow not a minus when it comes to determining a character's attractiveness, eating human flesh is. Go figure.
I appreciate books that take on a challenge. A tormented vampire is nothing new. But a zombie? That's a bit harder to sell. Sure, on the surface you might be tempted to say angst is angst. But it is so much easier to convince an audience that a creature with supernatural allure is attractive than it is to do the same with a flesh-eating corpse. Don't know why but it is. Otherwise it would have been done before.
Now they do have to make some changes for this to work. Obviously a main character who is literally brain dead is going to make for a boring story, unless you are a very clever writer. So she retains her brain. (She actually acquires quite a few of them throughout the book, but we won't go into that here.) Her backstory is that she was shot in a drive-by and brought back to life by someone intending to control her for some, no doubt nefarious, purpose. Being naturally plucky, our heroine broke free of the control and is now searching for her murderer and her controller. As is usually the case, life continues to get in the way of her noble quest.
I won't go into the plot because I truly think you should read this one for yourselves. At least you should if you like the genre. I do wish I had started with the first one because I prefer to read a series in its proper order. But I can't recommend it yet since I haven't yet read it.
Suffice it to say, I intend to find the first one, consume it, and then hunt down any others and devour them as well.
This one caught my attention right away because the main character, well, she happens to be a zombie. Not a mindless drooling one, a mindful drooling one. She has to eat human to survive. Drinking blood is somehow not a minus when it comes to determining a character's attractiveness, eating human flesh is. Go figure.
I appreciate books that take on a challenge. A tormented vampire is nothing new. But a zombie? That's a bit harder to sell. Sure, on the surface you might be tempted to say angst is angst. But it is so much easier to convince an audience that a creature with supernatural allure is attractive than it is to do the same with a flesh-eating corpse. Don't know why but it is. Otherwise it would have been done before.
Now they do have to make some changes for this to work. Obviously a main character who is literally brain dead is going to make for a boring story, unless you are a very clever writer. So she retains her brain. (She actually acquires quite a few of them throughout the book, but we won't go into that here.) Her backstory is that she was shot in a drive-by and brought back to life by someone intending to control her for some, no doubt nefarious, purpose. Being naturally plucky, our heroine broke free of the control and is now searching for her murderer and her controller. As is usually the case, life continues to get in the way of her noble quest.
I won't go into the plot because I truly think you should read this one for yourselves. At least you should if you like the genre. I do wish I had started with the first one because I prefer to read a series in its proper order. But I can't recommend it yet since I haven't yet read it.
Suffice it to say, I intend to find the first one, consume it, and then hunt down any others and devour them as well.
February 24, 2014
The Year of Eating Dangerously is the follow-up book to Pay Me in Flesh, a novel about Los Angeles defense attorney-turned-zombie Mallory Caine. The first book was entertaining, striking a good balance between comedy, mystery, noir, and horror. This book retains all the same elements and does a good job though it is a little darker.
Mallory Caine is now defending her father, a zombie-slaying zealot who charged with killing an ex-cop by chopping his head off with a sword. Mallory knows the act was self-defense because the ex-cop was a zombie ready to kill, but can she persuade the judge and jury to go along? Meanwhile, a ten-year old boy, Jaime, comes to her saying his mom is trying to kill him. Mallory's undead heart goes out to the boy, though his situation is a lot more complicated than it seems. He's part of an ongoing conspiracy to bring about the rule of Satan over the earth, starting in Los Angeles. She has to go through some legal shenanigans to get custody of him and some fantasy violence to keep him safe. All the while she is trying to find out who had her killed and brought back as a zombie.
The legal scenes are entertaining but wildly improbable (for example, the ghost of actor Darren McGavin provides expert witness testimony thanks to information he learned when he starred as Kolchak: The Night Stalker in the 1970s). In the middle of the book, she goes on a vigilante eating spree where she starts killing and consuming some higher-level criminals because they are just too evil and getting away with it. That part was a little too dark and too humorless to fit comfortably with the rest of the book. The big confrontation at the end doesn't really resolve anything, other than intrenching Mallory in her quest to save her soul and her city from the forces of evil.
The book is a fun, light read for the most part. I'd recommend it.
Mallory Caine is now defending her father, a zombie-slaying zealot who charged with killing an ex-cop by chopping his head off with a sword. Mallory knows the act was self-defense because the ex-cop was a zombie ready to kill, but can she persuade the judge and jury to go along? Meanwhile, a ten-year old boy, Jaime, comes to her saying his mom is trying to kill him. Mallory's undead heart goes out to the boy, though his situation is a lot more complicated than it seems. He's part of an ongoing conspiracy to bring about the rule of Satan over the earth, starting in Los Angeles. She has to go through some legal shenanigans to get custody of him and some fantasy violence to keep him safe. All the while she is trying to find out who had her killed and brought back as a zombie.
The legal scenes are entertaining but wildly improbable (for example, the ghost of actor Darren McGavin provides expert witness testimony thanks to information he learned when he starred as Kolchak: The Night Stalker in the 1970s). In the middle of the book, she goes on a vigilante eating spree where she starts killing and consuming some higher-level criminals because they are just too evil and getting away with it. That part was a little too dark and too humorless to fit comfortably with the rest of the book. The big confrontation at the end doesn't really resolve anything, other than intrenching Mallory in her quest to save her soul and her city from the forces of evil.
The book is a fun, light read for the most part. I'd recommend it.
July 19, 2012
The Year of Eating Dangerously has Mallory Caine, attorney at law and a zombie, trying to find her murderer and the person who turned her into a zombie to turn her back to a normal human being. She also reconnected with her father, who is a zombie hunter after he nearly killed her in the previously book, Pay Me In Flesh. Mallory is caught in a battle between good and evil, a battle she rather not be involved with. But this time, Mallory has to choose or doom mankind.
Her love life is pretty much at zero, for fear that she might eat her lover, Aaron. She is also attracted to a LAPD detective, who is more or less, might make the connection of the certain killings she has committed as a vigilante.
As with most zombie book, I have never understand how or why zombie exist. They pretty much turned me off. But with the Mallory Caine, Zombie at Law series (even though this is the first book I read in this series), I find Mallory Caine very entertaining. She hates being a zombie but what choice does she have than being permanently dead. She does what she needs to do in the name of justice for the victims that come to her for help and for her survival as a zombie (although she hopes to find a Bokor to turn her back).
This is a book that combine the biblical theory of the coming of the Beast and the practice of law. Readers will definitely enjoy this new series.
Her love life is pretty much at zero, for fear that she might eat her lover, Aaron. She is also attracted to a LAPD detective, who is more or less, might make the connection of the certain killings she has committed as a vigilante.
As with most zombie book, I have never understand how or why zombie exist. They pretty much turned me off. But with the Mallory Caine, Zombie at Law series (even though this is the first book I read in this series), I find Mallory Caine very entertaining. She hates being a zombie but what choice does she have than being permanently dead. She does what she needs to do in the name of justice for the victims that come to her for help and for her survival as a zombie (although she hopes to find a Bokor to turn her back).
This is a book that combine the biblical theory of the coming of the Beast and the practice of law. Readers will definitely enjoy this new series.
November 22, 2012
I might not have liked this book as much as the first book of the series (despite giving it the same rating) but we do learn more about Mallory in this sequel. The story from the first book continues and we learn more and more about Mallory Caine and the characters in her world.
In THE YEAR OF EATING DANGEROUSLY, we learn who killed Mallory and who raised her from the dead. The author could have told us in the first book but I'm glad he didn't because we're slowly learning more and more about Mallory. We also learn that Mallory does have a conscious as she tries to eat the brains of bad guys. Acting as a wannabe vigilante, she more or less gives herself the right to judge who gets to survive. We also see a softer side of Mallory when she holds a dead friend in her arms...
This series is undoubtedly very original. Despite the graphic brain eating scenes, it's not overly gory and gross. It has just the right amount and the sarcasm added to those scenes make them very tolerable. However, they might not be for everyone.
Highly recommended to any zombie lover.
In THE YEAR OF EATING DANGEROUSLY, we learn who killed Mallory and who raised her from the dead. The author could have told us in the first book but I'm glad he didn't because we're slowly learning more and more about Mallory. We also learn that Mallory does have a conscious as she tries to eat the brains of bad guys. Acting as a wannabe vigilante, she more or less gives herself the right to judge who gets to survive. We also see a softer side of Mallory when she holds a dead friend in her arms...
This series is undoubtedly very original. Despite the graphic brain eating scenes, it's not overly gory and gross. It has just the right amount and the sarcasm added to those scenes make them very tolerable. However, they might not be for everyone.
Highly recommended to any zombie lover.
September 26, 2021
A zombie brain-eating lawyer? It almost sounds like a job description, but in this case, it describes our main character, Mallory Caine, in this second book in a zombie series.
Mallory has a sort-of boyfriend, who left her for someone else but now wants her back, but she also just drools over a police detective (take that either way you like!).
She is defending her father, who happens to be a murderer, and also trying to wrest guardianship of a little guy away from the woman who claims to be his mother. In order to do this, she has to step a little deeper into the pit of darkness that comes with being undead - and decide if she is okay with being a decaying, brain-devouring, soul-less creature of the night.
Overall a very good book, which caused me to lose way too much sleep staying up to finish it!
Mallory has a sort-of boyfriend, who left her for someone else but now wants her back, but she also just drools over a police detective (take that either way you like!).
She is defending her father, who happens to be a murderer, and also trying to wrest guardianship of a little guy away from the woman who claims to be his mother. In order to do this, she has to step a little deeper into the pit of darkness that comes with being undead - and decide if she is okay with being a decaying, brain-devouring, soul-less creature of the night.
Overall a very good book, which caused me to lose way too much sleep staying up to finish it!
March 1, 2012
Good sequel to Pay Me in Flesh. Jim Bell, writing as K. Bennett, has written a zombie lawyer thriller series. The first book was better. This one was well paced, lots of LA local color, a couple of courtroom scenes, and lots of zombies and ghosts and demons and vampires. If you hate the zombie genre, forget it. But if you like it or are at least willing to let this part of the story, try the first book. If you liked that, you'll like this. There is a #3 on the way.
May 30, 2013
The story line seemed very "crowded". It was like the author threw in every possible supernatural and religious persona she has ever heard of - zombies, vampires, ghosts, demons, saints, shapeshifters, satan...It seemed like very amateurish writing. I read two in the series & won't be reading any of the rest.
April 13, 2014
Fast paced and entertaining read
this book is one I don't regret buying. Mallory Caine is a strong character and the action is fast paced. I'm not a fan of biblical references and some parts could be better written but all in all, I give it 5 stars.
to whomever edited it though, I'd give 1 star. lots of missed words and incorrect sentence structure.
this book is one I don't regret buying. Mallory Caine is a strong character and the action is fast paced. I'm not a fan of biblical references and some parts could be better written but all in all, I give it 5 stars.
to whomever edited it though, I'd give 1 star. lots of missed words and incorrect sentence structure.
June 18, 2013
Nope, not as good as the first one. And I hate when too much time is spent re-hashing information from the first book, like too much filler. It became upsetting after a while. Why have a first book -- of a sequence -- if you're going to fill it up with previous information . . . weak.
August 6, 2016
A ghoul lawyer with a heart - definitely different. And more engaging than the first book in the series.
April 2, 2012
I won this book as a "First Reads giveaway". It was alright.
March 25, 2012
Won this book...no my genre but I read it out of curiosity. Very creepy, which is good (I think lol)
August 15, 2015
Absolutely entertaining! First book in a long time that had me laughing hard. I am still laughing at chapter twenty six! The main character was hilarious, can not wait to read another.
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