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Pride & Justice
A percentage of the earth's population has transformed into surprisingly functional zombies who returned to work the next morning as if they weren't undead monstrosities. Justice Kinkead, officer in an elite zombie fighting force, gets called out when good zombies go bad, putting down the brain cravers and safeguarding the new economy. After several of his partners succumb to unfortunate deaths, Justice figures he'll go it alone...until he's assigned a mysterious and sexy new partner, Merlin Pride, who seems to know more about the zombies' origins than he's letting on.Merlin also seems to sense that Justice needs a good fucking, but it's Justice still lives with his undead ex-boyfriend. Can Justice make peace with his past? And if he does, should he take a chance on a man who may have something to do with destroying civilization as they knew it?Crack, parody, camp counselor levels of camp, dad jokes, and enemies to lovers55k words
- GenresZombiesM M Romance
277 pages, Paperback
First published March 11, 2015
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About the author
Clancy Nacht
57 books149 followersClancy Nacht is a bisexual genderqueer person who lives in Austin with a husband, and three feral rescue cats. Clancy has published several ARe bestselling contemporary romantic thriller m/m and m/f stories. Three of her books have been honored with Rainbow Awards; Le Jazz Hot won for #1 Best Bisexual/Transgender Romance & Erotic Romance. In 2013, Black Gold: Double Black was a runner up for a Rainbow Award and in 2015, Gemini won an Honorable Mention for Gay Erotic Romance at the Rainbow Awards. Her books have been nominated for several Goodreads M/M Readers Choice Awards.
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March 21, 2015
** On vacation, so keeping this review short.
I picked up this book hoping for some light "Walking Dead" action, but didn't get the book that I was hoping for.
I suspect that the author was going for kitsch and camp with the names of the characters, but for me it came across as pure unadulterated cheese, instead. : (
- Justice, the cop.
- Chief Authority Figure, the chief of police
- Merlin, a wizard, who lives on Mount Olympus.
- Sauron, the evil wizard uncle.
- Nelly Bottom, the closet-case mayor.
- Prodigious Bottom, the mayor's big-assed daughter.
- Gay Pride, Merlin's dad.
- Vlad, a vampire.
- Thunderhooves, a living, giant mechanical Pegasus blimp.
- Magicbook, which is Facebook for magical folk.
The story was okay, with a dildo factory and an escalator to heaven, but dear God, I was drowning in Velveeta.
2 1/2 *sadly-disappointed* stars this time around.
I picked up this book hoping for some light "Walking Dead" action, but didn't get the book that I was hoping for.
I suspect that the author was going for kitsch and camp with the names of the characters, but for me it came across as pure unadulterated cheese, instead. : (
- Justice, the cop.
- Chief Authority Figure, the chief of police
- Merlin, a wizard, who lives on Mount Olympus.
- Sauron, the evil wizard uncle.
- Nelly Bottom, the closet-case mayor.
- Prodigious Bottom, the mayor's big-assed daughter.
- Gay Pride, Merlin's dad.
- Vlad, a vampire.
- Thunderhooves, a living, giant mechanical Pegasus blimp.
- Magicbook, which is Facebook for magical folk.
The story was okay, with a dildo factory and an escalator to heaven, but dear God, I was drowning in Velveeta.
2 1/2 *sadly-disappointed* stars this time around.
May 18, 2017
Drawn by the cover, intrigued by the blurb I do really hope that this story gonna be something...
Instead got that nearly 'The Walking Dead' zombies experience, what i got is huge disappointment.
The story begin with this police patrol officer then suddenly zombie virus outbreak and then there's this gorgeous Merlin Pride guy come as partner which known later as a wizard. Then there's this Vlad - not that Vlad but from the same clan - following next with the appearance of some kind magical things, then come the Olympus Mountain, 'stairway to heaven' things, and then wtf-Saoron???
And after all just to find that this chaos thing actually caused by this 'boring' uncle who lost his money in horse gambling held by human?
Wtf i've just read anyway?
This book definitely not my cup of tea!
May 7, 2015
Silly little bit of fluff. Was... Ok.
May 7, 2018
Buddy cops, magic, and stupid puns are my favorite thing ever. Too bad this book was written like a tween on a sugar high.
The leads have no chemistry, and there's no build up to their feelings. The tone lurches from cartoonish comedy where one lead tries to run over the other in his car because he's piqued to serious mushy feelings. The worldbuilding is interesting, but the book just doesn't work.
The leads have no chemistry, and there's no build up to their feelings. The tone lurches from cartoonish comedy where one lead tries to run over the other in his car because he's piqued to serious mushy feelings. The worldbuilding is interesting, but the book just doesn't work.
March 24, 2018
Listen. I liked it, anyway.
April 8, 2015
A Joyfully Jay review.
2 stars
I wanted to enjoy Pride and Justice. Any book that has zombies, magic, and mythology should hit all my happy little nerd buttons. But nearly everything in Pride and Justice fell short of my expectations.
Let me start by giving the author credit for creating a unique origin event for the zombie apocalypse. Zombie fiction is all the rage these days, but many authors never explain how their respective undead infestations begin. Nacht gives the readers an unusual and original cause for the world’s zombification. Had this devastating event not been the result of ridiculous character actions, the plot might have had real potential. Instead the storyline felt rushed and lacking structure and the characters were rarely relatable. We aren’t told much about Justice save that he is police officer and his ex lover is now a zombie. His eventual defense of the zombies and his attachment to Merlin are commendable, but I failed to connect with him and never felt that I fully understood him. Merlin is intriguing and we are given a bit more information about his background and his magical potential, but his personality isn’t fully defined either. Both he and Justice seem flat and lack depth. They are rough sketches rather than completed portraits. When they snipe with one another it feels forced and even their attraction never dips far below superficial. The less said about the “bad guys” the better. In the end their actions are illogical and less evil than the product of blatant stupidity.
Read Sue’s review in its entirety here.
2 stars
I wanted to enjoy Pride and Justice. Any book that has zombies, magic, and mythology should hit all my happy little nerd buttons. But nearly everything in Pride and Justice fell short of my expectations.
Let me start by giving the author credit for creating a unique origin event for the zombie apocalypse. Zombie fiction is all the rage these days, but many authors never explain how their respective undead infestations begin. Nacht gives the readers an unusual and original cause for the world’s zombification. Had this devastating event not been the result of ridiculous character actions, the plot might have had real potential. Instead the storyline felt rushed and lacking structure and the characters were rarely relatable. We aren’t told much about Justice save that he is police officer and his ex lover is now a zombie. His eventual defense of the zombies and his attachment to Merlin are commendable, but I failed to connect with him and never felt that I fully understood him. Merlin is intriguing and we are given a bit more information about his background and his magical potential, but his personality isn’t fully defined either. Both he and Justice seem flat and lack depth. They are rough sketches rather than completed portraits. When they snipe with one another it feels forced and even their attraction never dips far below superficial. The less said about the “bad guys” the better. In the end their actions are illogical and less evil than the product of blatant stupidity.
Read Sue’s review in its entirety here.
April 8, 2015
This book puts me in mind of great comic novelists like Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. It doesn't have quite the slick, smooth facility of storytelling, but it has the same wild, cynical heart and the same love of puns and dad jokes. This is a tale you can't take too seriously...on the surface. There's definitely a message though, an authorial tone coming through and asking, "But really, if you squint, isn't this awful close to real life?"
It's not a mistake that the true villains are revealed to be those who caused the zombies to happen and not the zombies themselves. It's not a coincidence that their identities are revealed to be what they are. This story has political underpinnings like all the best satire and absurd comedy does. If this is too dry or kitschy to hit your funny bone, you probably won't enjoy it. However! If you have the right sense of humor...this will be a most rewarding read. My suggestion: get the sample on your Kindle, see if it makes you smirk, and if it's a match for you, buy it.
If you miss the Walking Dead but really need a laugh, if you have a weekly quota of Zombie Love going unfilled, if you just like two crazy, weird guys getting together and falling into some kind of love amid cheesy-yet-meaningful plot devices, this is for you.
Full Disclosure: I'm friends with the author, but I paid for my own copy of this book.
It's not a mistake that the true villains are revealed to be those who caused the zombies to happen and not the zombies themselves. It's not a coincidence that their identities are revealed to be what they are. This story has political underpinnings like all the best satire and absurd comedy does. If this is too dry or kitschy to hit your funny bone, you probably won't enjoy it. However! If you have the right sense of humor...this will be a most rewarding read. My suggestion: get the sample on your Kindle, see if it makes you smirk, and if it's a match for you, buy it.
If you miss the Walking Dead but really need a laugh, if you have a weekly quota of Zombie Love going unfilled, if you just like two crazy, weird guys getting together and falling into some kind of love amid cheesy-yet-meaningful plot devices, this is for you.
Full Disclosure: I'm friends with the author, but I paid for my own copy of this book.
March 17, 2015
2.5 stars
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