My Life as a White Trash Zombie (White Trash Zombie #1) by Diana Rowland
Publication Date: July 3rd 2012 by Brilliance Audio
Pages: 320
Audio Book Length: 9hrs 5min
Narrator: Allison McLemore
Source: Purchased
Rating: ★★★★½
My
Thoughts:
My Life as a White Trash Zombie was unexpectedly
good! I was a little hesitant that I’d like Angel being that she’s a self-described
loser and drug addict. However, not only was this a zombie story, but it was
also a story of positive personal growth, and a mystery. Angel is a smart cookie
who had a rough start in life. I’m eager to see her take charge of her life and
happiness and excel!
Angel wakes up in the ER told that she was saved from an
overdose, but the flashes of memory she has doesn’t match up with the account
she’s been given. Also, when Angel leaves the ER she’s given a note and instructions
to show up and start work at the coroner’s office or be reported to her parole
officer which would likely result in her going back to jail. A threat that
motivates her to comply.
Angel’s job sounds like a nightmare for someone with a notoriously
weak stomach, but there are some surprising revelations as she settles in. Also,
there’s a string of murders where the corpse has been left decapitated.
My Life as a White Trash Zombie was a “page-turner”! A
story I didn’t want to stop listening to! I listened to the story straight through
and was tempted to continue with the next story, but it was getting too late! Allison
McLemore’s performance was perfection! I loved her Southern accent, and her comedic
timing was excellent! There wasn’t as much laugh-out-loud humor as I thought
there’d be, more ironic, dry humor that worked well with this story.
I listened to the story for the read along I’m participating
in hosted by Anne @Books of My Heart and we had a fun online chat about the
book today (Sunday)! I’m not sure I’ll be able to hold off until next month to read
the next one!
4.5 Stars
Book Description:
Angel Crawford is a loser.
Living with her alcoholic deadbeat dad in the swamps of southern Louisiana, she's a high school dropout with a pill habit and a criminal record who's been fired from more crap jobs than she can count. Now on probation for a felony, it seems that Angel will never pull herself out of the downward spiral her life has taken.
That is, until the day she wakes up in the ER after overdosing on painkillers. Angel remembers being in a horrible car crash, but she doesn't have a mark on her. To add to the weirdness, she receives an anonymous letter telling her there's a job waiting for her at the parish morgue—and that it's an offer she doesn't dare refuse.
Before she knows it she's dealing with a huge crush on a certain hunky deputy and a brand new addiction: an overpowering craving for brains. Plus, her morgue is filling up with the victims of a serial killer who decapitates his prey—just when she's hungriest!
Angel's going to have to grow up fast if she wants to keep this job and stay in one piece. Because if she doesn't, she's dead meat.
Literally.
