Zombies Suck is the second book in the ‘Club Zombie’ series. It stars four main characters: Alex Waterman, Ulrich, Cutter and Storm. The story is told in third person from each of their povs.



I read the first book in this series last Halloween so decided I’d keep up the tradition and read the second book this Halloween. As in the first book, the premise is that some males turn into zombies at a certain age. They don’t eat brains as in the horror movies, but they need to intake ‘male essence’ everyday in order to survive. They also have mates, but if they don’t find their mate by a certain age, they become impotent until they find them.

The cover on this book is the second version. The first was artwork with the four characters on it. This one shows Alex, but with red hair. He is actually a blond for most of the story, so I was confused until the explanation was given. The author sprung a surprise that explains Alex’s red hair, which I thought was rather clever.

There are four main characters and I feel like it was too many. I would have preferred the story have been only about Uri and Alex because with four MCs, there wasn’t much time given to each of them, especially when the story was mostly based on sex more than the characters. I couldn’t figure out why Storm was so angry all the time, which was tiresome, other than he had a dominating father, or why he felt unworthy of Cutter. Or why Cutter cut himself and was so insecure. Or even how Alex suddenly felt like a Dom, other than his time was coming up so he had to change. It wasn’t a realization so much as a biological happening. It was like the story was based on Alex, Storm and Cutter having issues, then throwing the four characters together and having their problems solved by becoming partners, lots of BDSM, and sex. And there was a lot of sex, more than in the first book. I liked the story behind Alex and what made him change, but I wish there was more about him and Uli, I didn’t care for Storm or Cutter and couldn’t relate to them as characters.

Overall, I liked the first book much more than this one. This was mostly about sex and delved too little into the characters and what made them tick and unfortunately, I didn’t find the story very memorable, other than Alex. Even though Zombies Suck didn’t work for me, I plan on reading the next book because the idea behind the series is good and because the hook at the end of this story was about Storm’s brother walking into the club. I just hope the next book isn’t so heavy on the sex again and it’s more about the characters instead. I give Zombies Suck, 3 Stars.

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