Title: Zombie Cruise
Series: Zombie Vacations #1
By: Janiera Eldridge
Publication Date: June 16, 2013
Number of pages: 37
Blurb:
Brenda Lawson signed up for a relaxing cruise but never thought she would be sharing the sea with the undead! As Brenda's paradise turns into a nightmare, she must care for a little girl who lost her mother to the darkness. Will Brenda be able to save her life and the life of a precious child or will the new monsters of the sea have two new members?
Zombie Cruise is the first short story in the Zombie Vacations serial series, which features relaxing vacations that quickly turn into zombie hells!
****Other books by Janiera Eldridge***
Soul Sisters (Soul Sisters series book 1)
Dark Expectations (Soul Sisters series book 2)
Good Ghost Gone Bad (Vigilante Ghosts series book 1)
My Review:
I was given a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.
Brenda wakes to the sound of a little girl's voice asking her for help. Her mother was sick and this little girl didn't know what to do. Brenda being half asleep is wondering how this child got in her room. She must have left the door unlocked when she came to her room after a night of partying with rum and coke. Brenda is just so happy that it is only a little girl that is in her room and not some dude that would be out for one thing and one thing only she is very aware of how lucky she is.
She slowly pulls her brain into the world of the living and the sound of a little girl's voice. The little girl whom she finds out is Michelle tells her that her mother is sick and wants her to go help her. So Brenda goes with the little girl to check on her mother. Upon arriving in their room Brenda finds that after checking Michelle's mother to see if she is breathing, finds that she is not but the smell alone has already given her a clue that her mother has already left them behind. Brenda thinks she is losing her mind after Michelle's mother starts making noises and attacks them.
Brenda and Michelle run out of the room which is not easy as Michelle's mother is sort of fast for someone who is undead. Brenda can't believe what she is seeing the undead walking around it is like a movie with zombies. Her mind is like in slow motion trying to figure out what is going on while at the same time thinking that they need to get off the ship. But she doesn't know how they are going to do that. Of course they have boats on the ship just for this reason but they are out in the middle of the ocean in freezing water.
While making their way to the top deck of the ship Brenda and Michelle run into more of these zombie like creatures. These zombies are not like the ones that Brenda has seen on tv or in a movie, these zombies are faster or well most are. Brenda is caring Michelle she is afraid of putting her down she is afraid that one of the zombie will get her. Michelle tells Brenda that she can walk. Even though Brenda's arms are getting kind of tired caring her there is no way she is going put her down.
She figures that Michelle can only be about five or six years old because of her size even though she seems to be a very smart child. Yeah well Michelle could be more like eight or nine years old. I mean just because she is little and short doesn't mean that she is a toddler. When I was like five or six years old my grandmother worried that I was going to be a midget. I remember when I was eighteen years old and had just graduated from high school a few months before I was visiting my aunt and there were two ladies there too. These two ladies kept looking at me and finally they ask me why I was not in school. We all just laughed and I told them that I graduated that year. Well they couldn't believe it they thought I was twelve years old. I have found out in the last year or two that legally I am a midget and oh I am just one inch shy of having to use a car seat like children do when they ride in a vehicle. I have been called all kinds of names like shorty, short stuff, little bit. Oh well names don't bother me well except one kind of does and that is being called stumpy. But ok my point is that Michelle could have been older and Brenda was treating her like a toddler. Which hey I understand that all Brenda was thinking about was keeping her alive. I would have done the exact same thing as Brenda. I would have protected that child with my life as well.
Zombie Cruise is a very well written story the only problem I had with it is that I wanted more. I wanted to know more about Brenda and Michelle and their lives. How does Michelle handle her mother being gone and that she will never see her again? Who was Brenda? Who was Michelle's mother? Who was Michelle? Have you read Zombie Cruise? No, well then you need to head on over to Amazon right now and pick up your copy. Oh you just don't know what you are missing.
About the Author:
Janiera enjoys feeding her book addiction when she not writing. Writing is therapeutic to her during her struggles with Fibromyalgia. Being unable to work a normal 9-5 is what encouraged her to write full time. She is also a book blogger at Beauty and Books where she mixes being a book nerd with keeping things chic. When not reading or writing she is freelance writing in the entertainment industry.When trying to relax she likes a huge yard sale on a Saturday morning, rainy days to read by and nacho cheese is her kryptonite. Soul Sisters is her debut novel.
Feel free to visit her book blog where she loves reviewing books and doing author interview at Books & Beauty. She loves feedback and welcomes any questions or comments to her email and FB Page and Twitter
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