Yolanda Sfetsos
Better Off Alone (eBook)
Damnation Books (1st December 2009)
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The zombies have taken over. With her mother now gone, the only friend Nell still has is Todd, and though he’s only a suburb over, battling zombies in order to rescue Todd may not be worth it. Then again, staying with her new-found group of survivors isn’t ideal, either – particularly because of the way they’ve kept themselves alive.
The plot is a cracker, but because the story is so short it only skims the surface of this post-apocalyptic zombie world. The survivors’ tactics are both depraved yet understandable, but Better Off Alone doesn’t supply much in the way of characterisation. However, should Yolanda Sfetsos craft a full-length zombie novel, that would be a real treat.