Dru Anderson has been different for as long as she can remember. After losing her mother and Grandma, the little family that is herself and dad travel from town to town hunting the things that go bump in the night and eat the unwary. It’s a weird life, but a good one–until one night on a fatal mission her father is killed and comes creeping back home as a Zombie...eeccckkk.....

Alone, terrified, and trapped in an cold, snows all the time icy town, Dru’s going to need every inch of her wit and training to stay alive. Helping her father on random missions Dru has picked up some skills and knowledge but in no way is she ready to go it alone, and she isn’t prepared for the changes that are coming and world that was hidden from her to come slamming in her face. Her only friend is Graves a boy who is homeless yet crafty and also half werewolf. When Dru meets Graves it’s not love at first sight but the two become pretty close throughout the course of the story. She feels responsible for him getting bit by a flaming dog and he bought her a cheeseburger when she was hungry, who wouldnt be your friend after that? Graves seems to be what Dru need's and starts  breaking some of the ice compacted around her heart. One of the refreshing aspects of this book: no LOVE theme, no romance and no passionate he kissed me and my toes lit on fire. I think it was a nice break from the over the top love stories I’ve been reading, not that I don’t love the “love stories” (I mean I could read Twilight a hundred times) but sometimes you just need a good kicking down doors and busting heads kind of book!!!

I thought the plot was good and the writing was well done, although some of the Latin words to describe her monsters were weird, also it dragged in the beginning. After the prologue we get major character setup, or just the feel of Dru who sometimes got on my nerves with her bad mouth and annoying thoughts. Once we reached half way and meet Christophe, (yes that’s his name) a half human, half vampire who hunts monsters the plot started to unfold. I think he was my favorite character with the whole human boy charm yet creepy eye thing. Another refreshing aspect to this story was reading about bad guys AKA monsters and such that where actually bad and really scary. If you scare easily I’d say pass on this one. Some of the descriptions were creep-tacular and just plan gave me the shivers. The ending was explosive and well worth the read to get there. Dru has great potential and the future makings of your typical kick butt vampire slayer girl. (Think Buffy with a bad attitude and sexy frizzy hair…lol)

My dislike with the book- (and no I’m not that old) was that this was marketed to teens. The language is highly offensive...way too many f- bombs. Some of these urban YA's shouldn’t be rated 12 and up... I think it’s more appropriate for 17 and up.

Mature YA, Urban Fantasy 4/5