Zombies suck, but they’re not after brains! Forget mindless rotting corpses shuffling along. These zombies are young, hot, and looking for action. One day Kai Bauer is tending vineyards in Germany, the next he’s on a plane heading for… well, he doesn’t really know. Wait a minute! He’s a what? And they have to drink what to live forever? The transition begins on his nineteenth birthday. He must … find a mate in four years or he’ll have a long, un-fun life.
That’s Jasper’s problem too. After decades, the ex-priest has given up on finding a mate. He’s willing to be Kai’s mentor and friend. Gorgeous, distant, and off-limits, meet young, virile, and gay.
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The Zombies in the title was a turn off, which meant I post-poned reading this for too long! That was a fun view of Zombies!
A seriously sexy twist on zombies made this an extremely interesting story to dive into. I wish so hard that I loved it. There was very little character depth and the story was so focused on all the sex around the MC’s that we got extremely little of their own relationship development and intimacy. When they did get around to bonding it was so underwhelming that I almost wish I DNF’ed this book. So seriously sad because I was set to enjoy the story based on the sexy premise.
Kai, a hick from the German sticks, is whisked away to a completely foreign world, in more ways than one. I could appreciate his personal journey into finding out what he likes, who he likes, and what the zombie world is all about. But while I was expecting characters evolving, I got a whole lot of voyeurism and sex by everyone but Kai and the man he’s drawn to more than anyone else and it left me with a sour feeling. I’m certainly not a prude, but I was appalled by what I was witnessing through Kai’s “education”.
Jasper was so tame and hands-off that I just didn’t care about him at all. There was so much potential for him and we got so little that I didn’t even really know why I bothered being interested in the first place. I understand that he was pretty set in his disappointment over not having a mate, but after counseling others you’d think he’d be a tiny bit more aware of the reactions he was having to Kai and would be more interested in learning about him, getting closer to him to find out if what he’s drawn to is a mate bond in Kai and not just a nice-looking young man, and more annoyed by the offers and advances of fellow zombies. We got so little that it might as well have been nothing at all.
Their connection was too little, too late for me and while I’m a fan of the double-innocents thing, there was so little to recommend them as a couple that I just didn’t care. The “seer” bit with Kai’s cousin, the creating a connection and building a mate bond between Kai and Jasper, Kai learning to accept his sexuality…there were a lot of things that could have been developed and yet we were just given a very erotic view into a zombie brothel. I didn’t hate the story, but I definitely didn’t enjoy it either.
This is a really entertaining MM zombie story with just a touch of sexual insecurity. I particularly enjoyed the MM romantic approach this author has taken instead of writing the normal bloodthirsty zombie stories. I found the plot light-hearted, well-written & unique. The characters are interesting & well-developed, there is good support from the secondary characters.
There is: an shy apparently straight young man (Kai Bouer) who is rescued from a good-for-nothing abusive uncle (Franz) by two zombie men (Beau Renou & Lafayette) & taken to a place called “Club Zombie” where Kai come into contact with a ex-priest (Jasper) who mentors him but then the attractions flare, Kai’s cousin (Ulrich), humor, some twists, intrigue, family issues, manipulations, threats, memories, insecurities, discovery, explanations, disbelief, unease, memories, loneliness, confusion, hope, attractions, some BDSM, dreams, fantasies, longings, desire, steamy scenes, mates, happiness & a satisfying conclusion although there is a tiny cliffhanger to do with Ulrich. I look forward to future books from this author with great anticipation.
Zombies Ahead is the first book in the Club Zombie series by Z. Allora. This paranormal story is an interesting twist on the zombie story – instead of being creepy brain-eaters, these young, hot zombie men need something else from men in order to survive. This is unlike any story I’ve read before. This is a fun and sexy read, for sure!
Kai and Jasper are fantastic characters. And I really need to know more about these supporting cast of characters. They are just fun, sexy and begging to tell me more.
I received an advanced reader’s copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving my honest review and recommendation.