What a fun discovery! One of the new books purchased by my library. It's fun and funny. Dade's sense of humour is right on point for me. Plus I really appreciate that the main character, Edie, is a chunky chick who can find romance with her mysterious neighbour, Chad/Max/Gaston. Yeah, there's a story there.
As you can guess from the title, this is a world with zombies, developed by the human government to combat other supernaturals. Unfortunately, things didn't work out to plan and now the human authorities and a supernatural committee work together unwillingly to keep their citizens safe. Which doesn't explain why Edie sees an uncontained zombie about to assault her neighbour Chad. Turns out he's a vampire with a huge sword and fighting skill. And he's determined to protect her!
Of course there is something nefarious going on, and Edie and Max (his preferred name) must team up with their neighbours to sort things out. While doing that, they must also figure out what they feel for one another. In my opinion, there was a bit too much over-explicit sex, but it didn't detract from the funky fun of the story.
I have looked into Dade's back catalogue and I am very sorry that her Lovestruck Librarians series is out of print. I have a hunch I would like it and I hope she gets around to self-publishing it some day (since she got her rights to them back from a former publisher). It sounds like there is a second book in this series coming, involving one of the side characters in this volume. Oh, and if you read this, be sure to also read the “discussion questions” that Dade supplies at the end. They are good for a giggle.
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