Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues (White Trash Zombie, #2) by Diana Rowland

Oct 22, 2012 Katy rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: all fans of urban fantasy, non-trad zombies, etc.

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Book Info: Genre: Urban Fantasy/Zombies
Reading Level: Adult

Disclosure: I purchased this book for myself, as a birthday present; I’m under no obligation to anyone, but I wanted to read something fun, something that I wanted to read, and I’m always happy to provide an honest review.

Synopsis: Angel Crawford is finally starting to get used to life as a brain-eating zombie, but her problems are far from over. Her felony record is coming...more

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Jul 24, 2012 Zabet The Dark Empress of Dark Chocolate rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-books, zombies

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Cover Impressions: Even if I hadn't read and enjoyed My Life As A White Trash Zombie, this cover would have made me start the series. It is the perfect mix of bad-ass and vulnerable in a completely unexpected scene (are there any other books that feature a punk-chick on a toilet?*) The cover is so detailed that it begs examination and I found myself looking it over every time that I closed the book and noticing new things each time.

Th...more

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Jul 07, 2012 Bonnie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: zombies-like-brains, urban-fantasy, read-in-2012, adult

3.5 stars
Awesome cover. I love it even more than the first one!

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Jul 01, 2012 Cat Russell (Addicted2Heroines) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

* * * 4.5 Stars * * *

I opened my mouth to tell him he was full of shit, to tell him I knew he'd thrown me under the bus, but all that came out was, "Braaiinns."
Yeah, I was kinda hungry.

My first thought when closing this book was, "Damn, that was good!". There are so many different aspects of the story I enjoyed that initially I couldn't figure out how to begin my review.

Now that I've had a few days to reflect on it, I'm going to start with what impressed me most - Angel's character growth. Thi...more

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Aug 05, 2012 Kevin Lanahan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit, fantasy, mystery, supernatural

Read the other reviews for synopses. Here's my impressions:

1) This story is a great follow-up to the first novel. There is character growth, relationship growth and great action. Apparently, eating all those brains, in addition to keeping you alive, makes you smarter. Angel grows in confidence, as you would expect from anyone who survived a life-changing experience. She still has a lot of self-doubt, but sees that she has support from her coworkers and friends and carries on. She questions her r...more

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Jul 09, 2012 Fangs for the Fantasy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Angel is settling into her life as a zombie now, working in the morgue, eating her brains and dating her fellow zombie, Marcus. They’re a little wary from the threat of zombie hunters after the deaths in the last book and she’s still working to get her dad sorted out, but on the whole things are looking good.

But then things get more complicated – a body appears that makes no sense at all to the police – and is connected not only to the zombies but also to the zombies that were murdered by Ed the...more Angel is settling into her life as a zombie now, working in the morgue, eating her brains and dating her fellow zombie, Marcus. They’re a little wary from the threat of zombie hunters after the deaths in the last book and she’s still working to get her dad sorted out, but on the whole things are looking good.

But then things get more complicated – a body appears that makes no sense at all to the police – and is connected not only to the zombies but also to the zombies that were murdered by Ed the zombie-hunter in the last book. Worse, the body is stolen at gunpoint from Angel and no-one believes her story – finding it easier to blame her, with her criminal record than to actually listen to her. Her job and her easy access to brains are under threat – and the clue trail points towards experiments and projects funded by zombies and possible conflict between them.

As if that weren’t enough, her parole officer reminds her that she needs to get her GED or she’ll violate her parole, which just highlights her lack of education and the massive class gulf between her and Marcus who is studying for his Masters. To make matters worse, his friends and his uncle, an old and powerful zombie, are all vastly more educated and more wealthy than she and they look down on her from the vantage point of their extravagant mansions.

And all of this is before they find they’ve stumbled into zombie politics and insidious conspiracies at the highest possible levels…

The plot and the mystery was complex and pretty well done. I did get close to lost a few times because of the weight of different people, different themes and different edges of the same platform. But part of that is because the mystery was held really well through most of the book and while I’m confused, so too is Angel. I honestly didn’t see the ending coming, not even close to it – there were multiple hints and, yes, in hindsight, clues that could have lead me there (I should have known to be alert for all the clever hints reading a Diana Rowland book! Where’s my flipchart?) but I was completely surprised when it all came together. There were plenty of twists, what I assumed was going to happened several times, didn’t – and the answers I was oh-so-sure I had were completely wrong.

I actually felt we were dealing with several subplots all running together and through that it was, perhaps, too much, but at the end they all came together into one, solid, interwoven story that also drew in the last book as well. Nothing was simple and nothing was what was assumed – and even when it draws on some very old tropes and very old story elements, it still surprised me because the journey to them was so unique.

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Jul 05, 2012 Douglas Meeks rated it 5 of 5 stars

Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues (White Trash Zombie, #2)

Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I did a marathon reading of Even White Trash Zombies get the Blues and was surprised to find it was exceptional. Obviously, the zombie bit might be a turnoff for some folks but this is an awesome UF novel and I loved it. Angel is trying to get her life turned around since she is now a zombie (My Life as A White Trash Zombie) and gets involved in some high level murder and mystery. Ms Rowland has done an amazing job of...more

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Feb 15, 2013 Anachronist rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: simply-the-best-so-far

Synopsis

Angel Crawford is finally starting to get used to life as a brain-eating zombie. Let's face it, more brains can only improve your life, right? Still, like in real life, Angel's old problems are returning to haunt her. Her felony record keeps complicating her prospects, more zombie hunters are popping up in her neighbourhood, and she’s beginning to wonder if her hunky cop-boyfriend, Marcus, is actually involved with the zombie mafia. Yeah, you read it right—the zombie mafia. They are infl...more

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Jan 30, 2013 Kathryn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013

This hilarious book is the sequel to My Life as a White Trash Zombie, and Angel Crawford is currently my favorite South Louisiana White Trash Zombie heroine. I loved this book, which is rude and crude and contains a good many dead bodies (zombie and otherwise).

Angel was not voted Most Likely to Succeed by her high school graduating class, mainly because along with her pill-popping, drinking, and otherwise being typical white trash, she dropped out of high school. Now at age 23, she has found (or...more

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Aug 26, 2012 Ian rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: a-favorites

A Solid 4.5 Stars

After being turned into a zombie in My Life as a White Trash Zombie, Angel returns for another adventure. Just when things are starting to look up for her, her life once again hits the skids.

Her job at the morgue is on the line after a body is stolen on her watch, her relationship with Marcus is on the rocks after he belittles her in front of his uncle. She suspects his uncle, Pietro is something of a zombie mobster who might be in cahoots with a mysterious research facility fr...more

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Jul 07, 2012 Ferdy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Spoilers

Things are finally going well for Angel - she's getting used to her zombie nature, she has a job she loves, a boyfriend that's not a loser, she's finally getting along with her dad and she's working on getting her GED. Of course, good things don't last and it's not long before Angel finds herself in bother again.
After collecting the body of a security guard at a top research lab, Angel is held up at gunpoint at the morgue and told to hand over the body of the securiry guard. As there wer...more Spoilers

Things are finally going well for Angel - she's getting used to her zombie nature, she has a job she loves, a boyfriend that's not a loser, she's finally getting along with her dad and she's working on getting her GED. Of course, good things don't last and it's not long before Angel finds herself in bother again.
After collecting the body of a security guard at a top research lab, Angel is held up at gunpoint at the morgue and told to hand over the body of the securiry guard. As there were no witnesses, Angel's bosses and the police think she's lying in order to cover up her own incompetence. With her job on the line, Angel investigates the lab and the security guard in the hope of clearing her name. Angel soon finds herself tangled up in top secret research, evil scientists, zombie soldiers, fake brains, zombie hunters and the zombie mafia.

-I adore Angel's voice - she's so blunt, funny and truthful. She was likeable and easy to root for because she was a bit of an underdog. Even though she was insecure about her intelligence and qualifications, she didn't let it get her down. I loved that she wanted to improve herself and wanted to get an education and do something with her life so she could show everyone that she wasn't the loser they all thought she was.

-Marcus and Angel have settled into their relationship and the cracks begin to show. Angel starts to resent how little faith Marcus has in her and she gets annoyed with him deciding everything for her. Thankfully Angel doesn't just let Marcus get away with his behaviour, she sticks up for herself and lets Marcus know what's what.
I thought Marcus was great in the first book but not so much in this one. He was very irritating, particularly when it came to his uncle - he blindly listened to whatever his uncle said, never questioned him and and thought his uncle could do no wrong. Even when Angel bought up valid points in regards to his uncle's motives, he refused to listen to reason. I was glad that Angel told Marcus she wanted to slow down at the end, I think she still needs to sort things out in her life before committing to anyone. I wouldn't mind if Angel had a fling with Nick - there's definitely potential between them.

-Angel's scenes with her dad were quite touching - he was trying his best to give up alcohol and rebuild a relationship with her. It was nice of Angel to give her dad another chance - she was very forgiving of his past treatment of her and I liked how she did her best to support him. She could have easily walked away from him and focused on her own life, since she didn't owe him anything but she still helped him.

-It's disappointing how every single person in Angel's life is male - her dad, Marcus, her boss and colleagues. Why can't more heroines have well written female friends/family that are important to the heroine??

-It was a bit convenient and hard to believe that Dr Charish ended up revealing all the details of her evil plot to Angel. Charish was obviously an intelligent and ambitious woman so for her to just tell Angel everything was unrealistic - obviously it was done for the benefit of the reader. I would have preferred if the truth about the zombie experiments were revealed in a more organic way instead of having a supposedly smart character just brag about it.

-I liked how the author didn't shy away from describing how Angel rotted and decomposed when she didn't get enough brains to eat. I'd much rather read about a heroine and hero who's nails can fall off and who's skin can peel away instead of the usual perfect heroine and hero.

-I was pissed that Angel didn't have much of a go at Pietro for betraying her. He's obviously old enough and smart enough to know what he was agreeing to in letting Angel be experimented on. I wish Marcus had disowned him, if his uncle was willing to use someone he cared about for his own purpose then he's not trustworthy. If Pietro doesn't redeem himself in the next book, I hope Angel takes him down.

I'll definitely be reading the next book. I'm looking forward to seeing how Angel's character grows, how her relationship with her dad and Marcus develops and how she handles the zombie soldiers. (less)

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Aug 26, 2012 Kayla rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, zombies, crime, pnr-spn, favorites, kick-ass-heroine, fantasy

My Life As a White Trash Zombie was great in my opinion. Different kind of heroine introduced with a felony record, foul mouth, with a crisis of inferiority. Different zombies than the rest-they still got their humanity as long as they're "tanked up" on brains. CSI. Enough said.

But Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues was a great sequel. Characters development, more zombie drama and crime scenes that leave you wondering What the hell is going on?

"You've spent this time surviving. But that's j

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Apr 03, 2013 Dawn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013-books, audio-books, urban-fantasy

Angel has decided that she is not a looser anymore and she is determined to turn her life around. She is doing great at work and making personal goals, even her and her dad are getting along better. But life for Angel is never easy for one she is trying to figure out who she wants to be and well being a zombie seems to be life threatening.

I love that Angel has great common sense and she is a great heroine, she has enough snark to keep things funny but not so much that she needs no one. The myste...more

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Jul 16, 2012 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: urban mystery; zombie lore

Shelves: mystery

Since I enjoyed the first novel of this series so much I snapped up the kindle version of this book the day it released. Although I liked the first book a tad bit better I still enjoyed this one quite a lot. It continues the story and some of the plot of the first book adding depth to the zombie plot lines and the whys of events from the first book. Some of the content extension felt a little stretched but it mostly worked and helped knit the two books together nicely. I enjoyed spending more ti...more

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Feb 14, 2013 Melissa rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved the originality of the first book, My Life as a White Trash Zombie, so I had high hopes for book two. I wasn't disappointed. Granted, some of the newness had worn off the idea, but it wasn't at all tiring. The author kept up the voice and humor and delivered with plot, which could have gone all kinds of wrong in a zombie series.

If you read the first book, you know Angel had plenty of trouble in her life, but things were looking up. And now, between the requirements of her probation agree...more

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Jul 11, 2012 Allison rated it 5 of 5 stars

First can I just say: Any book that has a Dan Dos Santos painting as it's cover means that it will probably be a great book. My logic is sound, look up his work!

It also doesnt hurt that this book supports my claim and then some, what a great follow up to book one! I'm writing this as if anyone reading this has read book one "My Life as a White Trash Zombie" and they know they basic plot of the story: Angel Crawford was a girl that had basically given up on ever doing anything or becoming anyone...more

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Oct 21, 2012 Emelda rated it 4 of 5 stars

So good! They introduced a well-rounded gay character, yay. But Angel still needs female friends! She has acquaintances, yes, but no real female "friends." I was really hoping the bookstore chick would show up again... In any case, I couldn't put this down any more than I could the first one. I love the undercurrent of making your life better, no matter what shit's been thrown your way. And a mention of rape never being the victim's fault showed up again, with no reason besides a nice correlatio...more

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Sep 22, 2012 Joshua Palmatier rated it 4 of 5 stars

I was looking forward to reading Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues, the second book in Diana Rowland's White Trash Zombie series, since I finished the first book. I really liked the first book--the writing, the character, the storyline, and the treatment of zombies. So I got to this one as soon as I could once it was out.

The premise is that Angel--a white trash chick with small problems with the law and perhaps major problems with drink, drugs, and her family life before she became a zombie...more I was looking forward to reading Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues, the second book in Diana Rowland's White Trash Zombie series, since I finished the first book. I really liked the first book--the writing, the character, the storyline, and the treatment of zombies. So I got to this one as soon as I could once it was out.

The premise is that Angel--a white trash chick with small problems with the law and perhaps major problems with drink, drugs, and her family life before she became a zombie--is now working at the coroner's office collecting dead bodies and is attempting to get her unlife back together. She needs the job for its access to brains, of course, but she also needs it to help pull herself out of her troubles and help with her probation. She's on the right track, but when someone holds her up at gunpoint and steals one of her bodies--one that she's suspicious of even before the holdup--she gets blamed for "losing" the body and those in power use her as the scapegoat for the screw-up at the office. Her past is coming back to haunt her, and to make it worse, it appears that something rather sinister is going on at the corporation where she picked up the body that was stolen. When she begins to check it out, things go from bad to worse fast.

I want to say up front that I really loved this book, still love the character and the treatment of zombies. As a reader, I'm rooting for Angel and want her to succeed. The zombie worldbuilding is stellar, both thoughtful and appropriately gross without being gratuitous in any way. This type of zombie makes sense, and the rules are clear. This being a second book, I expected some typical second book syndrome to kick in, but I think Diana Rowland handled the second book appropriately. She doesn't linger on the zombie aspects from the first book too much; they're there, but that stuff has been moved to the back burner. Instead, we get NEW aspects of zombies that weren't covered in the first book because they wouldn't have come up then. But with the conspiracy plot in this book, the fact that we're learning this new stuff about zombies now makes perfect sense. Once that conspiracy plot really kicks in, the book drew me in and kept me reading.

And that's my only small quibble about this book: it took a good chunk of pages before I felt that the story really got started. Mostly, I was impatient for things to start moving and was happy when they did. So if you start this book and it seems perhaps a little slow at first, I suggest you just keep on reading, because it gets good after a short while, and when it's good, it's good. You won't be disappointed. This is the only aspect of the book that spoke of second book syndrome to me.

So, a great urban fantasy series continues. I highly recommend this series for those looking for something different in that jam-packed field. I think you'll love the character and the detail of the zombie worldbuilding. Meanwhile, I'm left to wait impatiently for the third book in the series to come out.(less)

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Jul 25, 2012 Karissa rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the second book in Rowland’s White Trash Zombie series. Right now Rowland has three book on contract for this series. This is a different type of zombie book with an excellent mystery and some good humor; it was a very fun read.

Angel is finally getting used to her new job and her need for brains. Then things get shaken up when she finds out that her parole officer is out to get her for a felony she committed before zombiehood. Then she finds out her boyfriend’s uncle is part of a zombie...more This is the second book in Rowland’s White Trash Zombie series. Right now Rowland has three book on contract for this series. This is a different type of zombie book with an excellent mystery and some good humor; it was a very fun read.

Angel is finally getting used to her new job and her need for brains. Then things get shaken up when she finds out that her parole officer is out to get her for a felony she committed before zombiehood. Then she finds out her boyfriend’s uncle is part of a zombie mafia of sorts and all of this might be tied into some sort of secret lab conspiracy. Angel is going to need a lot of brains (in more ways than one) to survive all of this!

This is a very well done investigative urban fantasy. This book had an excellent mystery for Angel to solve;, one involving genetic tampering and zombie mobsters. I really enjoy this series, it's different from all the other zombie books out there. The zombies in this book are just people who happen to be dead and tend to start rotting if they don’t eat brains.

Angel is a wonderful character, her life sucked before she was turned into a zombie and it’s been great to see Angel slowly getting her life together while dealing with her zombiness. It’s somewhat ironic that being turned into a zombie is one of the best things that has ever happened to her. Angel is really going against the odds to try and turn her life around. I loved watching her stand up to her boyfriend as well, she is finally seeing some worth in herself and gaining some self-respect. Her relationship with her father is interesting too.

The side characters are all well done and have depth to them; although Angel is definitely the true star of the book the side characters support her nicely.

The book is humorous, well written, and a bit gross at times... I had a hard time putting it down and really enjoyed the way all of the different threads of plot wove a wonderful mystery in the end. It is just very well done and a very enjoyable read. Definitely for older readers, as there is talk about sex and oodles of swearing. The book also gets pretty gory and disgusting at times...but it is about zombies...soooo....

This book has a great ending, it is seriously one of the best endings I’ve read in a while. It’s an upbeat ending that just leaves you feeling great and wanting to read more about Angel and her world!

Overall this was an excellent continuation of this series. I loved it even more than the first book. Angel is growing so much as character and I am totally rooting for her! I enjoyed the investigation and mystery; it was very well done. I also really enjoy the creative take on zombies that Rowland has used in this series. Highly recommended to fans of investigative urban fantasy and to fans of zombies of course!(less)

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Mar 28, 2013 Anna (Gatsby's Girl) rated it 4 of 5 stars

The first book in this series, My Life As a White Trash Zombie, was one of my favorites of 2011. I thought it was smart, had great characters and more emotion than a lot of other books I'd read - and that's saying a lot seeing as how I usually avoid books with zombies in them! So when I realized that the sequel had been released, I definitely wanted to read it and see how our favorite white trash, zombie felon, Angel Crawford, was doing. The book starts off a little bit slow, with Angel still a...more The first book in this series, My Life As a White Trash Zombie, was one of my favorites of 2011. I thought it was smart, had great characters and more emotion than a lot of other books I'd read - and that's saying a lot seeing as how I usually avoid books with zombies in them! So when I realized that the sequel had been released, I definitely wanted to read it and see how our favorite white trash, zombie felon, Angel Crawford, was doing. The book starts off a little bit slow, with Angel still adjusting to her Dad's attempts at getting sober, her own steady work at the morgue and dating her cop boyfriend - oh yeah, and being a zombie who eats brain smoothies for a snack! Just when she thinks her life can't get any more complicated, Angel is forced by the terms of her probation to get her GED within a certain time-frame...or else. And then a body is stolen from the morgue at gunpoint and on Angel's watch no less. Determined to find out what's going on, Angel is led down a trail involving the zombie mafia, men who die twice and odd government experiments on the living dead. Add in the fights with her boyfriend and there's never a dull moment for Angel. But can she make it away from a truly psychotic and dangerous enemy with her undead life intact? Or will she end up rotting away for good?
I liked how confident Angel became over the course of this book. In the first book she basically values herself at '0' and it's pretty obvious she thinks she's dumb, trailer trash. In this one, the first thing I noticed was when her boyfriend Marcus began coddling her and ignoring Angel's opinions completely, she called him on his shit and told him it was going to over if he didn't change. The idea of Angel solving crimes was interesting, but I felt like where the first book was mostly uncharted territory, this one fell into a cozy mystery mold - only with triple the swearing, violence and sex due to the zombie presence. My favorite scene in the book was after Angel and Marcus separated, and she was sitting in the dinner eating comfort food. The plot about the experimentation and dead man who died twice was definitely confusing, but in a good way. It kept me guessing the entire time as to what was really going on. Overall, it wasn't as funny or innovative to me as the first book but for a second series book, it held up extremely well and I'd highly recommend it to fans of the first. I'd recommend this to anyone who is hesitant about zombie tropes and wants something interesting and very different! :)

VERDICT: 4/5 Stars

**No money or favors were exchanged for this review. This book is now available in stores, online, or maybe even at your local library.**(less)

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Aug 24, 2012 Colleen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: whodunit-supernatural, urban-fantasy

2.75

The first half of this book kind of annoyed me. Partly because there was way too much repetition. Part of that repetition was about reminding readers what came in the last book, which is always nice in a series, but which is handled with a varying degree of adeptness and, in this book, there was no subtley or panache. It was more like "I can't believe that just last month X did Y and everything's so crazy".

But there's also a lot of repetition in Angel's narration/internal monologues, includ...more 2.75

The first half of this book kind of annoyed me. Partly because there was way too much repetition. Part of that repetition was about reminding readers what came in the last book, which is always nice in a series, but which is handled with a varying degree of adeptness and, in this book, there was no subtley or panache. It was more like "I can't believe that just last month X did Y and everything's so crazy".

But there's also a lot of repetition in Angel's narration/internal monologues, including 'funny' little reminders that, like, she's a zombie, ya know.

Yes, actually. I do know. You can stop reminding me.

Also, a lot of people were just dicks in this one, especially Marcus. It was just very... I don't know, it didn't seem to flow from the characters as much as just be plot devices, which, for me, made it less about sympathizing with Angel and more about being annoyed at how dickish everyone was being.

Towards the end there was a lot more action, which is good in some ways, but, overall, I found the whole plot/conspiracy thing to be sort of hackneyed and just beyond the point of believability. (Yes, yes, I know, it's a book about zombies, yadda yadda, but, ya know, there's a point where things just go from being fanciful but fun into the "are you kidding me?" territory, and this book skirted dangerously close to the latter side of the spectrum.)

And let's not forget the part where everything stops so the villain can explain her plan. Have these people learned nothing from 'The Incredibles'? No monologuing! Bad villain!

Also... admittedly I don't know the ins and outs of being on probation or anything, but it seemed really weird to me that her probation officer would randomly be driving around in a cop car, in uniform and whatnot, and also be the office guy. His whole schtick just seemed very odd to me, and didn't quite jibe with what I think of the job position. I know it's a minor thing, but it kinda bugged me.

That said, I still think Angel is pretty cool to hang out with, when she's not repeating herself constantly... and I did like the fact that she was more assertive and whatnot. She didn't put up with Marcus being a dick, seemed to have more self-esteem and inner-strength, and I liked the development of the relationship with her and her father.

I'll probably read the next in the series, but I hope some of the kinks get worked out or I don't know how long I'll last with it.(less)

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Sep 07, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Angel Crawford has finally gotten her life together. She used to be addicted to prescription drugs, go out with the wrong guys, get mixed up with the wrong crowd, and even bought a stolen car, which she is still on parole for. After becoming a zombie, everything changed. No more drugs, no more bad boyfriends, and she finally has a steady job that she enjoys and that also supplies her with the brains she needs to eat. The trouble comes in when someone steals a body from her at gunpoint and no one...more Angel Crawford has finally gotten her life together. She used to be addicted to prescription drugs, go out with the wrong guys, get mixed up with the wrong crowd, and even bought a stolen car, which she is still on parole for. After becoming a zombie, everything changed. No more drugs, no more bad boyfriends, and she finally has a steady job that she enjoys and that also supplies her with the brains she needs to eat. The trouble comes in when someone steals a body from her at gunpoint and no one believes her due to her criminal past. So, she takes it upon herself to investigate the mystery and finds a plot involving synthetic brains, zombie mobsters, and more zombie hunters. Let's hope she can solve the mystery and prove that she has reformed without dying for good.

The white trash zombie is back! Angel Crawford is my favorite sassy and foul mouthed zombie and I've been waiting for this book for a year. The wait was well worth it as this book was just a teensy bit better than the first book. Although she isn't very well educated (what with not graduating high school), Angel is very smart, resourceful, and observant. She puts many of the more formally educated people around her to shame although they constantly underestimate her and her abilities. While the first book was Angel just getting used to being a zombie, this book is her getting used to her new life, being successful and becoming confident and self assured. She even works on cultivating a real relationship with her dad, which was really sweet. Her relationship with Marcus becomes strained when he acts like an idiot. The way she acted was so refreshing. She wasn't meek and didn't back down when she knew she was right nor was she shy about letting Marcus know how he let her down. It's nice to finally see a woman not afraid to be herself and hold her own. I also love her narrative and hilarious observations.

Besides Angel, my other favorite thing about this book is getting to know the technical aspects behind the zombies. Usually, zombie books explain it right up front, but it makes sense that just because you are a zombie doesn't mean you know if it's caused by a virus or a tumor or radiation or whatever. This particular brand of zombie is caused by a parasite that keeps the body healthy when well fed to prolong both its life and the host's life. When not fed properly, the parasite allows the host to rot to prolong its own life as long as possible. This makes total sense. If it were a virus, the virus doesn't care about letting the host live and that's why it is used most often for the more traditional rotting, nonsentient type of zombies. I really like the science and sound reasoning for the zombie catalyst.

Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues is a great, funny, gory zombie book with crazy stuff like zombie mob bosses, wild twists and turns, and, of course, Angel Crawford. I would highly recommend this series to people that like a dose of humor with their zombies and aren't afraid of a few curse words. I eagerly await the next book!(less)

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Apr 16, 2013 Alice Liu rated it 5 of 5 stars

It's not easy being Angel Crawford. Besides suffering the indignities and prejudices heaped upon those we consider white trash, she has to deal with the homicidal tendencies that humans seem to have toward zombie-kind. And, really, she is doing the best she can for a girl on probation. She is trying to better herself -- a feat for someone who never expected to amount to anything -- and she works hard at keeping herself fed with brains without actually killing anyone. She does all this while the...more

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Mar 19, 2013 Sheryl rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: audio-book, paranormal

4-1/2 stars: I really enjoyed this audiobook and the performance by Allison McLemore was top notch. The only reason I deducted half a star is because I enjoyed the first book in the series just a little more and I gave that one 5 stars. While this book did make me chuckle a few times, it wasn't nearly as humorous as the first one and I missed that. I will admit that a lot of the humor in the first book was due to Angel discovering she was a zombie and learning to adjust to that so that element c...more

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Jul 16, 2012 Tremble Cup rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, zombies

I'm not sure what to make of this book. I'm a big fan of Diana Rowland's Kara Gillian series, but the first White Trash Zombie book didn't really impress me. Nevertheless, I gave this one a shot and, at the very least, it was a quick read. I think it may just be that I'm not a fan of Angel herself. Or just the way a lot of people treat her, which is, quite frankly, incredibly irritating... (view spoiler)...more I'm not sure what to make of this book. I'm a big fan of Diana Rowland's Kara Gillian series, but the first White Trash Zombie book didn't really impress me. Nevertheless, I gave this one a shot and, at the very least, it was a quick read. I think it may just be that I'm not a fan of Angel herself. Or just the way a lot of people treat her, which is, quite frankly, incredibly irritating... (view spoiler) I also found it a bit tiresome that (almost) no one was willing to give Angel the time of day and that she spent much of the novel shouting her conclusions at anyone who would listen. The few characters that were willing to help her out were most definitely my favorites, but all the important plot-related characters ignored her.

The utter lack of romance in this was also a bit disappointing. Not to say that it's bad to have it sidelined, but I kind of went into it with certain expectations (like, I dunno, development?), considering how little was in the first novel. On the other hand, Marcus was kind of a condescending jerk in this novel, so I'm honestly hoping for someone else to step up to bat. (view spoiler)

The plot was fast-paced towards the end and that was honestly the only interesting part... though I can't help but wonder how this mess is resolved when it comes to the police/normal people side of things. I also couldn't help but be reminded of (view spoiler), which had a similar plot, though I felt it was much more interesting. Angel displays a disturbing lack of distress while (view spoiler) ... But I suppose ignorance is bliss.

Anyway, it was a quick read and decently entertaining. I'll probably end up checking out the third book if I see it around and I've got some time to kill, but I won't be going out of my way to look for it.(less)

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Jul 23, 2012 Emiko Rei rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: who love Ridiculous-Fabulous

Shelves: artistic-cover, favorites, kickass-heroine, mysterious-hero, skeleton-inside-the-closet, supernatural, ridiculous-fabulous

Yo' Angel, you're more Angel-ique than i last saw you!

I'm proud of how much progress she did in her life after the change, she didn't self-destroyed and giving up on life anymore, because hey! YOLO is what we are aiming for right?

I thought that Marcus and Angel are so cute together, and he's good for her progress towards 'Good Girl' project. Until the whole stupid accident.

Her adventure in Zombieland glasses magnified to a whole 'nother level, it's even more bigger and riskier. And here i though...more

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Jul 25, 2012 Tonya rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: white-trash-zombie, zombies, fantasy

Diana Rowland does a great job on this her second book in her series. I enjoyed the first book and promised myself I'd pick up #2 in the series as soon as it came out.

Angel Crawford is finally getting used to being a zombie, has enough brains on hand in case of emergency, and is glad to be moving on with her life & making something of it.

I really liked how Rowland paced this book, Angel goes through an emotional gamut when it comes time to meet Marcus' family and is challenged by the public...more

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Sep 05, 2012 Sinn rated it 3 of 5 stars

I loved the first book, My Life As a White Trash Zombie! I thought it was different, unique, and innovative. Angel was an awesome snarky character who didn't come from the best life. I felt that she was a lot more accessible because of that. With that in mind, I have been waiting—rather impatiently, I might add—for this book to finally hit the shelves. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to the first book.

This book picks up shortly after the first one ends. Angel is still doing well in her job, fi...more I loved the first book, My Life As a White Trash Zombie! I thought it was different, unique, and innovative. Angel was an awesome snarky character who didn't come from the best life. I felt that she was a lot more accessible because of that. With that in mind, I have been waiting—rather impatiently, I might add—for this book to finally hit the shelves. Unfortunately, it didn't live up to the first book.

This book picks up shortly after the first one ends. Angel is still doing well in her job, finally has a nice stash of brains, and seems to be doing well for herself. Her relationship with her father is improving, and, for all intents and purposes, her life is on the straight and narrow. However, things start to change after she picks up a body from NuQuesCor, a pseudo secret lab that nobody really knew about, and is held up in the morgue at gunpoint. And, being Angel, she cannot let it go, especially when her criminal background is being blamed for the robbery.

This book was kind of a listless read for me. I started it with high hopes; after the first few pages, it kind of fizzled out. The writing style was choppy; the dialogue was too forced and campy; instead of Angel's biting wit and sense of humor, I found to be, like the dialogue, too forced and lame; and the list goes on. Rowland also had a lot of word repetition between sentences and paragraphs.

Near the end of the book, I found that it did finally start to pick up and some of the dialogue became a little smoother. However, the issues from the beginning really impacted the rest of the book; it wasn't fully able to recover.

A few things did stand out, however. I liked Rowland's take on zombies and how/why brains keep them from rotting, give them superhuman abilities, and give them a longer life. Further, the creation process of a new zombie was rather interesting. The mothering aspect and the population control was not something I expected.

That being said, this book fell flat and didn't even rise to meet the mark set by the first book. I hope that the third will far surpass this one. I also hope that things are settled between Angel and Marcus, because I loved their interaction in the first.
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Jul 22, 2012 Vivian rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2012

To be honest, I wasn't in love with the plot line this time around. I was never so invested in the story that I couldn't put it down, but the last third or so of the book was more exciting and helped make up for a lackluster first half.

A few things I love:

"sometimes forgiveness is overrated". Let's just say Angel has some fun with a not nice person. Revenge can be so satisfying ;)

Angel is not stupid about her relationship with Marcus. She recognizes the issues and doesn't ignore them. Amazing w...more

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Feb 05, 2013 Emily Nolan rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: zombies

This is soooo 5 stars not only bc this is an amazingly unique book but the character development and writing is excellent. I have read ummm an embarrassingly nerdy amount of zombie books but this is in my top 5 faves. Ok even tho I did gag quite a few times with the brain smoothie action I am inlove with Angel and author Diana's take on zombies!!! Rarely do I laugh out loud during a book but I burst out in laughter tons of times. I love that Diana doesn't take herself to seriously and bc of that...more

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