Revenants Week: Day 2. Zombie vs. Revenant (or Hank vs. Vincent)

Welcome to Day 2 of Revenant Week—a week to celebrate the U.S. release of the paperback version of DIE FOR ME!

Now you can carry Paris and the kindred with them EVERYWHERE YOU GO without giving yourself hardback book weight-induced back injuries. (And the paperback is SO CHEAP, how can you pass it up?) Just click here for Amazon or here for IndieBound to order.

Okay, enough of my sales pitch. Let's get on to the topic of today, which is: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ZOMBIE AND A REVENANT?

Let's just have a quick look at our subjects to clarify things. Here are your two potential undead boyfriends:

Undead Boyfriend #1: On the one hand you've got this handsome guy. For ease of comparison, let's call him Hank.

Undead Boyfriend #2: On the other hand, you've got Vincent (or, the four images of Vincent that my readers voted looked most like him in their minds):

Pick the Vincent image you like best and keep it in your head as you answer the following questions:

1. Between Hank and Vincent, who would you rather kiss?

(Hint: one would probably chew off your lips. The other: "Our lips brushed, and I felt like a chord had been struck inside me, and my body was humming with a pure musical note." DIE FOR ME, chapter 17.)

2. Between Hank and Vincent, who do you think smells better?

(Hint: One smells of rotting flesh. The other: "He smelled like oak and grass and wood fires. He smelled like memories. Like years and years of memories." DIE FOR ME, Chapter Eight)

3. If you got hungry, what would your Undead Boyfriend most likely offer you?

Option 1: A fresh scoop of brains as an appetizer.

Option 2: A tray filled with "thinly sliced charcuterie, saucissons, cheeses, baguettes, and five or six different kinds of olives. There was bottled water, juice, and a pot of tea. Exotic fruits were piled in a bowl, and tiny macaroons in different colors were stacked in a pyramid on a high-stemmed cake plate." DIE FOR ME, chapter 29.

4. What would a walk around Paris with your Undead Boyfriend be like?

Option 1: Being chased, screaming, by a guy whose drips ooze as he lumbers after you.

Option 2: "Vincent took my hand and laced his fingers through mine, sending little shock waves through my heart." DIE FOR ME, chapter 16

5. What would a love letter from your Undead Boyfriend most likely look like?

Hank's letter:

Uuuuuunnnggggghhh.

Vincent's letter:

Kate,

I'm not always the best at expressing myself to you, so I'm taking advantage of the fact that I will be completely unresponsive when you read this, and therefore incapable of messing things up.

I want to thank you for giving me a chance. When I first saw you, I knew I had found something incredible. And since then all I've wanted was to be with you as much as possible.

When I thought I had lost you, I was torn between wanting you back and wanting the best for you—wanting you to be happy. Seeing you so miserable during the weeks we were apart gave me the courage to fight for us . . . to find a way for things to work. And seeing you happy again in the days we've been back together makes me think I did the right thing.

I can't promise you an ordinary experience, Kate. I wish I could transform myself into a normal man and be there for you, always, without the trauma that defines my life as "the walking dead." Since that isn't possible, I can only reassure you that I will do everything in my power to make it up to you. To give you more than a normal boyfriend could. I have no idea what that will mean, exactly, but I'm looking forward to finding out. With you.

Thank you for being here, my beauty. Mon ange. My Kate.

Yours utterly,

Vincent

(DIE FOR ME, Chapter 33)

Um, yeah.

I don't know about you, but I'm kind of leaning toward Undead Boyfriend #2. But if you're feeling all hot and heavy about Hank, I would suggest that revenants and DIE FOR ME are not for you. You'd probably feel much more swoony with a zombie and a copy of THE LIVING DEAD 2.

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DIE FOR ME in paperback can be purchased here at Amazon or here at IndieBound. And, just to say thank you, if you send me a scan/email of your receipt to katieloumercier@gmail.com before April 10, I'll put your name in the hat to win a signed original KATE-IN-A-BOAT ARC! (This contest is U.S. only, which is where this paperback version is for sale!)