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A Darker Shade Of Dead (2010)

by Bianca D'Arc(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0758247311 (ISBN13: 9780758247315)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Brava

series

Guardians of the Dark

review 1: In this installment of the series, Matt Sykes is the leader of a unique military team cobbled together to combat a number of scientists who accidentally created a zombie virus and are now using it as a weapon. Dr. Sandra McCormick is one of those original scientists who unknowingly created the original virus and is now trying to make amends. In the midst of fighting against this enemy in the shadows sparks fly between the two and they have to decide whether they should get involved and if they trust each other enough to make it work. I'd forgotten the appeal of this series since I read the previous book. It's a fun, light and very sexy read. The men are Alphas but the women have all very successfully held their own in the series as cops, scientists, etc. They're not ... morepushovers by any means which makes the story more appealing to me. We also get to see a lot of scenes with the main characters from previous books in the series which gives some nice continuity. There's definite chemistry between Matt and Sandra right off the bat. My only real criticism of the series overall is that the chemistry develops into true and lasting love within just days. Sure, it can happen but it's all just a little too quick for me. They don't really have to work for it. That being said, there's plenty of steaminess and zombies in the novel which makes for an action-packed story. I'll happily read the wrap-up novel when it comes out this summer.
review 2: Zombies have been unleashed on the world, partly due to the actions or rather inactions of Dr. Sandra McCormick. The unit that is formed to combat the attacks is headed by Matt Sykes, a charismatic leader who struggles against his attraction to the scientist because he suspects that she has secrets to hide. An evil researcher strives to improve the horrors being unleashed upon the world while Sandra and her colleagues struggle to formulate an antidote to the zombie infection. The zombies seem to propagate geometrically and the dart antidotes are woefully ineffective while one wonders how they work in an organism that has no circulation. An interesting series but somewhat cartoonish presentation and Sandra is fairly annoying with her inability to take a stand and ineptitude even though she is a respected and qualified scientist. less

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