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Works by H.E. Goodhue

Tidal Grave (2014) 5 copies
Pink Slime (2014) 5 copies
Dry Rot: A Zombie Novel (2016) 4 copies
RIP Tyde (2015) 2 copies
Love Bug (2014) 1 copy

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Oh boy have I received my share of monster stories this week! As a matter of fact, this one was so good, I read it in just a couple of hours! Tidal Grave, by H. E. Goodhue is a quick masterpiece! From the very beginning through to the end- death, mayhem, the cockiness of a mayor and annoying city folk kept me hooked until I deleted it from my device, but not my ebook library.

Sunset Island is nice and always takes on its share of tourists before the cold season. Usually, it's easy money for the residents of the island, but not this season. A rig from Glaxco Company dug a little too deep... and awakened something! And it's traveling the waves of a nearby storm, eating everyone and everything in its path.

This book rocked! Oh, this is also a sort of Part One to a story I previously reviewed (RIP Tyde) on May 6th. If you like monster stories, I promise you won't be let down with this one. It reads so fast, it's like a short story but much more in depth! I'm off to my next book!
*For this review:http://bit.ly/1s1on2r
**eBook is from my personal Kindle library.
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AReneeHunt | May 12, 2016 |
I found this book at the end of another ebook. I love when they give you just enough of a story to go and buy it- this one cost me $2.99.

The blurb:
Legend has long spoken of the prehistoric monsters that silently glide through the waters surrounding Long Island in the Bahamas. Locals know that some areas are better left unexplored - Dean's Blue Hole being one of them.
Blue holes are found throughout the world and the number is growing. These expansive underwater caves call to divers, but remain largely unexplored.
Cursed with a strange name and dying marriage, Tyde Gregory, plans a last ditch effort to save his relationship. Diving at Dean's Blue Hole on Long Island seems to be the only thing Tyde and his wife, Wendy, can agree upon. As hope turns to horror, Tyde realizes that there are things far worse than a broken marriage.

This blurb does nothing for the book. When I followed the animation of my iPad's digital page and found the first three chapters of H. E. Goodie's novel, I immediately hit Amazon.com and purchased RIP Tyde! I needed to read the rest, especially since I'd been seeking something different- having grown weary of zombies, vampires and werewolves. RIP Tyde: A Deep Sea Thriller was exactly what I was looking for, right... ?
It was. For a the briefest of moments, I was disappointed with the story. Not because it wasn't interesting but because there were many areas where the author was on a writing spree and left words out here and there. Or he added too many and the sentence caused me a mental hiccup, making it necessary to go back and reread the sentence. Was it a disruption: Yes, but did it damage the story? Not in the least. This story about 60% of the way in is like an all-out MONSTERFEST! I loved it- from the lusca to the swimming dinosaur, to monstrous crabs ripping people in half - what a fantastic read!

RIP Tyde's not excellent executed, but it's a good read. The story is fun and you can't be anything but entertained. There's another book this story refers back to that I'm going to pick up later, called Tidal Grave, but it didn't receive rave or even really good reviews. That's never stopped me before though, Ha Ha! (in my best Errol Flynn voice) On to the next book!
* The full review: http://tinyurl.com/zxmb3at
**eBook from my personal Kindle library.
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AReneeHunt | May 6, 2016 |
A group of young adults and children are forced to survive a zombie outbreak that claims the lives of the adults in this first book in H.E. Goodhue's Zombie Youth series. Would you survive a world whose saving rested in the hands of children?

I had been wanting to read a YA novel dealing with zombies for quite a while, and am glad to say that Zombie Youth was the novel that satisfied my thirst for the genre in almost every way possible. The idea of being stuck in a school, or other structure is not new. Nor is a zombie outbreak, or parents whom all of a sudden disappear (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius/Michael Grant's Gone series). However, the author has a great way of taking these elements and forming them into an original work that is full of action, suspense, some humor, drama, and more. I've always been fascinated with the whole, "Must rebuild a small civilization and keep zombies/monsters at bay" thing. There's something incredibly interesting about it—to me at least.

The book is told in third person and alternates between scenes from the past, to the present in a different location and back to the current scene, much like a TV show is done. While reading, the journey was both thrilling and exciting as I was anticipating what would happen next. The action happens quite early on, in fact in the first few pages, so the story begins almost immediately and sweeps you in, rather than having you stick around and wait for something exciting to happen. There are many elements that stay true to the horror genre and make this book fit in perfectly.

Overall, I really enjoyed Zombie Youth and am curious to see what the sequel will bring. I would like to thank the author for sending me a copy of his book to review, in exchange for an honest review.
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RJGonzales | Jul 12, 2012 |

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