Angela Sylvaine

Big Thank You to @booksirens for giving me a free review copy of Frost Bite by Angela Sylvaine!

When I read the description that said “set in the 90s” and “an army of infected prairie dogs” I was hooked. That sounded fantastic, plus aliens. Gimmie.
And it did not disappoint! Realene is overwhelmed by her life. Just as she was hoping to escape small town life to go to med school her mom slips into dementia and needs to be cared for. Oh yeah, and a meteor crashes into a field behind her show more house and unleashes a zombie plague that is being spread through infected prairie dogs. Not helping matters is the local mega church which has decided that this is the sign of the end times and keeps trying to murder anyone trying to stop the zombies.
Together with the help of her childhood best friend Nate, Raelene is determined to face her problems head on and save the day since no one else is doing anything about it.
I loved the fact that this took place in winter in North Dakota and they didn’t forget how COLD it would be and how hard it would be to have car chases on icy roads! Setting was very well done. Big love for the fact that Raelene ate all the 90s snack foods, and the music on the radio was all from my high school years. Did I mention there was a Blockbusters video rental shop?
Pick this one up for a fun zombie movie style horror lite story. There is an epic chase scene involving a snow plow. Loved it.
TW: zombie animal death, human death, death of parents, religious fundamentalism and cults, kidnapping. show less