After another gore-splattered series of The Walking Dead left our TV screens, I began looking around for more of the same, and stumbled upon this teensy little novel.
Drop Dead Gorgeous (a hideous title I might add!) took a little nudge from Stephen King and littered it's post-apocalypse world with richly-described characters you quickly grow to love. So much so in fact that you completely fail to notice the distinctive LACK of zombies until somewhere around page 220.
Now, seeing as this book is only 288 pages long, I began to get a little bit anxious! The wait though is definitely worth it: with enough gore and vividly described death scenes to leave your heart-racing and your page-turning gathering speed.
The usual end-of-the-world backdrops feature; fetid supermarkets, abandoned petrol stations etc, but despite the 'exploited-to-death' subject matter, Simmons still manages to breathe new life into the genre.
I love the fact that all of the zombies are scorned women on a vengeful rampage, and it made a refreshing change to gind the stronger human characters in the book are all women - albeit all damaged in different ways...
I will be picking up book 2 (Doll Parts) immediately, and eagerly anticipate another blood-soaked helping... Bring it on Ladies!
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