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Eat Your Heart Out: a novella
Eat Your Heart Out: a novella
Eat Your Heart Out: a novella
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Eat Your Heart Out: a novella

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A breakneck tale of kick-ass, wise-ass, sexy-ass lesbians and ZOMBIES, Eat Your Heart Out opens on what promises to be another tediously annoying day at Ashbee’s Furniture Outlet. Then the strip-mall calm of Nowhere, Ohio, is shattered by the sudden, simultaneous appearance of Renni Ramirez – hyper-competent star of the beloved Rising Evil B-movie franchise – and actual ZOMBIES, leaving Ashbee’s hapless staff and Renni trapped behind an automatic door they can’t lock.

Can failed creative-writing student/apprentice store manager/eagle-eyed markswoman Devin escape the besieged furniture store to rescue her girlfriend? Will Renni’s experience slaughtering motion-captured CGI monsters save the day before the army bombs the town? Once bitten, how many zombies can a person expect to take out before succumbing to infection? Who is the mysterious Deus Ex Machina, and what is he doing with that bone saw?

All of these questions and more whisper behind the scream of the single most important thing Devin needs to know in order to survive: is Renni a top or a bottom?

LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 15, 2011
ISBN9781452489292
Eat Your Heart Out: a novella
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Dayna Ingram

Dayna Ingram grew up in Ohio and has since moved to the Bay Area, where she spends most of her time workin’, schoolin’, and forcin’ her dog to wear sweater vests.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I'm not usually a zombie fan, but apparently when you give me a wry, dorky butch dyke narrator whose life is a disaster *before* the living dead show up, I make an exception. This was fun and entertaining (and gross, as zombies tend to be!) and a quick read, easy to devour (heh) in an afternoon.I feel like it started more strongly than it ended; the last quarter threw a lot of ideas at the zombie problem all at once, and the chaos didn't serve the overall story very well. But it was still a good time overall, and if you're in it for the giddy, trashy fun of it -- hot girls shoot zombies and also make out a little -- then it's totally worth a read. And too-good-to-be-true badass B-movie star Rennie Ramirez is my new fiction crush.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Very good, ending felt a bit rushed though. I can definitely see this being made as a movie.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It starts out just like any other annoying day for Devin: she's already running late to bring the morning coffee to her girlfriend Carmelle Soufflé, and then she gets to spend yet another day as a salesclerk at Ashbee's Furniture Outlet. At the store, she patiently listens while her boss Biff Tipping warns her about being late, then steps onto the floor to see if she can make any sales. Her day takes an interesting turn when Renni Ramirez, the gorgeous B-movie actress walks through the door. Tongue-tied at the sight of Renni, she finally summons up enough courage to say something when she's interrupted by a commotion outside. One of their customers is being attacked by a zombie, of all things. In the middle of Nowhere, Ohio! Now Devin, Renni and her co-workers are trapped in the furniture store and need to get out before the automatic door opens up, letting the flood of the undead into the store. Will they be able to make it out safe and sound, and will Devin be able to rescue Carmelle in time?"Eat Your Heart Out" is a fast-paced page turner, filled with great characters -- like the kick-ass Renni who finally makes Devin realize what she really wants from life -- and a truly unique perspective on the zombies themselves. I was blown away by author Dayna Ingram's idea of the zombies and literally slapped my palm against my forehead, wondering why no one had thought of that before. Pure genius! I also found it interesting that the story unfolds in the present tense, enhancing the level of urgency and fear the more I read.My only gripe comes from the character of Deus Ex Machina. His reason for being in Ohio when the zombie breakout occurs is very honorable, but when he discovers the true nature of the zombies, he's quick to change his mind, and it felt like a minor letdown for me. But I can and will look past that because this is an excellent zombie novella.

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