Apocalipstick
Lisa Acerbo
Genre: Horror, paranormal romance, Urban fiction
Publisher: Eternal Press
ISBN: 978-1-62929-017-1
ISBN: 978-1-62929-018-8
ASIN: B00EDYQUSA
Print Length: 206 pages
Word Count: 67,444
Cover Artist: Dawne Dominique
Book Description
Jenna should be having the time of her life at college. Instead, her only desire is survival. She lives in a world gone insane after a virus kills most of the population. Being alive after the apocalypse is bad, but when the undead return, hungry for humans, times turn darker. For Jenna and a small group of survivors, the goal is to reach the High Point Inn. At the inn, Jenna develops feelings for Caleb, who, while exotic and intoxicating, is not quite human. Will this new utopia last?My Review
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Amazing book! I couldn't put it down for a second! I totally love zombie stories they catch your interest and there is never a dull moment. Lisa Acerbo accentuates that in this incredible tale full of not only action but love and intrigue as well. While the undead are everywhere and danger lurks around every corner what girl would be caught in this Apocalypse without her Apocalipstick!
For a small town girl like Jenna like after the Apocalypse pretty much sucks. She misses her family, friends and the simple pleasures that life had to offer like going to the mall or hanging out with friends. Life since the undead have risen up has pretty much been one fight after the other with her as the main dish. She has had to learn to be tough on the outside as even though fighting is a group effort Jenna knows she will always only have herself to count on.
However everything changes when the group make for the High point Inn a place they hope will be a place of peace and safety. Jenna starts to have feelings for Caleb, one of the groups others - people who have enhanced abilities because of the virus. Can this blissful peace really last or is it just the calm before the storm?
I loved the story to this! the characters where amazing and the ending! totally cliff hanger! I can't wait to read the next book. There were some really neat twists in this story and I really enjoyed how the characters played off of one another.
Lisa Acerbo is a brilliant author and I can't wait to read more of her work! if you haven't read this yet I totally recommend it! tbr it today!
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Excerpt
“By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes…” ran through Jenna’s mind, another remnant of her former life. Now the graveyard was the safest place. Evil openly roamed the streets and it was coming for her.Jenna blinked the sweat out of her eyes and took a deep breath. She swayed with exhaustion. Angels, symbols of all things God and good, adornments of the dead, swam in and out of Jenna’s clouded vision. She placed a scarred hand on the peaceful, cold stone markers, embellished with the names of forgotten loved ones. Nowadays, loved ones wanted to come back from the grave and claw your face off, devour your insides.
Jenna wanted to lie down and give up. She was tired and had lost everyone she knew. Hair lank and greasy, mud splattered clothing, old and mismatched. Instead of admitting defeat, she forced herself to stay alert, pushing matted, raven hair out of her eyes with a dirty hand. Jenna could not remember a time in her recent history where she felt clean or had a moment in which she was not fighting to stay alive. Looking around the darkened landscape, she wanted to live. She shoved to her feet once again.
Gingerly, with a limp, she started walking deeper into the cemetery. She had twisted her ankle during the jump from the gate. The last sprint had been hell. Her stomach ached where the scar stretched from side to side, but her ankle worried her most. If she could not run, Jenna would be food for the dead. Hopefully, she’d find shelter soon.
A noise echoed through what should have been deserted gravestones. Jenna froze for a second, panicked, but then instinct kicked in. She pivoted on her good foot, grabbing for the knife in her pocket. It was all she had left, after losing the gun during her escape yesterday.
Jenna ran back into the oldest part of the graveyard, until she came up to a small mausoleum. It looked more like a shack, a collage of tumbling stone and wood. She pulled on the door, but it stuck, even as everything around it decayed. She felt her way around the side. Her hand slithered across the remains of what once was a delicate, stained glass window. Shards of color caught her coat. Using her elbow, shielded by her jacket, she knocked out the remaining pieces and then painfully pulled herself inside.
Crouched on the ground, she was tempted to give herself over to tears, but instead searched for anything useful. A sturdy casket dominated the tiny interior of the room. The dilapidated mausoleum housed little of use, but someone must have been there before her. Rusty tools, wrenches, hoes, and a beat up shovel lay scattered across the floor, abandoned. They might make good weapons, but were heavy to haul. The handle to the shovel would be usable if she could dislodge it from the base.
She’d try. In addition to the mostly useless tools, Jenna found a box of matches near the charred remains of a former fire which littered the corner. Maybe, if she ever felt safe, she could light a fire and feel warm. For once. Jenna hunkered down, shovel in hand, and began to ply the handle apart from the base. She had to hurry. They would soon be upon her.
About the Author
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Giveaway
Tour wide giveaway- open to US Shipping
Two print copies each with a $20 Amazon gift card
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