Done after two chapters. I think it was a combination of the introduction, the narrator, and the terrible stereotypes that made me turn off the audio and get a refund from Audible. No matter what it was, this wasn't the book for me at this moment in time. ( )

The prologue (a.k.a. author justifying his political incorrectness) was a bit... lame... if you know you're being ignorant and stereotypical, why talk about it instead of just correcting it? Unfortunately, this seems to be a fact of male zombie fiction: men writing zombie books seem to have this specific urge to discuss the gathering and raping of women, express a fear of homosexuals, and emphasize everyone's skin color (of course, only if they're not white).

It does, however, become increasingly misogynistic as it progresses. In some scenes, the reliance on stereotypes shows the author's ignorance more so than his declared interest in showing how a world post-law would degrade to a racist, homophobic and women-hating culture. One of the female characters went to a store and "shopped like a man". Err... wth does that mean? ... what world does the author live in that makes "shopping like a man" a recognizable stereotype?

Well, the fact that Meredith's wet dream, err, I mean storyline involves a harem of women, some of whom actually enjoy and take pride in being merely vaginas and the rest of whom are at least accepting of this "important" role, really does expose the world this author has in his head.

Post-zombie breakout and a key feature in the storyline is how frequently the men should get blow jobs?? hahahah... omg.... That, and the lesbian scene was probably written "in the shower" (nudge nudge wink wink).

This immature sexual perspective is consistent throughout the novel: women are incompetent in all senses (and even need "training" to perform acceptably in a gang-rape situation), all the men see all the women as sexual objects, and, most disturbingly, all women see themselves as merely sexual objects and, even after being raped repeatedly, need to find "love" by attaching themselves to a man, any man.

The beginning of the novel starts as if it will be about a zombie apocalypse, so it's not until about 1/3 of the way in that this sexual preoccupation starts to interfere with any story telling... and it just carries on getting worse from there. Nearly every event after the midway point involves or mentions sexual interest (or lack thereof). Freud would have an absolute field day with this.

I won't be reading more of Meredith's works. ( )

I though this would be a good book when I started it...but, Cassie ruined it for me. Her whole characters, back story, everything about her, I hated, and after a certain event, I couldn't bring myself to even give book 2 a chance...I just cant stand it, and I know its not fair, but it is what it is. If Cassie hadn't been in it, it would have been a GREAT book series. Sorry, its stuck with a 2 star. ( )

Okay, I read the sample awhile back and I enjoyed it so much that I purchased it. This is one of those ones that I regret purchasing. I am 55% of the way through and this is just horrible.

The formatting is great, as is the punctuation, grammar, etc. I am horrified by calls by folks for authors to tailor characters to be politically correct, but my gods... this is a misogynistic nightmare. No female characters (to the 55% point) are anything other than women who have understood that their worth is only measured by their looks and anatomy and what they can 'provide' men in the sexual sense once the zombie apocalypse happens.

The military isn't portrayed any better. According to this author, once the zombie apocalypse happens, the core values of duty, honor, loyalty, selfless service, and personal courage simply disappear and the folks in uniform (mysteriously devoid of females) turn into little despots, running about and taking civilian's food, weapons, and women.

Give me a break. This is disgusting. I am sorry that I purchased this. I don't know if I am going to finish or not Yes, I am done, DNF'd at 55%. As it stands, it gets ZERO stars. ( )