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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.6 EAN: 9780758225221 ISBN: 0758225229 Label: Kensington Manufacturer: Kensington Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: March 01, 2008 Publisher: Kensington Studio: Kensington Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Seattle. One minute you're drinking a vanilla breve, the next, some creepy old dude is breathing on you, turning you into a zombie. And that's just for starters. Now, the recently deceased Amanda Feral is trying to make her way through Seattle's undead scene with style (mortuary-grade makeup, six-inch stilettos, Balenciaga handbag on sale) while satisfying her craving for human flesh (Don't judge. And no, not like chicken.) and decent vodkatinis. Making her way through a dangerous world of cloud-doped bloodsuckers, reapers, horny and horned devils, werewolves, celebrities, and PR-obsessed shapeshifters--not to mention an extremely hot bartender named Ricardo--isn't easy. And the minute one of Amanda's undead friends disappears after texting the word, "help" (The undead--so dramatic!) she knows the afterlife is about to get really ugly. Something sinister is at hand. Someone or something is hellbent on turning Seattle's undead underworld into a place of true terror. And this time, Amanda may meet a fate a lot worse than death... Advance praise for Mark Henry and Happy Hour of the Damned! "Sexy, funny and twisted. You've never read anything like this!" --Richelle Mead, author of Succubus On Top "Dark, twisted and completely hilari ous. I loved this book!" --Michelle Rowen, author of Lady & The Vamp "Call them the splatterati - werewolves who always know what to wear, zombies with bodies to die for, and vampires who know their fang shui - just don't call them late when it comes to happy hour, or the drinks might be on you." --David Sosnowski, author of Vamped "Happy Hour of the Damned - is it a comedy? An urban fantasy? A whodunit? Who cares! Mark Henry's written such a clever and engaging story that fans of any genre will totally adore it. Amanda Feral is the freshest, funniest character to come out of fiction since Bridget Jones and my only regret is she's not real and we can't go out for drinks. (Because, really? Zombies are the new black.) In short? I loved this book!" --Jen Lancaster, author of Bitter Is The New Black "Happy Hour of the Damned blends the hilarious narcissism of Seinfeld with Night of the Living Dead. Who knew skincare-obsessed zombies were so much fun? I couldn't read this book fast enough." --Jeaniene Frost, New York Times bestselling author of Halfway to the Grave "More brisk, batty, raunchy, and catty than a room full of cougars with a margarita machine. Happy Hour of the Damned is funny as hell." --Cherie Priest, author of Not Flesh Nor Feathers "Gruesome, ghoulish and utterly groundbreaking. Mark Henry is daring and scathingly funny." --Jackie Kessler, author of The Road To Hell Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Label-conscious grossfestHow to review a book that is unquestionably excellent at what it's trying to do, but which I didn't finish? _Happy Hour of the Damned_ is, in short, shallow, disgusting, infuriating, and damned good at it. _Happy Hour_ stars Amanda Feral, a fashion-obsessed zombie. Zombies, in Mark Henry's world, can stay well-preserved forever as long as they eat a steady diet of human flesh. There's only one other thing zombies can consume without getting violently ill: booze. The story follows Amanda ... Read More Rating:  - Zombie in high heelsAmanda Feral lives in Seattle, flaunting the Carrie Bradshaw haute couture lifestyle, except very much meaner and bitchier. One day some creepy old guy breathes on her, and she wakes up as a zombie. She spends much of the rest of the book trading mortuary makeup tips with her new compadres (like that movie "Death Becomes Her"), oozing in and out of bars frequented by habitues of her new world, etc., etc. I liked the premise and looked forward to reading this book. I liked the idea of footnotes. ... Read More Rating:  - Bridget Jones for the DeadGenerally I adore funny dead characters aka Maryjanice Davidson, but this book didn't do it for me. It reads very much like Bridget Jones diary, in which superficiality rules the character's mentality and more time is spent on wardrobe and social interaction than on plot. I returned Bridget Jones diary unread and as it turns out, the same thing happened here. I couldn't finish it. So a warning - it's well written and mildly amusing, but if you can't reconcile the whole ravening undead thing with the Paris Hilton ... Read More Rating: - Ghouls Night Out!There's a lot of flaws in this book, but for all of them -- a flashback that would have worked better if it had been broken up into segments and paced throughout the book, more expletives than was really necessary, a mystery plot that gets itself lost -- the characters are a riot! Amanda Feral, the foul-mouthed fashionista turned ghoul debutante, makes me, by turns, want to blow her empty little ghoul head off with a "boom-stick", and laugh out loud at her quips. This is definately urban fantasy chick ... Read More Rating:  - Enchanting Reviews: Happy Hour Of The DamnedHAPPY HOUR OF THE DAMNED MARK HENRY Rating: 4.5 enchantments HAPPY HOUR OF THE DAMNED is an amazingly funny, slightly grotesque read that will keep you turning pages well into the night as author Mark Henry takes everything you think you know about the zombie lifestyle and brings it into the twenty-first century. Amanda Feral is not your typical zombie. After a slight mishap with a donut box in a parkade and a mysterious meeting with a man in the elevator, Amanda finds ... Read More 
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