Happy Friday! North Texas finally recovered from the cold and it’s a beautiful day! To bad the rain is coming in tomorrow, so gotta enjoy it while it lasts.

Today, I’d like to talk about Odium (The Dead Saga). This was written by a fellow indie, Claire C. Riley, and it’s a good read, specially if you have a craving for the more main stream zombies. It’s written in first person, present tense, with Nina as our voice and main character. This is actually not my favorite style to read, but the book still drew me in once I got into the rhythm. I didn’t catch many grammatical or formatting errors, so Claire and her editor are doing a great job there, AND the cover art is beautiful.

Overall the story was good and the relationships between the characters developed nicely. I don’t know why, but I’m always a sucker for the stories of what happened to each individual during the crisis or the turn, and I really enjoyed those sections.

I only gave the book 4 stars because I was sometimes confused by who Nina was supposed to be. The character seemed to waiver a little bit from when the book first started out until she finally found her flow about half-way through. Even though that development part was a little shaky, it shouldn’t stop anyone from picking this book up, especially those that love some good old-fashioned zombie fic.

Claire C. Riley is definitely on my watch list now!