Eve's hiking trip to Lover's Lane one night (easily the highlight of the book for me) turns from an abortive ménage a trois into an orgy of violence.

Cameron's long unrequited crush on Eve suddenly becomes a dangerous, potentially lethal liability. The classic coming-of-age tale and questioning of childhood relationships that comes with that territory is thrown on its ear when your childhood friend turns into a bloodthirsty monster. She and her best friends from childhood, Cameron and Alex, must come to grips with Eve's burgeoning bloodlust as they are also learning the ropes of college and adulthood.

Combining elements of the zombie, mummy, werewolf, and vampire mythoses, Eve is nevertheless a unique monster. For our characters, Eve's new condition is a mystery, though I don't think it's a spoiler to say that the audience will have guessed from the third word of the title what Eve has become.Īnd from a beginning so well-trodden as to be almost a cliché, EVE BRENNER takes a hard left turn deep into undiscovered territory. The story begins as our eponymous heroine is learning about ancient Egyptian anthropology and stumbles upon a taboo gravesite, where she is infected after a strange scuffle.

EVE BRENNER covers a lot of ground: geographically from small-town Canada to the Egyptian ruins and back again, and emotionally from a tight-knit trio starting college together to total zombie pandemonium. It's rare to read a debut novel written with such confidence, not to mention such momentum. I can think of little to compare it to outside of Stuart Gordon's film version of Lovecraft's RE-ANIMATOR. I was delighted to receive an advanced reader's copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.Įqual parts sexy and gory, hilarious and heartwrenching, EVE BRENNER: ZOMBIE GIRL is an astonishing debut. Purchase it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, and Kobo. She desperately clings to her humanity as she tries to control the monster she knows is lurking inside her. She desperately clings to her humanity as new desires, new abilities, and new urges take over with each passing day.Įve Brenner: Zombie Girl is a tale that takes you on an emotional and terrifying journey as Eve struggles to cope with her new life and find a cure for her strange illness before time runs out.

Eve used to be an ordinary girl, from an ordinary town, with ordinary dreams, but her dreams rapidly turn into nightmares when one grave mistake leaves her a little less than human and a lot less average.Įve’s not quite the same girl she used to be.

Eve Brenner by A. Giacomi