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ZOMBIES! The Wild West! Romance! Mayhem!

Angela Scott’s Zombie West Omnibus has all this, and more!

“…this is one of the most unique concepts I’ve come across.” —Brian, Amazon reviewer

“These books had me on the edge of my seat and at one point in book three I had to set the book down and pull myself out of the story so I wouldn’t cry.” —Emily Pearce, Amazon reviewer

“This series is one that will stay with you for a long time, prompting you to want to read it again and again.” —Tracy Haidle, Amazon reviewer

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About the Zombie West Omnibus

The Wild West is hard enough to survive with its native territory, wanted outlaws, and harsh terrain, but with a plague turning civilized people into brain-eating monsters, survival becomes nearly impossible.

Red has lost everything to the fast-spreading disease: her family, her trust in mankind, and her hope for a better tomorrow. When she meets Trace, a smooth-talking gambling man who’s more city boy than cowboy, she’s forced down a path she’d been avoiding for years. Until his arrival, she’d lived by a certain set of rules—don’t ask names, keep to yourself, don’t let anyone too close—but the jackass of a man won’t let her be, and he has an uncanny knack for appearing at all the wrong times and in all the wrong places.

Each, with a secret of their own, will need to learn that only by working together do they have any chance of surviving The Zombie West.

That is, if they don’t kill each other first.

[Angela Scott’s Zombie West Omnibus includes the three books in the Zombie West series WANTED: DEAR OR UNDEAD, SURVIVOR ROUNDUP, and DEAD PLAINS. Find these books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Kobo, and Smashwords.]

Genre classification: YA/Western Romance/Action and Adventure/ with added zombies for utter mayhem.

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Wanted: Dead or Undead

My Review

I have to admit I started reading this expecting a zombie western with lots of eating and being eaten along with some humor. What I got was so much more.

The story starts on a nail-biting scene that leaves you with no choice but to continue reading.

Trace is an opportunist, a card shark, a bit of a trickster. All he wants is to stroll through life with no complications. That wasn’t hard until the zombies started moving westward.

Red is a no-nonsense woman on a mission. Traveling west towards California, she’s hoping to find her brother. He joined the cavalry to fight the zombies and she hasn’t heard from him since.

The zombie plague has consumed the larger cities on either coast and is rapidly extending to the midwest.

Thrown together by a chance encounter, Trace and Red slowly begin to trust each other. They will have to in order to survive. As they travel westward, their group of two slowly grows, along with their attraction for each other. They both have secrets kept to themselves for fear they will shatter the tenuous bond growing between them.

Angela Scott takes her time developing the characters and establishing her story, weaving in new characters along with their stories and building genuine relationships. The scenes were so well written I could swear I was there. I shuddered in horror, feared the worst, and sighed in delight.

The cliff-hanger ending left my jaw dropping in surprise, already anticipating more. This ending is very satisfying and one of the best I’ve read.

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Survivor Roundup

My Review

The story picks up where it left off. The author gave me just enough back information to catch up and then the story took off, pulling me back in time, to the west and the characters I’ve come to love.

The relationship between Trace and Red strengthens now that some of their secrets have been shared.

Red and Trace head out to gather much need provisions, making it past the horde outside. Their journey takes them to Mill Creek.

The town is like undead central, zombies everywhere. Red’s secret comes in handy as she slips past the zombies as if she’s invisible, scrounging up as much as she can and heading back to Trace, waiting at the wagon.

 The zombies might not have noticed her, but others did, and now they want Red.

She may have made it past the horde, but will they survive what’s coming? Either of them?

I always to into the next book in a series with a bit of trepidation. Will it give me the answers I seek? Will it be as good as the first book?

My fears were allayed in the first chapter. Survivor Roundup is as awesome as Wanted: Dead or Undead.

I’m also big on character driven stories, so the group dynamics were important. Those of you who watch apocalyptic movies and read the books know it’s not just about surviving the cause of it. It’s also about making those life and death decisions, recognizing trouble when it raises its ugly head, and compromising when necessary. Their has to be give and take if the group is to survive. The author had me so wrapped up in her characters lives. Even the ones I couldn’t stand.

And for you die-hard zombie fans. Angela can write those gut-clenching, gory, munching and hacking scenes. What’s a good zombie story without some gnashing and slaying. She does this so well I’d call it writing in color.

The ending for the first book was hopeful. One of the best I’ve read. The ending for this one is darker, harder to take, and you do get left hanging. But that’s what a series is all about. Just like your favorite TV show, you can’t wait for the next episode.

And there’s a big surprise waiting for you in this one. You’ll love it.

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Dead Plains

My Review

The end is here. I’m not talking about the apocalypse. I’m talking about this fantastic series.

There’s not much I can tell you without spoiling it. You’ll be weaving through the undead as the author wraps up individual stories.

Get ready for it. You’ll not get everything you hoped for. After seeing and sharing so much together, the group will have some casualties and not just life and death ones.

That’s where the author shines. Having characters act as they do makes this final book so emotional. There’s no nice, neat conclusion. Some scenes are hard to take. I actually cried a couple of times, that’s how difficult some scenes were. But, there are also some scenes that put a smile back on my face.

As with the first two books, the author wrings it out of you, giving and taking right to the end.

Even her ending is emotional and I was sad to read the last words. I didn’t want to let go.

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There is so much to enjoy is this series. Angela has some compelling cover art and she nailed it with the titles.

Offering her books as an omnibus is genius. I wish it had been available when I started this series. It’s going to look great on my bookshelf.

I recommend this book to everyone looking for a great read and a new series.

5 Stars

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About Author Angela Scott

Angela Scott hears voices. Tiny fictional people sit on her shoulders and whisper their stories in her ear. Instead of medicating herself, she decided to pick up a pen, write down everything those voices tell me, and turn it into a book. She’s not crazy. She’s an author. For the most part, she writes contemporary Young Adult novels. However, through a writing exercise that spiraled out of control, she found herself writing about zombies terrorizing the Wild Wild West–and loving it. Her zombies don’t sparkle, and they definitely don’t cuddle. At least, she wouldn’t suggest it. She lives on the benches of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains with two lovely children, one teenager, and a very patient husband. She graduated from Utah State University with a B.A. degree in English, not because of her love for the written word, but because it was the only major that didn’t require math. She can’t spell, and grammar is her arch nemesis. But they gave her the degree, and there are no take backs.

Find Angela Scott on her website, Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads.

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