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Tina the Teenage Zombie Reviews Hellforged by Nancy Holzner + Giveaway
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We are very happy to welcome Tina Terror here to do. She’s here on Nancy Holzner‘s command to tell us what she thinks about her latest release, Hellforged. Please give our guest reviewer a warm welcome. There’s also a surprise at the end. *g*
Tina ZawadzkiTerror (sorry, she goes by her stage name now) was caught in Boston’s zombie plague at the age of fifteen when she and her BFF Jenna skipped school to go shopping for dresses to wear to an upcoming dance. Three years later, Tina still looks and acts the same as she did at fifteen—well, except for the spongy, gray-green skin, blood-red eyes, stiffness, and superhuman strength characteristic of all zombies. As Vicky’s apprentice, Tina knows the protagonist of my Deadtown series pretty well. And she has some strong opinions on the books. Here she is with a review of Hellforged, book 2 in the series.
So I’ll just say up front that I think Hellforged is a pretty good book. Vicky’s cool, and I love the way she charges right in and fights demons and stuff. Don’t tell Vicky, but sometimes I think of her as kind of, you know, a role model. She’s brave and she knows a lot about demons. She could use a little help with her fashion sense—she’s, like, all jeans and sweaters all the time—but what can you expect from someone her age? She’ll be thirty in a couple of years. Why is it that so many women stop wearing cute clothes after they turn twenty-five?
Anyway, Hellforged starts off with this awesome opening scene. Vicky and I are at MIT (that’s the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, if you’re not familiar with the Boston area) on a demon extermination. See, there’s this Glitch—that’s an anti-technology demon—that got into the school’s supercomputer, so the computer won’t work right. Vicky gets rid of the Glitch (of course), and I do an awesome job of dealing with this snooty norm professor who doesn’t believe in demons and tries to rip Vicky off. I may have gotten a little rough with the guy, but he deserved it. And then the story gets even better when I get the chance to audition as a back-up singer for the first-ever all-paranormal rock band, Monster Paul and the Zombie Freak Show. (Cool name, huh?)
Some problems come up, too. Something is killing Deadtown’s zombies (I mean, like making them really dead), and the norm cops don’t care. The stupid bloodbag who’s head of the police department would be happy if all us zombies just disappeared, so there’s no official investigation. At the same time Vicky’s old enemy, this really nasty Hellion, is stalking her in dreams even though it’s supposed to stay in Hell. Vicky wonders if there’s a connection between the deaths and the Hellion, and she ends up going to Wales, where her demon-fighter aunt lives, to learn how to fight a kind of demon she’s never had to deal with before.
Now, if you ask me, that’s where the story goes off track. I mean, yeah, Vicky is trying to stop demons from overrunning the demon plane and taking over the real world, but what about me? I mean, there I was, practicing for hours each day, learning songs and dance moves—do you realize how hard it is for a zombie to look good dancing?—and the book just goes on about Vicky, Vicky, Vicky. Yeah, I know, Vicky’s the narrator, but couldn’t the author have just stuck in some sections here and there about me and what I was doing back in Boston?
Okay, okay. I’m glad that Vicky spent that week in Wales, given what happens after she gets back to Boston and all. I won’t talk about that, ’cause I know you’re not supposed to put spoilers in a book review. But the climax is pretty awesome. And I’m in that part. 🙂
To read Chapter 1 of Deadtown, click here. To read Chapter 1 of Hellforged, click here. (Note from Nancy: Both feature Tina, which is why she let me include them in her post.)
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Hi 🙂
I love Tina!
Thank you for sharing here today Nancy.
I'd love to see more of Juliet…
Maybe a spin-off short story, novelette, or novel?
🙂
All the best,
Rob
That is a great question! I'd like to see a lot more of Lucas North in MI5.
I would love to see more Veronica Mars seasons being made! And more Harry Potter books being written 🙂
Thanks so much for a brilliant giveaway!!
chidoryx AT hotmail DOT com
I love Castle and right now they are sharing a good amount of equal time between my 2 fav characters. 🙂
thanks
Dina
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Dina
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I want more of Curran in the Kate Daniels books. Because it's written in first person from Kate's POV, we only get Curran's POV when Ilona and Gordon release a Curran snippet. I always want more of those!
jen at delux dot com
Thanks for the giveaway, again =)
I know you must be fed up with me talking about Cat and Bones from Night Huntress, but I can't help myself =P So I would like to see them more on books =)
mikki-mano @ hotmail . com
Lol, I love how Margay said Lucas North 😉
Cos I am also going with Armitage. I would have wanted to see more of Sir Guy in Robin Hood
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I'd love to see more of BONES in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress Series!! I never get to see his POV and I'd give anything to see what's going on his mind! 🙂
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I would like to see more of Walter on Fringe. I really enjoy his character.
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Hm… I want more of Danaus in the Dark Days Series by Jocelynn Drake. He is so mysterious and sometimes, I just can't understand his actions…
Love you, Tina!! Zombies ROCK!
atta.girl@rocketmail.com
Barrons (I just finished Shadownfever and have Barrons on the brain ) These books look like a great ride.
Great giveawy! I want more of Matthew Reilly's Shane "Scarecrow" Schofield. Thank goodness there will be a new book at the end of 2011.
Thanks!
Katie
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I loved both these books! And I second the "more of Juliet, please" vote. Maybe in the next book? (Can we get a hint?)
magicmysticminerva at yahoo
Good question! I'd love to see more Eve and Kristof in Kelley Armstrongs Otherword series – love the fact they're not 'good' but they are heros! 🙂
Thanks to the Book Lovers for inviting Tina and me here to help celebrate their blogoversary! I really enjoy this site.
And I've enjoyed reading all of the responses to my question so far. I agree with those who want to get inside the POV of a favorite character like Bones or Curran–those scenes are fascinating to read.
@Rob and Deborah: Juliet plays a bigger role in Bloodstone, the next book in my Deadtown series. I also have plans to write some short stories from various characters' POVs and post them on my website between now and Bloodstone's fall release. So please watch for those!
Thanks for all the comments!
hi
Great giveawy! I'd love to see more of BONES and Csi
thanks
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hi
Great giveawy! I'd love to see more of BONES and Csi
thanks
stephangelsyl at hotmail dot com
I love the movie the Dark Knight. In the upcoming movie I would like to see Michael Caine & Morgan Freeman get more screen time. They elevate the scenes they are in & usually bring a lot of humor too.
GeishasMom73 on twitter
I'd like to see more of Poison's sister's POV in the book Poison by Chris Wooding.
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I want more Pam in the tv series TrueBlood because her character in the series was great!
terilhack at gmail dot com
hmm I would have liked to see more Stefan the vampire in the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. Two book ago he had a lot in the plot then he went away and was only mentioned off hand in Silver Born.
kasuranna at yahoo dot com
I would love to see more of Levet in the Guardisns of Eternity series by Alexandra Ivy- I absolutely love that gargoyle.
vampiremistress2010(at)gmail(dot)com
Well, for starters: I want to see more of Tina. Tina, you rock!
I also would love to read more about Asil from Patricia Briggs' Alpha and Omega series.
great post – thanks so much, I can't wait to read those books and I'm so glad they already are on my bookshelf *g*
I would love to see more of Hawke (Nalini Singh) 🙂
greetings, Ina
I'd like to see more of Grandmother Hetty in Sabrina Jeffries' Hellions series, since she is the driving force of the marriage predicament!
Thanks Tina and Nancy, for visiting.
Good question. Hmm… not sure. I guess it is some of those secondary characters you come across. Oh, anyone who is snarky, intelligent and makes me laugh! 🙂
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I would like to see more Eric in True Blood– And I'm hoping that happens next season!
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Oh sure, post an impossible question. How am I supposed to pick a favorite book, movie or tv show? That is TOO HARD.
The second part of the question is easy though. Maybe I'll just go with that. Favorite secondary characters who need more face time.
Back when Dollhouse was still on the air (sniff) we needed WAY more Victor.
Kick-Ass, as a movie, would have been 150% more awesome had it been all about Hit-Girl.
In Doris Egan's Ivory trilogy I needed more Kylla. She was pretty awesome.
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I would love to see more of Roarke in JD Robb's In Death series.
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I love Angie Fox's Demon Slayer series, and I think the Bike Witches need their very own series. Maybe some backstory adventures before they met up with Lizzie.
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I'd like to see more Castiel on Supernatural, I'm sure he's cute under that trench coat… oh, that's not what you ment? I would like to see more of what he is doing and less jumping to the boy's beck and call.
Thanks!
jason [at] jasonkivela.com
Oh gosh, thats a hard question! Can I pick a TV show that isn't running anymore? I've recently been into watching the old Alfred Hitchcock Presents series. I love Mr. Hitchcock and his sense of humor. I wish he were in cameos in that show like he did in his movies.
I would love Moonlight to come back with more Mick St. John! Love Alex MacLaughlin.
Side note: I just finished both of Nancy's book and loved them!
Wow, this is a good question. It has really stumped me. I would like to see sooo many. Not sure if I could just pick one. I would like to see more of Gilmore Girls. All of the characters from that show to be precise.
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Great post, I enjoyed it. The character I'd love to see more of in movies is Captain Jack Sparrow, he's so awesome.
The character I'd love to see more of in books is Keri Arthur's Riley Jenson. The series had ended, but I loved it so and I'd love to at least see Riley in future books of the spin off series.
Barbed1951(at)aol(dot)com
Thanks for the contest!
I would like to see more fairies. There are so many kinds of fairies that they would lend themselves to lots of mischief.
dbarskey(@)hotmail.com
My answer: Dexter. Great character.
Great to read Tina's interview. I'm loving Hellforged. So far for me, Victory is still in Wales, Tina's off with Monster Paul, and I'm totally engrossed and often surprised. Yay. Can't wait to see what happens in the chapters I'll read tonight.
Sigh…..!!! It would definetly be Alexander Skarsgaards' character Eric Northman from True Blood. He warms up the screen (and quite a few hearts as well!) and books, so the more he anything the better!
Love you Tina and Vicky!
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I wish Buffy would come back and I do mean with the original actors. More Buffy.
Also more Peeta in Mockingjay would have been nice.
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and I also entered the other giveaway 🙂
Hey Tina,
Thanks for the update on Vickie. Look froward to hearing the rest of the story—
Would love to see more of Rick Castle and Beckett, the whole screen lights up with sexual tension when those two are together, why can't we have 30 to 40 episodes a year ?
Entered the Big Blogoversary Giveaway !
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Definitely the Winschester brothers!Ohh how I love Sammy and Dean!
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I would love to see more of Harry Potter! My son seconds that!
meredithfl at gmail dot com
I would love to see more of all the characters from Arrested Development.
amandarwest at gmaildotcom
I would like to read more books/chapters/paragraphs from Danaus' point of view. I miss it.
What I would really love is more Jeeves and Wooster stories. Yes, I know P. G. Wodehouse has been dead since 1974, but I can still want more stories.
ironss[at]gmail.com
Would have loved to see more of Anna from The Vampire Diaries TV show… really liked her and Jeremy together.
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I would love to see more of Brenda in The Closer.
mce1011 AT aol DOT com
l would like to see more of Sam from the Wolves of Mercy Falls series! He wasn't in Linger as much as l hoped
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I also would like Buffy to come back with the original actors including Angel. I loved watching that show. Please enter me in contest. Tore923@aol.com
I would like to see more of Mavis, of J.D Robb series -i'm with this series in my head for a long time XD- She is so funny, what makes the book much more enjoyable XD
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Hi Nancy,
I just bought DEADTOWN two days ago!
I'd like to see more of the chick who practically started this UF craze. More Buffy, please. 😀
demonhunter32 (at) gmail (dot) com
Would love to see more of Anywn from Joey W Hill's, Vampire Mistress story.
caity_mack at yahoo dot com
I would love to see more of Torin the The Lords of the Underworld series by Gena Showalter. I know he will eventually get his own book but in the meantime I would like to see him involved in the other books more.
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I'd like to see more of Tony and Ziva on NCIS.
wolfcarol451(at)gmail(dot)com
Hi and Happy Sunday! 🙂 Well, a book I have to read is a Pride and Prejudice sequel, so that got me thinking with this question — don't get me wrong, I love getting as much Darcy as I can, but I sure wouldn't mind people writing more sequels/prequels/retellings for the other stories. There are some, but nowhere near as many as there are for P&P. 🙂
Lois
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Mine are all from deceased shows:
More D'Argo on Farscape; more River on Firefly; more Giguhl in Jaye Wells series.
I would like to see more of Warren and Kyle in Patricia Brigg's Mercy Thompson series.
I would like more Bones and Curran.
bacchus76 at myself dot com
Would love to see more of Peabody in the Eve Dallas series – she's just so fun and funny 🙂
smaccall @ comcast.net
I would love to see more of Mozzie in White Collar because he's so funny and eccentric!
drakeLa90 at aol dot com
Id love to see more of Ridley or really any of the caster world in Beautiful Creatures/Beautiful Darkness.
Everyone should love a good book about Sirens sybils casters of all kinds!
Missmarsee(at)gmail(dot)com
I would like to see more of Walter on Fringe.
thanks!
I would like to see more Harry from Harry Potter!
k_anon[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk
I would love to see more of Buffy from Buffy the vampire slayer. It would be awesome if they could find a way to bring that show back!
Thanks!
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I would love to see more of Rose's mom in Last Sacrifice (Richelle Mead).
jennifer.kalman at gmail dot com
I'd like to have more Veronica Mars episodes!! Sigh
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I'm entered in the Big Blogoversary Giveaway too.
As for which character I'd like to see more of from my favorite books: I loved Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys, so I'd be all in favor of another novel by Gaiman featuring Anansi, though I won't hold my breath.
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I agree with a previous comment. It would be awesome to see more of Buffy.
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Oh my, I love Hunger Games so much I just can't help it, sorry!
I'd love to see more of Peeta and Katniss… together 🙂
It's just so cute! Cheers from
girl23rocks at hotmail dot com
I would love to see the resident evil movies and characters from other games become incorporated in the movies
tbarrettno1 at gmail dot com
I would love to see more of Hermione and Ron in further Harry Potter books.
bdecouverte@gmail.com
I can't wait to see more of shay from 'nightshade' Thank you for the contest!! the covers of your books are so amazing!!
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I want to see LOTS more of Tybalt in Seanan McGuire's Toby Daye series. Hopefully Tybalt WITH Toby.
I would love to see more of Grandmother in Eileen Wilks Lupi books.
natalie23[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk
I'd LOVE to see more of either Dustfinger from the Inkbooks or Jared from Incarceron and Sapphique. LOVE those guys. :)))
Thanks for the giveaway!! 🙂
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Sierra
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I just thought of another one – I'm hoping to see more of Derek in the 5th book of the "Kate" series by Ilona Andrews.
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That is a great question! I would love to see more of Eric in True blood series and Damon from the Vampire Diaries TV show.
Thanks for the giveaway!!!
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Oh, I loved Deadtown! And I'm anxiously waiting for Hellforged to arrive in the mail!!
That's a hard question! = ) I'd love to see another season of Veronica Mars, but I'm pretty sure that's wishful thinking… so how about more Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons? lol. I miss having him in every season. : )
Thanks for the giveaway!
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This series sounds awesome…i like how Nancys take on zombies differs from the typical stereotype.
I would LOVE to see more of Ethan in Chloe Neills Chicagoland Vampires series. He's so frustrating that it would be awesome to see the inner workings of his mind!! lol.
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Thanks for another great giveaway! I already entered the main one too.
I would love to see more of Jerricho Barrons at the moment. I'm currently reading book 4 of the Fever series and loving it!
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@rabidreads
I would like to see more of Gale from The Hunger Games. The ending in Mockingjay totally changed his character, and I would like to see more of him.
I would also like to see more of Barrons and Mac together in the Fever series.
angeldream3(at)gmail(dot)com
More Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice, please. I love Mr. Darcy!
marlenebreakfield(at)yahoo(dot)com
My favorite series right now is West Wing, which I'm watching via Netflix and I wish Ansley was on more often!!
junkforcarmen at gmail dot com
I LOVE BONES in Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series and although he is the male lead I can never get enough of him and want to see even more of him!
Thank you for this giveaway!
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My favorite character is Bones from Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress books and I can never never get enough of him.
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I'm so with Robin! I have been watching Moonlight on DVD and I would love to have Mick St. John back.
beckerjo(at)verizon(dot)net
Definitely more Firefly!!!! I'm still getting over the fact that they cancelled such an awesome show! Well at least there is Castle but it's not the same (sigh).
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recently I would love to see Isabel Spellman in any books. I need something to make me laugh, at least smile because all things she did
aleetha.ally at gmail dot com
twitter: @aleetha
I would like to read more about Curran from the Kate daniels books. I went to smashwords to download te Curran snippets and i enjoyed see the encounters with Kate from his point of view.
linze_e at hotmail.com
After reading what others posted I guess my pick won't be an only pick but, I also love Levet from Alexandra Ivy's Series also. He's my absolute favorite (is he considered a->secondary?) character. I hope she'll write him a HEA. Thanks for having a great contest prize. I'd love to use it to buy DeadTown, since I seemed to miss it, when it was released. This would be an awesome 2 day early B-day gift 😉 Have a great day and thanks for a chance to winning some really great prizes.
I would like to see more Eli in along for the ride
Love him
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I would love to see more of Bran in either the Mercy Thompson or the Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs.
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I want more Jace from Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series! I can't wait for City of Fallen Angels to come out!
pepsivanilla14(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thanks for another great giveaway! I would like to see a lot more of Eric Northman from "True Blood"–and I mean that literally! (wink, wink)
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