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"Half Past Dead" is quite an appropriate title for this paranormal romance anthology from authors Zoe Archer and Bianca D'Arc. In each of the stories the zombified hero is not really human, but not really dead. Both "men" retain enough of their humanity to not only be heroic, but romantic as well. Actually, they are intensely erotic. Who knew? Zoe Archer's story, "The Undying Heart", is the prequel for her "Blades of the Rose" series, and it takes place in the Post-Civil War Era. Samuel Reed served valiantly in the War Between the States, only to be betrayed, murdered, and made one of the living dead by his own villainous commanding officer. After years of struggle, he is able to control his own will and seeks to destroy the man who defiled his existence along with the lives of so many of his fellow soldiers. His search brings him face-to-face with Cassandra Fielding, the sister of his best friend, Charlie, whose battle injuries were too severe for his body to be reborn as undead. Cassie does not turn away from Sam, even though she fully realizes that he is no longer a living, breathing man--he has no heartbeat. She is also on a mission, working for a select, secretive society, and she and Sam are after the same man. As they work together to bring an end to a heinous evil, feelings from their youth bloom and mature into a powerful passion. If they succeed in their quest, will they find a way to let love win its own war? Bianca D'Arc's contemporary story, "Simon Says", features a special ops superman, Simon Blackwell, who was bitten by a zombie and lived to tell the tale. Not only lived, but did not lose his humanity. After being quite ill from the bite, he bounced back stronger than ever with unusual physical abilities and the capability to quickly heal from injuries. His unique resistance to the zombie virus makes him unequaled as a hunter of the undead, and it also brings him back in contact with Dr. Mariana Daniels, the woman he turned away from after he was stricken. The explosive chemistry between them is just as hot, and the love they had never acknowledged is as deep as it is unspoken. When the threat of the undead comes too close to Mariana, Simon goes into overdrive when it comes to protecting his woman. She is only too glad to have Simon back in her life, even if he is now a different man. Together, they must eliminate the zombie warriors that threaten their community. If they survive, will they have a future together? "Half Past Dead" is the first book that I have read which features zombies as heroes. Zombies--intensely erotic--who knew?


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Half Past Dead Zoe Archer Bianca D'Arc 9780758246974 Books Reviews

I am offically a Zoe Archer fan! I love the story and all of the action, Zoe really knows how to balance both.
A REALLY GOOD BOOK. HARD TO PUT DOWN ONCE YOU START READING IT. A GREAT SERIES TO FOLLOW TOO. WANT MORE.
Yes i loved these stories didn't and don't care for the zombie storyline but then I don't like anything dealing with zombies.
These two books, "The Undying Heart" and "Simon Says," are my first foray into zombie-themed romance. The premise of "Simon Says" was more what I was expecting from a zombie book, since it involves hunting and destroying zombies. "The Undying Heart" is the first book I have encountered that involves zombie love, and even--ick--zombie sex. Some of the contradictions involved in--ick--zombie sex are that although he is cold (being dead and all) he warms to her touch. And though he doesn't breathe or need food, he can still taste her. And though his body is numb, he feels her every touch. Apparently--and this may be useful information for the coming zombie apocalypse--a hand willing to do the job is all that is required to cure a man of being a zombie. (Note to author "ravenous" might be a good word to avoid when describing a zombie's kiss)

The best that may be said for the writing in "The Undying Heart" is that it is better than the writing in "Simon Says." But that is not saying much. The book seemed like a series of endless battle scenes interspersed with endless sex scenes. The resolution for our zombie hero seemed awfully convenient and I couldn't help but wonder, what if human sex is a disappointment after zombie sex? Overall, this was a forgettable book, and it did not inspire any desire in me to pick up the books in the follow-on series.

The second book in this duo, "Simon Says," is a tedious exercise in states-the-obvious excess. I knew it was a bad sign when on page two of the novel the hero asks himself, "Could this day get any worse?" A sure sign of an author who hasn't learned the difference between telling and showing. The author seems to believe that if she tells us often enough that her hero is a strong, capable, cunning and brave warrior, that we will believe it without question. Similarly, the hero spends a great deal of time musing about how smart, special, brave and wonderful the heroine is. That and explicit sex scenes are about all this novel contains. Plus the zombie killing. But at least nobody had sex with the zombies.

I didn't find the overall premise of this book--how the zombies were created--believable at all. And the mistakes about the military in the story are many and amusing a navy commander who has an aide, a navy doctor who thinks back to her combat training in boot camp and reveals that she's decided not to re-up. But I think my favorite line was when the hero revealed that he was working under orders from the president himself, cosigned by the director of the Centers for Disease Control. Doesn't get any more high-powered than that, I guess.

I was ready for this book to be over long before it was, and if the author had been able to curb her urge to state the obvious (at one point the doctor thinks, "...she would happily trade in the zombies for a bunch of unruly patients any day.") the book would have been much shorter.
The seller was awesome, but the book as just okay. I only read it because it was a prequel to a series that I liked.
Archer disappoints in the prequel to her four books in the Blade of the Rose series; the writing was either repetitive or failed to explain scenes adequately. This historical erotic romance starring a handsome zombie and a high society society assassin failed utterly to arouse my interest in reading the series. The flow was choppy, descriptive words indicated the indiscriminate use of a thesaurus (try to find a word that ENHANCES the sentence, rather than with a "just-off" meaning), and the least important descriptions were repeated at least twice within a few paragraphs.

The interesting premise made the uneven writing really annoying; it's always fun to read about a heroine stepping outside historical societal constraints and the love interest had appeal even if he was recently one of the undead dead, at least he only had one unhealed wound and immediately healed all but the wound which made him a zombie. Sounds like a vampire, right? well the whole premise was just too confusing to easily grasp and I still have no idea of the "rules" of this world. Save your $[..] ( edition) for something else!
"Half Past Dead" is quite an appropriate title for this paranormal romance anthology from authors Zoe Archer and Bianca D'Arc. In each of the stories the zombified hero is not really human, but not really dead. Both "men" retain enough of their humanity to not only be heroic, but romantic as well. Actually, they are intensely erotic. Who knew? Zoe Archer's story, "The Undying Heart", is the prequel for her "Blades of the Rose" series, and it takes place in the Post-Civil War Era. Samuel Reed served valiantly in the War Between the States, only to be betrayed, murdered, and made one of the living dead by his own villainous commanding officer. After years of struggle, he is able to control his own will and seeks to destroy the man who defiled his existence along with the lives of so many of his fellow soldiers. His search brings him face-to-face with Cassandra Fielding, the sister of his best friend, Charlie, whose battle injuries were too severe for his body to be reborn as undead. Cassie does not turn away from Sam, even though she fully realizes that he is no longer a living, breathing man--he has no heartbeat. She is also on a mission, working for a select, secretive society, and she and Sam are after the same man. As they work together to bring an end to a heinous evil, feelings from their youth bloom and mature into a powerful passion. If they succeed in their quest, will they find a way to let love win its own war? Bianca D'Arc's contemporary story, "Simon Says", features a special ops superman, Simon Blackwell, who was bitten by a zombie and lived to tell the tale. Not only lived, but did not lose his humanity. After being quite ill from the bite, he bounced back stronger than ever with unusual physical abilities and the capability to quickly heal from injuries. His unique resistance to the zombie virus makes him unequaled as a hunter of the undead, and it also brings him back in contact with Dr. Mariana Daniels, the woman he turned away from after he was stricken. The explosive chemistry between them is just as hot, and the love they had never acknowledged is as deep as it is unspoken. When the threat of the undead comes too close to Mariana, Simon goes into overdrive when it comes to protecting his woman. She is only too glad to have Simon back in her life, even if he is now a different man. Together, they must eliminate the zombie warriors that threaten their community. If they survive, will they have a future together? "Half Past Dead" is the first book that I have read which features zombies as heroes. Zombies--intensely erotic--who knew?