A.W. Exley

Ella, The Slayer

I really enjoyed this retelling of Cinderella. Bonus it had zombies! Even better was that it based the zombie virus on the 1918 flu which was pretty great considering we are in the middle of another pandemic now. Haha. 

Jacalyn Boggs

Renee Delcourt

Quick read was alright

Sooo... I'm pretty sure this story line is ripped from Pride Prejudice and Zombies. Taking a familiar and well known story and dropping zombies right smack dab in the middle. Oh and then let us hope we didn't see the almost exact story line from Ever After, a movie based on Cinderella. It was alright. I struggled with the fact that it had a time period twist on top of the zombies. Ella's character to me was a harder, more beaten version from most Cinderella stories. The author's voice was surprisingly good and consistent through the book. Some of the jokes were amusing and the descriptions of the "vermin" we're so vivid I had to keep myself from cringing. I think any zombie fan would enjoy this book, but I as a twisted fairy tale fan did not. The character was so out of the typical personality that it could have been it's own story concept. Well, mostly. I honestly would have rated this much higher, if it wasn't for the exact story parallels between two separate medias. Between the younger sister being more sympathetic to Ella's plight and the beating right before the ball, not to mention how it comes about she's a maid... it's too close to Ever After to claim originality.

Celia Adams

This story is proof that if you say it's a Cinderella story, I'll read anything. Was gonna give it 3 stars but knocked one off the underwhelming and weird ending.

Ella, The Slayer

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