Review: The Year of Eating Dangerously - K. Bennett

Title: The Year of Eating Dangerously 
Author: K Bennett
Series: Mallory Caine- Book 2
Release Date: February 1 2012
Publisher: Pennacle
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Rating: 4 Hoots
Reviewer: April
Buy From: Amazon/ Barnes and Noble

Sum It Up! The Year of Eating Dangerously was a great book. I enjoyed this one a bit more than the first in the series and was better able to wrap my mind around a zombie legal thriller. 

As a lawyer, Mallory Caine considers it her duty to defend the innocent. As a flesh-eating zombie, she knows how to take a bite out of crime. So when a scared ten-year-old boy asks for her help - claiming that his mother wants to eat him - Mallory rises to the occasion. Unfortunately, the occasion is a Satanic ritual, the mum is a monster, and the boy is a sacrifice. Before you can say "The devil made me do it", Mallory is caught dead centre between a family of freaks, fire-breathing demons, and the final battle of good versus evil. If she doesn't have enough on her plate, the brain-chomping lawyer has to defend her zombie-hunting father in court. And, oh yeah: her flesh-eating secret is about to be exposed by a sexy LAPD detective who's good enough to eat. What's a zombie girl to do...?  (Amazon)

Review:

The Year of Eating Dangerously was a great book. I enjoyed this one a bit more than the first in the series and was better able to wrap my mind around a zombie legal thriller. With all that is going on in Mallory's life and still having to deal with struggles from the first book, you can have a better mindset as to what the story is all about. And then....Bennett comes onto the scene. I love Mallory and Bennett! They are funny and witty as is the book.

Mallory's struggle with good versus evil is ongoing and she is not really pleased with either side. I liked the fact that she wants to be a good zombie but is not convinced that good is all it is cracked up to be. She is a sassy character, but at times feels awful for killing and being a zombie. This never stops her from fighting for her clients and trying to help others. It was an interesting take on zombies and if you prefer your zombies the old fashioned way this may not be the book for you. I on the other hand, thought it was a fun read and it kept me guessing. I would recommend reading the first one in the series to have more background on the characters, but would recommend this as a fun Saturday read!