Chivalry is Undead (Just Another Zombie Love Story) [Kindle Edition]

This book is a blast to read. In his Freshman offering, MA does a great job of developing characters that are thrown into a world that has been turned upside down. The author writes this from a "blogging" prospective but not so much that you feel like you are reading a blog. It is a fun story that I hammered through in 2 days on my kindle. Not sure how long it is in paper form as far as pages go, but I guarantee that once you pick it up, you won't want to put it down. As I was reading this, and the story is developing, I am watching as Kindle tells me I am 85% done, and I can't imagine MA can complete the story with such a few number of pages left. And he DOESN"T. Bastard! Luckily he is near completing the second book, so if you are planning on reading this one, or just finished, the good news is you won't have to wait long for the story to continue. Great job Mr. Rogers!

I was a bit uncertain about reading a zombie novel, but I enjoy M.A. Rogers' tweets so much I already knew he was a good writer. There's an art to tweeting, and M.A. has it. Even the humor in the title drew me in "Chivalry is Undead: Just Another Zombie Love Story." Had to smile at that one. So going in I knew I had three things books I love need: Clear writing, vivid humor, and heart.

From the first chapter, written as a blog in the normal world of Stephen, our soon-to-be zombie killing hero, I was hooked. Stephen thinks it's weird that half of the people at work are out sick, he senses things are a little bit off, but he stops by his favorite bar after work anyway, where Jessica, the lovely bartender of his dreams, pours him bourbon as they trade stories of the days' strange feel. Neither of them yet know that they are living in a new world, one controlled by zombies, and their flirty banter reflects that.

Home on his computer, Steve quickly realizes that Texas, from San Antonio to Houston, has gone zombie. He finds Jessica and the two of them head out for Houston where Steve's buddy and his family are dealing with the same big city zombie situation. Steve's plan is to find a place out in the country where they can all be safe while waiting out the war. Things don't go exactly as planned, but the plot buzzes along at a nice clip and the shambling zombies prove no match for Steve's posse, loaded with SUVs, baseball bats and guns.

Well into the story, Rogers name checks "Night of the Living Dead" the only zombie movie I've ever seen. Loved that and loved quick-thinking Steve and Jessica. Their romance in no way keeps them from cracking serious zombie skull. The gore I thought would be my biggest obstacle proved to be plentiful and colorfully descriptive, but just another part of this intense story, the first in a series by a new novelist whose work shows promise of more and even better things to come.

Chivalry is Undead (Just Another Zombie Love Story)
by M. A. Rogers

This is one of the best books I have read this year. I am a slow reader so it normally takes my about a week to finish a book. I so enjoyed this book that i finished it in 3 days. The story is told by Stephen and his use of his daily blog post. This aspect of telling a story was fresh and new for me and is defiantly one of the reasons I enjoyed this book so much. The next thing that M.A. Rogers does with his characters is make them feel like real people. In too many zombie books the main character does some really crazy stuff, in Chivalry is Undead (Just Another Zombie Love Story) , Stephen is just an average Joe that has a 9 to 5 like the rest of us when the zombie Apocalypse happens. With out giving spoilers M.A. Rogers uses a wonderful knowledge of survival skill to bring up some very interesting dilemmas that we could face during a Zombie Apocalypse. Another thing I really enjoyed was the references to classic zombie movies in this book, i was able to pitcher exactly what M.A. Roger's wanted me to see from those movies. I would say that this a must buy and a must have in anyone Zombie Survival pack.