I love listening to this series on audio. Robbie Daymond gives such a great performance each time! The stories are filled with action and humor, plus zombies and monsters. What's not to love?

The premise -- the zombie apocalypse came to town. Most people were turned into zombies. Some kids escaped being zombified and live in the city avoiding the hordes of undead the best they can. There are also monsters that zapped their way into this world through a portal from another dimension. Luckily, some monsters are friendly....so the kids have some large buddies to help them out. That's a good thing....because other monsters are evil.

It's winter time now.....and the kids soon learn that their monster buddies are afraid of snow. So, they decide to help them get over that fear by planning the best part of a kid's winter -- Christmas! Their plans take a detour when they meet up with a new foe.....who steals Jack's most prized possession, the Louisville Slicer!

The audio book is just under 4 hours long. Easy listening length. Lots of zombie and monster fighting humor as usual. Daymond gave his usual enthusiastic performance. I really enjoy these books! The characters and plots are just fun and innocently entertaining. Moving on to the next book -- The Last Kids on Earth and.....the Midnight Blade! ( )

It's beginning to look a lot like...Christmas?
Yep, Christmas...I mean, it comes every year and it's just about to reach that milestone mark for these kids, but what's a holiday without the presents, decorations, and a little...okay, A LOT of possibly-earth-ending-drama to make your day? Am I right? Okay, so not really, but all those elements DO exist here, and our group of friends are gonna have to pull together once again if they'll all going to make it out alive. Oh yes, there is the my-friend-is-turning-zombie issue to deal with on top of the earth-ending-drama formerly mentioned, and this time, despite their best efforts, they may simply be too late... *-*

So, now that I have you on the edge of that cliffhanger, let me tell you this...the story was once again...AWESOME! We had drama (loads), friendly banter (both human and monster), surprises galore (hello villainess, creepy eyeball thingy, and wait...why is there a portal over here?!), familiar faces (who's a good monster doggy!), and once again introductions that we wish we could forget (hello big ugly monster thingy...oh and look, there's that portal thingy again....). We learn that our newfound monster friends are rather scared of winter (who knew!), sometimes the bigger they are the harder they...struggle to maintain their balance thereby throwing off the old adage and confusing everyone, and that our REAL FAMILY isn't simply whose blood we share, but whom we CHOOSE to be a part of our circle. As a side note, we also learn that just because there are shared interests in geekdom nation awesomeness...doesn't mean there is a glimmer of goodness that's gonna shine like the sun, okay? Okay. Too bad Jack and his crew don't go in knowing that little pearl...

Long story short, AWESOMENESS RESIDES WITHIN THESE PAGES! It's got monsters, zombies, big baddies, and bigger baddies...but also a lot of heart. So if you're ready to end some monster sized plans for world domination, join the gang for some kick butt fun!


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