Title: Love & Decay: Boy Meets Girl
Author: Rachel Higginson
Source: ebook FREE at Smashwords
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The Zombie Apocalypse couldn’t be more boring.
For the last two years Hendrix Parker’s life
rotated in a constant routine of fighting Zombies, finding a place to spend the
night and keeping his family safe. While all those things were admirable
pursuits, they had begun to blur together in monotonous gray lines and a haze
inducing fog.
He had let the world he lived in turn him into as
much of a Zombie as the creatures he fought day in and day out.
Until his perfectly tedious world is thrown into
upheaval with the arrival of two girls shopping for eyeliner.
Reagan Willow and Haley Gable tumble into the
Parker’s lives with helpless charm and sarcastic cynicism and the boys can’t
help but feel the strong need to protect them.
Especially Hendrix, who can’t ignore the
irresistible pull Reagan has on him. She’s everything he never thought he would
find, and the shot of life that digs him out of the corpse-like stupor he’s
fallen into.
She might not feel the same way, but that won’t
deter Hendrix from pursuing her. Maybe there’s nothing more than friendship
between them, but their futures are now entwined, one way or the other. Hendrix
has enlisted his brothers and young sister into joining Reagan’s journey south
because he refuses to let the most beautiful thing at the end of the world out
of his life.
Just as long as they can escape the Zombie horde
alive first.
Love and Decay, Boy Meets Girl, is the first
episode in the Love and Decay, Novella Series told from Hendrix’s point of
View; and a Dystopian Romance about Zombies, the end of the world and finding
someone to share it with.
This story takes place over multiple episodes,
with a release date every two weeks. Approximately 20,000 words.
My take...
Until an hour ago, I hadn’t realized what a state
of undead I’d fallen into. Sure, I fought daily to kill real Zombies; but
somewhere along the way I’d become one myself.
***
Ever since the first episode of LOVE AND DECAY, I
have always wondered what Hendrix's thoughts of Reagan was. To me he came off
cold and insensitive when I read that scene of them actually meeting for the
very first time. But now I understand that wasn't it at all. From the moment he
lays eyes on her, he is overcome by her beauty and her fierceness. Reagan
awakens something in him that has been dead for nearly two years.
***
We had already experienced more loss than we ever
should have.
And I would never go through that again- I would
never give up those I loved to this world and the evil creatures that haunted
it again.
***
Hendrix has always made his family priority one.
No one will come between them and tear their family apart anymore than what has
already been done. He will protect them at all cost. You gotta give it to
him...the guy is devoted and dedicated to taking care of them at such a young
age. Not many would do what he has done. A lot would have jumped ship along
time ago. I can only imagine the stress he is under.
Incredible story and a perfect addition to the
series. I could definitely get used to more of Hendrix's POV. But really, who
wouldn't want more Hendrix? Higginson, thank you once again for proving what an
amazing author you are and giving us all this quick insight into Hendrix's
head. I love him and I am thankful every time you publish one of these bad
boys. Much love!
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