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review 2017-01-26 18:03
The Doormat and the Jerk
Through the Zombie Glass - Gena Showalter

2.4 stars- barely based on lowlife characters and TSTL actions

Zombies hunters vs zombies and evil scientist.

This book sucked like a black hole

I loved the idea, the spirt hunting, the different abilities awakening and the possibilities. The action was there, I was on the edge of my seat more than once. But why bring in abuse, and ridiculous actions into the story. I was rolling my eyes at the jealousy, the he-slut moves and the stupid thinking of this girl.

 Ali, stupid, hormonal virgin Ali.  I cut bits of stars off for each completely stupid move Ali made. Ali, the special little snowflake acted like a brat. Taking matters into her own hands, after being warned it was a bad bad thing. She would run off into the fire and placed everyone in serious danger. I was generous and gave her a few free chips because of her age, she suffers from high school level hormonal drama. 

Cole, the macho he slut was such a complete jerk. I'd beat him bloody with anything in reach if he treated my daughter that way or one of her friends. His character was repulsive and I worry that some young mind might find his actions ok. I thinking about cutting another star off right now. I was miffed that the author made his turdness acceptable to the group of slayers/friends. I would have liked to see a stronger character backlash, not the "oh he loves me so I'll forget everything" bit. He used girls, emotionally and physically and brushed it off like it was nothing, and this is the hero ? She looked into his eyes and saw longing  making all he did disappear. REPULSIVE ! As I'm recapping my experience I'm getting angrier. I'm not sure I want to finish the series.

I do not find abusive characters entertaining, and even less so to a young character who might connect with a reader.  I like the story, despise the direction of the characters. Ali is doormat that asked for more, her great love is a dirty pair of boots.

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review 2015-01-21 00:00
Through the Zombie Glass
Through the Zombie Glass - Gena Showalter Book Info
Kindle Edition, 480 pages
Published September 24th 2013 by Harlequin Teen (first published 2013)
original title Through the Zombie Glass
ASIN B00CN0N8MC
series White Rabbit Chronicles #2
characters Alice Bell, Cole Holland
other editions (21)
Source:Kindle version borrowed from Public Library

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BOOK SYNOPSIS


Zombies stalk the night.

Forget blood and brains. These monsters hunger for human souls.

Sadly, they've got mine…

Alice Bell has lost so much. Family. Friends. A home. She thought she had nothing else to give. She was wrong.

After a new zombie attack, strange things begin to happen to her. Mirrors come to life, and the whispers of the dead assault her ears. But the worst? A terrible darkness blooms inside her, urging her to do very wicked things.

She's never needed her team of zombie slayers more, but ultra bad-boy Cole Holland, the leader and her boyfriend, suddenly withdraws from her…from everyone. Now, with her best friend, Kat, at her side, Ali must kill the zombies, uncover Cole's secret and learn to fight the darkness.

But the clock is ticking…and if she fails at a single task, they're all doomed.

My Thoughts


Drat the fact had to read on my desktop because only available in EPub format, did not faze me though as tore through this second book faster than the first and am glad to have had the chance to do so.

Following in the aftermath of Ali being bitten by a fellow slayer who had been bitten by one of the zombies her life has become even more fraught with danger than previously, this time however she is the danger that must be conquered.

I found myself amazed, bewildered and in agony for Ali and Cole time after time as it just seemed for every step forward they took they were forced 5 steps back.

The action again is nonstop at times, we also have moments of complete peace where everyone can just be for a bit even though those moments do not last long.

The richness of the follow up tale is as much of a treat as book 1 [b:Alice in Zombieland|11300302|Alice in Zombieland (The White Rabbit Chronicles, #1)|Gena Showalter|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1333628241s/11300302.jpg|16227953] was, it delighted the senses as well as fed the need to know what would befall Ali and her friends next.

At some point am hoping that the library will make book 3 [b:The Queen of Zombie Hearts|20579287|The Queen of Zombie Hearts (White Rabbit Chronicles, #3)|Gena Showalter|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1392304633s/20579287.jpg|25993322] available to read as well.

[Kindle version borrowed from Public Library]
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review 2014-11-13 15:43
Through the Zombie Glass - Gena Showalter

At first I wasn't planning to read this book. Yes I really liked the first book, but I wasn't sure about continuing it. There were a few things I didn't like in the first book and I was worried it would be overly present in this one as well.
But then I saw this book (in hardcover) at one of the two ABC stores for a big discount, and then I just couldn't resist.

Now, the book!
I must say this one is way better than the first one. Of course not all is that good. For instance we still have the whole COLE OMG COLE!!!! stuff going on, which was an annoyance in the first book. Alice kept going on and on and on and on about Cole. Yes, we know you love him (not that you can say it), and that you want to kiss him to death, have his babies and marry him for life. But please, tone it down a bit.
In this book, the whole OMG COLE is my Life! is a bit toned down due to events happening. Now we have more angst and more drama. More on that when I get on the characters.
There is a new twist with Alice, not really a new power, but rather something more evil and more mean. Something that wants to destroy her life, her friends, her family, and this is one thing that made me up the stars a lot. I love Jekyll and Hyde (good and evil in one body) and I was really happy to see it in here.

Add to that, that it was well written. There was a lot of details about the transformation, about Alice spiralling downwards, not only physically but also mentally as her condition gets worse. I just felt at times like I was there, witnessing it all.

However there is still something I don't quite get. The zombies are unbeatable, the only way to truly kill them is by ashing them. Now I am still confused as to why the slayers are still kicking/maiming the zombies before ashing them. Isn't it way more effective and faster to just ash them and be done with it? Unless I missed something, it has been a long time since I last read book 1, so I might have forgotten some details.
But it was just silly at times how they hacked/slashed, the zombies just kept popping back and back, and only when the need was really there did they ash the zombies.

Now for the characters.

Alice, oh Alice, silly and impulsive Alice. Not listening to people that much, taking stuff too much, doing too much while you should have just laid down and stayed down for a while. Of course things go wrong, gee, how come?
Still I loved her, she is still one of the most kick-ass characters I have read about and she is still a favourite.
Kicking zombies asses while in spirit form, ashes them to a true death like a champ.
I just hope for her sake that she can relax soon. Losing her parents, her sister, her grandpa, various friends, and in this book various other people. She deserves a big vacation somewhere far away from this all. Of course together with Cole, because well otherwise she would be lonely. :)
Her affection for Cole was like I said earlier, still very much present at times to nauseating levels. And when she was with Cole the conversations often bordered on almost 18+ stuff.

Cole, ah Cole. You fricking idiot. Sorry, had to get that out of my system. Not trusting your girlfriend eh? Oh, she has a vision about another guy, let's just assume that she is digging him instead of you. Not even questioning or just keep on hoping that it might be something totally different. *rolls eyes* Of course he keeps a very close eye on her, and can't seem to leave her alone, even though he is now with another girl. Drama, so much unneeded drama.
I also didn't like his hot/cold attitude towards Alice. At times he would be very sweet, and I really loved him, but other times he was just a dick and I wanted to kick his ass.

Gavin and Veronica, two characters that I just couldn't like. Gavin was someone I started to like very very late in the book, but in the beginning I couldn't stand him. How he treated women, as toys, as something he could just play with.
But we also see another side of him, a caring and helpful side. A protective side.

There is a whole lot of action in the book next to the drama. The zombies are still very freaky. I mean, zombies that you can see are already scary, but invisible spirit zombies that can just suck you dry????? Nope, Nope NOPE!!!

Then we have the whole evil company that captures zombies and does tests on people. I do hope we will see them going under in the next book. I also hope that during this war against them that we don't lose to many of the characters. After two books I am really liking most of them and I don't want to see them die.

Also big big plus points for the awesome cover!

All in all this was one hell of a ride and I would really recommend it. Me? I am going to hunt for the third book and buy it. I want to know what happens!!!

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/

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review 2014-10-08 15:18
Through the Zombie Glass - Gena Showalter
The Characters

Ali is amazing. Cole is still to die for. Kat a.k.a. “Mad Dog” is still crazy and I love her for it. Veronica… well she’s not as bad as she first seemed I guess. Gavin is hilarious. The rest of the crew is equal parts dangerous, hilarious and lucky to have each other.

Ethan better get his ish together. Oh and our bad guy… I’ll just say he got what he deserved.

The Story

This one… I really don’t have a lot of words for. It was crazy and amazing and scary. Scary doesn’t just refer to the zombies. Ali and Cole had me in a perpetual state of worry.

The Random Thoughts

I just loved this so much I can’t even put together coherent thoughts. It was good. Read it!

#TtZG

4 Stars
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review 2014-03-12 00:00
Through the Zombie Glass (The White Rabbit Chronicles)
The Fallacies Of Social Science: A Criti... The Fallacies Of Social Science: A Critique Of The Natural Science Model Of Social Analysis - Jon Huer Well what can I say. This really is one of my guilty reads and I don't regret it at all. I mean honestly everyone's gotta have that book series or even book that they read even though they know the writing itself isn't that great, or that there's so much emotion and teen drama in there that most people will just roal their eyes. For me this series is one of those.

I'm glad to see that the story, characters, and level of drama didn't decrease since the previous book, since that's one of the main things I enjoyed about the first one. The second one read just as fast as the first and I had to honestly force myself to stop reading and put down the ereader. It was gripping in that guilty pleasure sort of way.

I don't know what it is but I love Ali. I love her relationship with Cole, I actually like how dramatic and always jumpy it was and just everything that people find to be typically cheesy or implausible. Her sarcastic responses reminded me of myself so it's probably one of the reasons why I felt such a connection to her. I got a laugh out of her responses, out of the quick and light dialogue that hardly ever felt forced, only maybe in one or two spots.

The twist wasn't something too out of the blue but it didn't downplay on the enjoyment at all. I know this book will receive criticisms that judge it as a sort of teenage soap opera and say that this book is nothing like the original Alice in Wonderland and other things along those lines. I don't know whether that last one would be just, since this shouldn't, as I said, be approached as the next literary wonder. Its purpose is to relax and entertain the reader, which it does. It doesn't try to be a new version of Wonderland because that isn't the goal, it merely incorporates some familiar elements or names loosely while spinning something that's completely new and no less entertaining. I look forward to the next installment to see where Ali goes next
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