The Z Word, Lindsay King-Miller
- Crafty Goblin
- Mar 16
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 18
The Z word
Author : Lindsay Kind-Miller
Publisher : Quirk Books
Released : 07 May 2024
Page count : 256
Format : Ebook
Genre : Cosmic Horror
Content warnings : Blood, Violence, Swearing
Source : Kobo Ebook
Representation : Woman Lead, 2SLGBTQIA+, black representation
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★★★★★— A new favorite !
Quote from the book:
"he should be angry at the ones who made Pedro feel this way, the ones who made it impossibly dangerous to be a queer adult who works with children. All the fucking Bible-thumpers, and the opportunists who exploit their fear and disgust in order to grab for more power".
Resume :
Chaotic bisexual Wendy is trying to find her place in the queer community of San Lazaro, Arizona, after a bad breakup—which is particularly difficult because her ex is hooking up with some of her friends. And when the people around them start turning into violent, terrifying mindless husks, well, that makes things harder. Especially since the infection seems to be spreading.
Now, Wendy and her friends and frenemies—drag queen Logan, silver fox Beau, sword lesbian Aurelia and her wife Sam, mysterious pizza delivery stoner Sunshine, and, oh yeah, Wendy’s ex-girlfriend Leah—have to team up to stay alive, save Pride, and track the zombie outbreak to its shocking source. Hopefully without killing each other first.
My Thoughts about this Book :
What could happen if I-Zombie and The Walking dead meet The L Word and Queer as Folk ? The Z word !
Give me a pizza delivery trans with a killer ghostbuster vehicule and an obsessive work ethic, a butch drinking moonshine like it's milk, a dyke on a bike swirling a machete and burning zombie with fireworks, a black drag queen showing off on Britney Spear's song in a middle of an Apocalypse and a messed up bisexual who don't really have goal in life except finding where or what home is to finally find people she's really to die for (or live for ?) And cut heads with a chainsaw.
This book is awesome. Definitely one of my favorite reads for 2025. I really enjoyed the ride. Zombie Apocalypse during pride festival with bigot political and corporate capitalistic plot in background.
It's inclusive, diverse, fun, with and emotional. the smut is not everywhere but always approached witb respect, consent and awareness. I usually don't read romance book or book where romance is a big focus because I have a problem with how relationship are painted in those trendy books and for the lack of consent awareness and harmful biases. But I don't regret giving it a try here as it is exactly how I like relationship and sexe. Consent is hot. We need more of it in romance litterature too.
We definitely need more of this universe. I need more of this 🥰
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