Grief Eater – ARC Book Review

Quick review:- a short horror story about a girl who dies and then risen as a zombie and then takes revenge on those who wronged her. Emotional and quick to read

Rating:- 4/5

-Domestic Abuse

-Child Abuse

-Gory scenes

Visceral, gritty, and unforgiving, GRIEF EATER is a zombie story like you’ve never read before.

When Kristina rises from her violent death, she’s not the same fragile woman her family once abandoned. She’s rageful, powerful, and hungry—for the blood of the ones who were supposed to love her. With a newfound craving to see vengeance and grief served, she launches into a once-in-an-undead-lifetime journey across blood-slicked highways to the scorched Australian bush and her hometown. As her body fails and her mind fractures, she’s left with one final question: Is she here to forgive, or to feed?

A transgressive, gory examination of queer identity and found family, GRIEF EATER sinks its teeth into trauma and what it means to be devoured by grief.

This is a fantastic horror book–kind of gave the feeling of Walking Dead. This is a novella which is less than 100 pages. Kristina, a young queer woman who has been abandoned by her own family faces her own dead when a dead zombie woman bites her lethally. Kristina dies then rises up again, becoming a zombie. Kristina is no longer the shy frightened woman anymore but a dangerous woman who is determined to take revenge and avenge against her family, who had been treating her horribly since her childhood.

Kristina gets flashbacks of her memories through feeding. The memories all contained moments of abuse she faced from her family, particularly her parents. The author has managed to capture those raw emotions and moments through those memories and as a reader you really sympathize with the main character. Despite the horrible moments of her childhood, Kristina also savored those people who had been closest to her–her friend Josh, who was the only one who was kind to her and her first relationship. Though all the gore was difficult to read with all the scenes of blood, the emotional and physical abuse Kristina suffered as a child was too sad to read as well.

I enjoyed reading this book and I managed to read this book in less than twenty-four hours. For people who are looking for a fast, quick read with under 100 pages, then this book is one for you. Perfect to read during Halloween. Worth 4 srars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.