The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell

Holt, 2010
Available: New, trade paperback & most eBook formats
ISBN: 9780805092431

The Reapers are the Angels is an unexpected treasure, and might easily be overlooked by otherwise avid horror readers. A gothic southern tale of a girl who lives alone after the zombie uprising it does for zombies what Interview with a Vampire did for vampires.

Temple is barely a teenager, left to survive in a failing world. She’s illiterate, and has never know family or a world without zombies, yet she’s searching the world for something she can’t put a name to. Despite her very different way of thinking, she’s easily an Everyman for a wide swath of the readers who find this book.

Intensely strange, deeply emotional, this is a zombie tale not to be missed, or underestimated in the sea of knockoff bio-horror/apocalyptic books. I cannot recommend this book highly enough/ Readers should be aware that Bell’s intoxicating tale will pull you in and make it very hard to let go. An absolute must-have for modern horror collections. Highly recommended.

Contains: language, violence, attempted rape, sex