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REVIEW: Not Quite Dead by Sela Carsen

Dear Mrs Carsen,

notquitedeadlg2.jpg Thanks for sending us a copy of your ebook “Not Quite Dead.” I think it’s the first time I’ve read a book featuring this particular type of paranormal hero and to be honest, I’m still trying to name him. Is he a zombie? Or should we just settle on the term “undead?”

He’s gorgeous, he’s got great manners, he’s got a mission to accomplish. The only drawback? He’s been dead for a hundred years.

This one starts out with great humor and eerie suspense as we watch the cynical heroine, Sabine watching her flaky cousin Lily and Lily’s goth friends trying to raise the dead. Then to everyone’s surprise, including Lily and Co, it works. And what’s even more surprising is that in addition to raising a dead guy, there’s also a vampire involved in the goings-on in the old Louisiana cemetary.

The humor continues as Sabine tries to maintain her poise and manners while dealing with an undead man who’s invaded her house - which used to be his house 120 years ago, as he tries to figure out how he’s going to get his revenge on the people who killed him. At …