Zombies at Tiffany's by Sam Stone

Zombies at Tiffany's Reviews

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  Helen

  Zombies, steampunk and diamonds? I knew when I saw this book at the Sci-Fi weekender that I had to read it!
  
  It’s set at the time of the American civil war where a zombie outbreak starts spreading in New York. Kat Lightfoot, a young woman who has just started working at Tiffany’s, takes refuge from the zombie hordes at work with a mismatched group of her colleagues and customers.
  
  I like that Sam Stone has not followed the usual zombie rules, and has created something different and unexpected here.
  
  The heroine is intelligent and interesting, and I cared about what happened to her.
  
  The mix of steampunk and horror works well and results in a short, exhilarating read that I enjoyed every moment of.
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  Velvetink

  kindle - The Walking Dead script writers should read this - there is a cure for zombie bites.
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  Jessica

  This is a cute and quickly read young adult zombie and steampunk book. Sensible ladies, interesting weapons and a unusual take on the zombie-concept. My teenage self would have loved this one - as an adult I find it an ok and pleasant read but would have preferred a deeper and longer story to really become engaged in it.
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  Anna

  I'm a huge fan of Sam Stone and after buying this book, couldn't wait to crack on with it. On Saturday night, I started reading 'Zombies at Tiffany's' her steampunk Zombie Novella, and despite being extremely tempted to stay up reading all night, I reluctantly put the book down at 11pm and returned to it the next day. By mid afternoon on Sunday I'd finished the 180+ page novella.
  
  I simply hadn't been able to put the book down. I'm not normally interested in Novella's if I'm honest. I can count the number I've read on one hand. There's just something about them that doesn't appeal to me. But now I'm thinking I just haven't read the right ones. This novella was fast-paced, had the speed and momentum of a short story and yet still maintained the breadth of character and well-developed plot that you usually only find in the best novels.
  
  The heroine of the novel, Kat Lightfoot is instantly likable. You can tell from the moment you meet her that there's more to this woman than being a shop girl at Tiffany's. She's beyond her time. She's destined for something. I like heroines like that. They're few and far between in horror literature these days, gradually being replaced with weak women in need of rescuing by Supernaturally powerful men. Sam Stone doesn't go there with her literature. She's all for empowering her female characters. It makes her books much more interesting reads.
  
  I'm being careful not to reveal too much of the plot here, but the Zombies in this Novella are brilliant, a real surprise. They jump off the page, feel real, in that, this could really happen kind of way. And there's a whole aspect to do with cats that I thought was really inspired.
  
  For anybody who hasn't read any of Sam Stone's books yet, this is a brilliant introduction to her work. Everybody, go out and buy it. If not for yourself, then as a Christmas present for the Horror fan in your life.
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  Kelly Beckett

  Having previously read all of Sam Stone's other books with the exception of Silent Sand, which I will be reading very soon as I have just ordered it, I had to pre order Zombies At Tiffany's as I just could not wait to read it. I have to say I was definately not disappointed with this. I sat and read it from start to finish as I could not put the book down I was so engrossed in it.
  I loved everything about the book from the amazing cover art to the zombie who would only eat kosher brains which I thought was just brilliant and possibly my favourite part of the book as for me it just brought a bit of humour into all the horror. The whole story is brilliantly written and I love that Sam does not shy away from the blood and gore like some authors sometimes do.
  Sam Stone is definately right up at the top of my favourite author list and I would definately recommend her books to anyone that loves to read horror and doesn't mind a bit of blood and gore.
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  Dumpy Unicorn

  Zombies at Tiffany's is an enjoyable novella and a thrilling new world to be plunged into.
  
  It's set in the US at the time of the civil war and features Kat a young lady who is employed at Tiffany's. Sam Stone has put her own spin on the zombie mythos with some interesting features, that I hadn't come across before - I'm not a Zombie expert though.
  
  Added to the mix is a smattering of steampunk which makes for a heady enjoyable mashup of genres.
  
  It's a pacey read and short, with plenty of gore for the horror fans, some inventive machinery for the steampunks and a few knowing winks to fans of Holly Golightly. I read it in two bursts and had a great time. One I would definitely recommend, I'd love to hear more from Kat, Martin, George and Holly the cat.
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  Marisa Grimes

  The writing is really well done and the story kept me engaged the whole time. The concept of dialight and diamond bullets was really interesting and I am always a sucker for any kind of steampunk and this book had some cool guns and an airship. The *only* thing keeping this from being a 4 star for me is the cheesy idea behind the cats. That was just a bit too silly for my taste.
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  Kelli Sprowls

  I have to say that the description tells you everything you need to know about this book. The setting is wonderfully done, and the author did a pretty good job of making me care for the characters. That being said...I really wanted more from the book somehow. The end resolution took place very quickly, in almost a Deus Ex Machina kind of way which was disappointing to me as the build up of the story had been so well done. I really wish that there had been more time spent on the ending. Overall I love this book, but wish that there had been more time spent on the finish.
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  Fiona

  This is a really enjoyable book....a great mix of characters, action, and zombies....all in a Steampunk world set during the American Civil War. I'm planning to buy and read more in this series.
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  Naturalbri (Bri Wignall)

  
  
  The Story
  
  
  It's 1862 and there's a war going on. No, not that war, the war against Zombies...
  
  Kat Lightfoot thought she had it all when she started her job at Tiffany's. It hadn't been what she had dreamed of doing, but times were tough and everyone needed to pitch in to help, especially with her brother gone off to find in the south.
  
  After a very short amount of time, Kat began to grow fond of everything about her job, even her chatty coworker. She enjoyed learning, meeting new people and becoming part of the Tiffany's family. Plus, it didn't hurt that she seemed to be really good at selling diamonds, and knowing exactly what he cutovers would go for. Soon, curiosity got the best of her and she started to explore, leading her to the door of Martin.
  
  Martin worked for Tiffany's as designer, creating all the fabulous trinkets Tiffany's customers adored. He had a secret though, a secret passion for inventing. He hails from a long lines of Tiffany's designers, all of which dabbled at inventions. Martin spends his time, all of it really, tinkering away, creating fantastic, ingenious weapons from clockwork and a secret component, readily available at the store. Though Kat loved seeing his enthusiasm for creating, she often wondered why he needed to create things that brought about distraction. Little did she know how much she would come to rely on these havoc-wreaking, diamond toting contraptions.
  
  Soon, with the keen ability to read people and scenarios, Kat started to noticed the world around her changing. People were popping up dead, from gruesome attacks. Fewer and fewer people walked the streets everyday. There was talk of a 'darkness.' Things reached the height of peculiarity when Kat noticed the milkman was late for his rounds. He was never late.
  
  Soon, Kat, Martin and Pepper (an injured military mans, who has moved next door to Kat, after we heard about his run-in earlier in the book) were teamed up as the know-all defenders of Tiffany's, geared up with inventions, blasting away at the darkness filled zombies. Would they make it through?
  
  
  
  
  
  My Thoughts on the Book:
  
  
  This book is brilliant! I loved it so much that I had to start the second book in the series straight after this one was closed, literally five minutes after, as I couldn't wait to see what Kat got up to next.
  
  Sam Stone has written this steampunk, zombie story very well, and I believe it was so great because it was written with a different perspective. I loved that it was based in history, with a major event taking place. This meant that the zombies weren't something that the characters expected. They also didn't acknowledge the issue straightaway. I often find that zombie books jump straight from someone dies to 'oh no, zombies.' This book took the time to go through the public's thinking, disbelief and the hysteria of what to do when the zombie invasion reached its height.
  
  I also really enjoyed that the characters had a good base. By the time to main three, mentioned above, had teamed up, we knew the connection between characters, the details behind the weapon inventions and the personalities of each person.
  
  Overall, the book was very well written, exciting and very hard to put down. There was so much details and attention to all of the characters and events that the story was more addicting than I could have ever imagined it would be. Plus, it was great to have a strong main character, who was a zombie-fighting woman. Sam stone has really done this book perfectly.
  
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  Gert-Jan Kramer

  A fast-paced zombie romp and good introduction of Kat Lightfoot, a loveable heroine who knows her Tiffany diamonds from her steampunk bullets. Once the darkness of the civil war battefields is descending on the civilized streets of New York, there are some pretty gruesome goings-on for fans of the walking dead. Not so sure about the ending, but a fun read on all other counts.
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  Sasha

  Overall an enjoyable read and a fresh new take on zombies. I was fascinated by the concept of the 'darkness', the hive mind and of cats as our protectors. Kat Lightfoot is a strong and feisty heroine and I'm looking forward to reading more of her adventures. The only negatives for me were some slightly clumsy dialogue and prose now and again; also some slightly too pat plot twists.
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  Adrian Bowman

  Loved it. Kat Jennings is a different kind of hero and you can't help liking her. The take on the Zombies is also refreshingly different but no less scary for it.
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  Jane Caruana

  Great fun, really liked the use of some characters from the Truman Capote book of similar name :)
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  Paul Tokarski

  reading through the eyes of Kat
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  Purpleallison Eckers Hoffman

  Good story, decent writing, but the pacing is weird.