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Sometimes what we do lands us in situations we aren't really prepared to deal with. Beatrice Alexander lifts a Hummer into the air to save the life of one of her students. She almost kills her brother, although that was an accident. Then a guy who looks like "Ichabod Crane in Armani" wants her to come work for this secret government agency: F.R.E.A.K.S. [Federal Response to Extra-Sensory and Kindred Spirits squad]. What's a girl to do? She signs on and goes for training. Her cohorts are a mixed bag. Dr George Black (Ichabod) is in charge. Will Price is a very sexy werewolf, who thinks Beatrice is pretty hot herself. Irie Dempsey is pyrokinetic. Nancy Lake is a teenage "Goth kewpie doll"; she can teleport. Carl Petrovsky is psychometric; he can touch an object and get history from it. Andrew DuChamp is an African-American medium from the Deep South. Oliver Montrose is the resident vampire, and he thinks he is the sexiest thing going - he may be right. There are several human agents, the F.R.E.A.K.S. version of Star Trek red shirts. Beatrice's first case is in a small town in Colorado. It involves zombies, zombies killing with a specific purpose as opposed to the usual mindless mayhem. The locals don't want the F.R.E.A.K.S. there, but they have no idea what they are dealing with. Neither does Beatrice, but she's a quick learner. She also doesn't take any crap from the guys; she's a strong woman and they better learn that right now. As had the zombie master. Bodies pile up as the F.RE.A.K.S. follow leads; the body count gets really out of hand in the final scene. Luckily, Oliver has that vampiric skill of making people believe what he tells them, and apparently some cult went crazy in this tiny town. I read the second book (TO CATCH A VAMPIRE) first, and tracked down the first one because I enjoyed the second one so much. I am totally looking forward to book three. The characters are engaging. The motive for the zombie master is believable, although it is also really creepy. Beatrice is a very human young woman, with fears and insecurities she tries very hard to hide from the rest of the squad. If you like Charlaine Harris, this doesn't get as dark as the Sookie Stackhouse novels do, still it's well worth the read. § P.J. Coldren lives in northern lower Michigan where she reads and reviews widely across the mystery genre when she isn't working in her local hospital pharmacy.
Reviewed by P.J. Coldren, October 2012
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