Fiend

"When the author first posted, she was writing a VinEssa novella; I literally jumped for joy. They’re my favorite couple and still are. <br/><br/>This action pact novella takes place two years after the end of the duet. We read how they progressed and the next journey. But Vin, being Vin, does what he thinks is right. Without talking to Essa. Not realizing they are the same broken people, she accepts him for him. <br/><br/>I am highly impressed by how much was in this novella and how the author didn't leave any details out. Fiend doesn't feel rushed and has tremendous character growth. Of course, Vin and Essa still have amazing steamy sex scenes. <br/><br/>Fiend is a phenomenal novella. It has everything. Dark, epic, steamy, and you may be sitting on the edge. I didn’t want to say goodbye to Vin and Essa. Hopefully, they will have a cameo in future books."

"Short and uncanny read. Not a cheesy zombie apocalypse story! Definitely very real with emotions and might make you cry. Not for the faint of heart with gory and vivid details. #action #cantputdown"

"http://anurseandabook.blogspot.com/2014/07/fiend-by-peter-stensonorwtf-did-i-just.html<br/><br/>To an ER nurse, there's many patients worse than a meth head, especially one who is spun and has no desire to get clean. And not many meth heads desire to get clean - the old joke, how do you know a junkie is lying? He's talking.<br/><br/>So when I received a copy of Fiend from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review, I was a little taken aback, because I don't have much interest in junkie monkeys, but then I figured why not try my first ever zombie apocalypse book.<br/><br/>I loved I Am Legend, I'm a Walking Dead fan, but I've never read any of the books - and I know the book is always better than the movie. The difference between these movies and Fiend is that Fiend has no clear hero.<br/><br/>Chase Daniels is the anti-hero. The meth head who looks out the window while tweaked one day to see a little girl munching a Rottweiler. And so the story begins........<br/><br/>Chase and his friend, Typewriter begin a their journey of survival, taking a detour to rescue Chase's ex-girlfriend and true love, KK, who dumped him because he wouldn't stay clean. The real kicker is that now she isn't clean either, but she still didn't come back.<br/><br/>Chase figures out pretty quickly that the antidote to the zombie virus is meth. He tests his theory on KK's new junkie boyfriend, and a injection of meth brings him back from the brink of zombiehood. Why would Chase bother? Good question. The answer is because Chase still has a trace of hero in him.<br/><br/>The positive is that the zombie apocalypse has made chasing meth legit because it's the only way to stay alive. The negative is that now you're chasing down drug dealers while dodging the "Chucks", so named because they giggle as they try to eat your face.<br/><br/>This book was completely unlike anything I have ever read. It was completely intense, and I felt like I was holding my breath most of the time while I read it. But I also felt vaguely dirty reading it, as if I was plunged into the mind and reasoning of a junkie - which I was, because the character was really well written.<br/><br/>My next read is going to be a nice, sweet, chick lit book. Because this was a gritty read. But very well done.<br/><br/>"