Review – Midlife Zombie Hunter (Forty Proof Series, Book 5) by Shannon Mayer (4/5 stars)

Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Length: 360 pages
Publisher: Hijinks Ink Publishing
Release Date: June 12, 2021
ASIN : ‎ B08NWHQVX4
Stand Alone or Series: 5th book in the Forty Proof series
Source: Borrowed from Kindle Unlimiited
Rating: 4/5 stars

“Bree was hoping for a few days off from dealing with monsters, bad guys, or general weirdness that doesn’t fit into a human box of what is supposed to be real.

What she got was a stay in the hospital with an undead roommate and a whole new set of problems that keep rising from the grave.

But her love life is at least on track. Until it’s not. And when it goes sideways, it jumps straight into the drink and sinks to the bottom.

Now, Bree has to put her heart on the back burner as she is offered a major job hunting down the very person causing all the undead to rise. And she has two days to do it before the whole town turns into a scene from the Walking Dead.”

Series Info/Source: This is the fifth book in the Forty Proof series. I borrowed this book for my Kindle through Kindle Unlimited.

Thoughts: This was a good continuation of this series. I continue to enjoy the world and the characters; a lot of my complaints about earlier books in the series have dwindled as the series has continued. This is a fun and quick urban fantasy read and I have been enjoying the series as a whole.

In this book Bree ends up taking on some undead and some zombies and finds out it all ties into her past. It was a well done mystery, had a lot of action, and I continue to enjoy Bree’s strange and non-human collection of family and friends. Not only is there a good smaller story that gets wrapped up herez, but some of the larger questions around Bree’s past are starting to be answered as well.

I love the Crash/Bree dynamic but was a bit frustrated by how they continue to take one step forward and two steps back. Enough with Crash’s mysteries…it’s time for them to start trusting each other more. I am finding this really repetitive from book to book and want some progress and resolution. That being said, there are some new characters introduced in this installment that I really, really enjoyed…so I am looking forward to more of those new characters as well.

My Summary (3/5): Overall this was a fun addition to the series and I continue to enjoy this world and these characters. I like that these books address one main mystery in each book but have a broader story as well. The whole Crash/Bree thing needs to go somewhere soon because it’s been pretty frustrating and repetitive…so hopefully the next book will address that. I would recommend this if you enjoy well done urban fantasy series that feature a lot of paranormal types of creatures and are fast-paced. I am excited to see what the next book holds!