One for 2012? 'The Isis Collar' (Cat Adams)

The ARCs keep coming in and I'm posting em' here to give you folks a heads up on what's coming your way in 2012. Like this for example...

Celia Graves was once an ordinary human, but those days are long gone. Now she strives to maintain her sanity and her soul while juggling both vampire abilities and the powers of a Siren.

Warned of a magical “bomb” at a local elementary school, Celia forces an evacuation. Oddly, the explosion seems to have no effect, puzzling both Celia and the FBI. Two weeks later, a strangely persistent bruise on Celia’s leg turns out to be the first sign of a magical zombie plague.

Finding the source of the plague isn’t Celia’s only concern. Her alcoholic mother has broken out of prison on the Sirens’ island; her little sister’s ghost has possessed a young girl; and one of Celia’s boyfriends, a powerful mage, has disappeared.

'Urban Fantasy' or 'Urban Fantasy Soap Opera'? 'The Isis Collar' sounds a little too much like the latter to be of any interest to me. Even the bit about zombies. I mean, come on... Isn't the 'Fantasy' bit enough? Let vampires, werewolves (and so on) do what they do best and leave the soap opera stuff out of it, please... I mean, most of these creatures are undead and not actually interested in romance at all dammit! And another thing...

Sorry, I guess I'm not quite ready to pick up an Urban Fantasy novel just yet... :o) 'The Isis Collar' will be published in March next year if you're interested...