Wow.

That was my reaction when I finished this book at some time around 1 this morning at which time I passed out...ha-ha. I've never read anything by Terry Pratchett before, but next time I'm looking for a good book to read, I'll definitely have him in mind! After getting into the book a good bit, I was hooked! The story told a lot like a typical going to war story, but the fact that there were Zombies, Vampires, Trolls, and Igors made it so much better. I've read some stories that feel like the author is trying too hard to make it known that the story is fantasy, but with this one, I just though "Oh, a vampire." It was very smooth. I think my favorite part of the book were all of the footnotes. They were absolutely hilarious; every time I turned the page, I was hoping that there would be another one at the bottom! I also liked when Jackrum kicked all of the men out of the room and made the high ranked officers admit that they were women. What I didn't understand about this part was why they were trying to lock up the girls. Was it because they didn't want to be found out? The only part I didn't like was when Jackrum turned out to be a woman. I just really wanted him to be a nice, easy going man who didn't care whether his soldier was man or woman! That was a bummer. Oh, wait...I also didn't like that Pratchett had different people call the girls different names. I had a really difficult time figuring out who was doing what!

I have questions though:
1. How did those people in the tower know that Maladicta needed coffee...or how did they know so much?
2. Why were they helping them...weren't they on opposing sides?
3. What was with the zombies downstairs? I felt that they were just kind of there, but never really did anything.
4. Did they mention that Shufti was pregnant before page 305? That came as a real shock to me!

I think I had more questions, but I can't remember at the moment. Overall, I just really enjoyed this book!