amberinpieces's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
Seventeen-year-old Wren has a great boyfriend and two great best friends and she is able to balance them all spectacularly. She is most definitely not one of those girls who ditches her friends to spend all of her time with her boyfriend. But Danny Greer is her first love and when he and his friend are involved in a terrible car accident that proves fatal for Danny, Wren uses her love and her grief and a little something extra to bring him back to her.
Cold Kiss is not your typical zombie story. No infection or science experiment gone wrong brings Danny Greer back from the dead. His very alive girlfriend, Wren, does with the powers all of the women in her family possess. Danny does not crave brains or any other form of sustenance and he may be pale and cold but he is certainly not rotten.
Danny was Wren’s first love and losing first love tragically makes it harder to let go. Wren only allows herself a few days of grief before setting about to bring Danny back. She committed an incredibly selfish act, but I think a lot of readers will identify with Wren and her actions because her selfishness stems from a broken heart and overwhelming grief. I certainly felt for her.
The main plot of Cold Kiss involved undead Danny and how Wren is going to deal with him. When the reader meets Wren, she has already brought Danny back and has hidden him for three months. He is a shadow of her Danny; he craves all of Wren’s attention, becomes possessive of her, and gets anxious when she is gone for long stretches of time. They share past memories with no chance of creating new, happy memories because of Danny’s half life. Wren has a harder time of leaving Danny and she begins losing him all over again when the memories of what killed him begin to return.
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Seventeen-year-old Wren has a great boyfriend and two great best friends and she is able to balance them all spectacularly. She is most definitely not one of those girls who ditches her friends to spend all of her time with her boyfriend. But Danny Greer is her first love and when he and his friend are involved in a terrible car accident that proves fatal for Danny, Wren uses her love and her grief and a little something extra to bring him back to her.
Cold Kiss is not your typical zombie story. No infection or science experiment gone wrong brings Danny Greer back from the dead. His very alive girlfriend, Wren, does with the powers all of the women in her family possess. Danny does not crave brains or any other form of sustenance and he may be pale and cold but he is certainly not rotten.
Danny was Wren’s first love and losing first love tragically makes it harder to let go. Wren only allows herself a few days of grief before setting about to bring Danny back. She committed an incredibly selfish act, but I think a lot of readers will identify with Wren and her actions because her selfishness stems from a broken heart and overwhelming grief. I certainly felt for her.
The main plot of Cold Kiss involved undead Danny and how Wren is going to deal with him. When the reader meets Wren, she has already brought Danny back and has hidden him for three months. He is a shadow of her Danny; he craves all of Wren’s attention, becomes possessive of her, and gets anxious when she is gone for long stretches of time. They share past memories with no chance of creating new, happy memories because of Danny’s half life. Wren has a harder time of leaving Danny and she begins losing him all over again when the memories of what killed him begin to return.
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kelli_belli's review against another edition
4.0
This book is haunting and beautiful, heartbreaking and hopeful.
mimifrancis's review against another edition
5.0
Wren loves Danny. More than she ever thought possible. So, when Danny dies in a car accident, Wren does the only thing she can think of; she brings him back from the dead. But this Danny is different—cold and stiff. Wren has to keep Danny hidden from the world, a feat that is wearing on her day by day. Then, she meets Gabriel. He seems interested in her. But, he also knows, somehow, he knows. Now Wren has to do the right thing, but she’s not even sure what that is.
This book was absolutely amazing! I could not put it down. I wanted the real world to fade away so I could stay in the world Garvey created. The characters were so well written that I felt an almost palpable connection to them. Garvey is able to capture Wren’s emotions—the guilt, the sadness and the longing—so poignantly that I could nearly feel the pain of those emotions myself. Even the secondary characters, those not so vital to the story like Geoff and Trevor, are well-rounded and intriguing. Garvey was able to create characters I cared about and liked, something that is not always easy to do. The story was wonderful, very original and thought-provoking. While this is a young adult, paranormal book, it is not the typical storyline those who read the YA genre have become accustomed to. I loved that about this book. Who am I kidding?
I loved everything about this book. This is a definite must read! I will be buying this book for my girls when it comes out!
This book was absolutely amazing! I could not put it down. I wanted the real world to fade away so I could stay in the world Garvey created. The characters were so well written that I felt an almost palpable connection to them. Garvey is able to capture Wren’s emotions—the guilt, the sadness and the longing—so poignantly that I could nearly feel the pain of those emotions myself. Even the secondary characters, those not so vital to the story like Geoff and Trevor, are well-rounded and intriguing. Garvey was able to create characters I cared about and liked, something that is not always easy to do. The story was wonderful, very original and thought-provoking. While this is a young adult, paranormal book, it is not the typical storyline those who read the YA genre have become accustomed to. I loved that about this book. Who am I kidding?
I loved everything about this book. This is a definite must read! I will be buying this book for my girls when it comes out!
oddandbookish's review against another edition
4.0
I give this 3.5 stars which rounds up to 4.
This is a quick, easy read about love and loss with a supernatural twist.
This is a quick, easy read about love and loss with a supernatural twist.
julesgou's review against another edition
3.0
Not my favourite book of the year.
I didn't like the beginning of the book. Wren was complaining about the fact that Danny wasn't her Danny anymore. It was almost like she knew that she had to let him go but she couldn't. I needed her to just send him back. She felt guilty and horrible and yet she didn't do anything about it. The thing that killed me was that she didn't really want Danny around anymore. She really felt guilty about what she did and because she didn't know what to do, she kept him around. I couldn't believe she didn't even think about sending him back.
However, the way that Wren dealt with the situation was interesting. She pushed away everyone because she felt like she had to hang out with Danny. That was guilt for what she did, not love. It was also understandable that she wasn't ready to let him go. He was her first love and lets be real, the first love is always epic. That is why she felt guilty about liking Gabriel. She felt like she had to be loyal to him and yet, there comes a time where you have to let go. You will always remember them, but you have to move on. Happiness is a choice that you have to make.
The first have of the book wasn't my favourite. It moved really slow because of Wren and her guilt towards Danny. However, towards the end, the novel really picked up in pace (I think it was because there was action being taken).
Some part good, some part ok/slow. Not bad for the most part.
I didn't like the beginning of the book. Wren was complaining about the fact that Danny wasn't her Danny anymore. It was almost like she knew that she had to let him go but she couldn't. I needed her to just send him back. She felt guilty and horrible and yet she didn't do anything about it. The thing that killed me was that she didn't really want Danny around anymore. She really felt guilty about what she did and because she didn't know what to do, she kept him around. I couldn't believe she didn't even think about sending him back.
However, the way that Wren dealt with the situation was interesting. She pushed away everyone because she felt like she had to hang out with Danny. That was guilt for what she did, not love. It was also understandable that she wasn't ready to let him go. He was her first love and lets be real, the first love is always epic. That is why she felt guilty about liking Gabriel. She felt like she had to be loyal to him and yet, there comes a time where you have to let go. You will always remember them, but you have to move on. Happiness is a choice that you have to make.
The first have of the book wasn't my favourite. It moved really slow because of Wren and her guilt towards Danny. However, towards the end, the novel really picked up in pace (I think it was because there was action being taken).
Some part good, some part ok/slow. Not bad for the most part.
amdame1's review
3.0
Wren was absolutely heart-broken, grief-stricken when her boyfriend Danny died. She didn’t think she could live without him, so she set about changing that and brought him back. She kept him in the neighbors garage and spent as much time with him as she could, keeping him a secret as long as possible. However, he started to get less docile as time passed and she knew she was going to have to take action again. This is not your typical kind of zombie book. In fact, I didn’t even realize that is what it was until I was all done reading it and was mulling it over. An enjoyable read with fun, but predictable, characters.
_bookishbella's review
3.0
I don't know why, but I had really high expectations for this book. And it didn't disappoint, necessarily, but it didn't live up to them.
I enjoyed the plot of this book, and the idea was one that I haven't read before. Wren's boyfriend Danny was killed in a car accident, and she missed him so much he raised him from the dead, with the strange powers that her family has, but she knows very little about. At first, Wren is over the moon - who wouldn't be? Her boyfriend has returned, from the dead :) But, Danny soon becomes little more than a reanimated corpse - cold, unbreathing, and nothing like the Danny she fell in love with. Now she doesn't know what to do about Danny - she knows she can't keep him hidden forever, but she doesn't quite know what else to do... Until Gabriel comes along, that is.
I'm not sure whether I liked Wren all that much. In some ways I did - I felt she was a very real and believable character, and I felt that I could relate to her, but she annoyed me in some of the stupid decisions she made, and how indecisive she was. I mean, I understand why she couldn't decide what to do about the situation with Danny, and I'm not saying I know any better, because you know, I haven't recently raised my dead boyfriend from the dead, but I think she was too dependent on Gabriel to tell her what to do.
And the thing about Gabriel was, he felt like he was just a mixture of lots of different YA paranormal romance lead guys... He was a little Edward Cullen, in that he could read Wren's mind... There was nothing about him that stood out and nothing was unique about him. He was just another average guy...
The plot moved quickly and the whole book itself didn't take me very long to read at all. I finished it a while ago and I can't quite remember quite a lot of what happened in it, because nothing really stood out all that much. The plot did pick up towards the end however, and it was pretty good, even though it was extremely predictable and I knew what was coming way before it happened.
Despite everything though, I did quite enjoy the book as a whole. It was a nice quick read, and it kept me entertained for the 3 or so hours it took me to read. If you're looking for a cute, quick, summer read, then Cold Kiss would be great, but it is definitely not for you if you're looking for a deep, unforgettable read that makes you think. I would recommend it though, to fans of YA paranormal romances! :)
*Thank you to HarperTeen and netGalley for allowing me access to this galley in exchange for an honest review. In no way has this affected my opinion of the book! :)
I enjoyed the plot of this book, and the idea was one that I haven't read before. Wren's boyfriend Danny was killed in a car accident, and she missed him so much he raised him from the dead, with the strange powers that her family has, but she knows very little about. At first, Wren is over the moon - who wouldn't be? Her boyfriend has returned, from the dead :) But, Danny soon becomes little more than a reanimated corpse - cold, unbreathing, and nothing like the Danny she fell in love with. Now she doesn't know what to do about Danny - she knows she can't keep him hidden forever, but she doesn't quite know what else to do... Until Gabriel comes along, that is.
I'm not sure whether I liked Wren all that much. In some ways I did - I felt she was a very real and believable character, and I felt that I could relate to her, but she annoyed me in some of the stupid decisions she made, and how indecisive she was. I mean, I understand why she couldn't decide what to do about the situation with Danny, and I'm not saying I know any better, because you know, I haven't recently raised my dead boyfriend from the dead, but I think she was too dependent on Gabriel to tell her what to do.
And the thing about Gabriel was, he felt like he was just a mixture of lots of different YA paranormal romance lead guys... He was a little Edward Cullen, in that he could read Wren's mind... There was nothing about him that stood out and nothing was unique about him. He was just another average guy...
The plot moved quickly and the whole book itself didn't take me very long to read at all. I finished it a while ago and I can't quite remember quite a lot of what happened in it, because nothing really stood out all that much. The plot did pick up towards the end however, and it was pretty good, even though it was extremely predictable and I knew what was coming way before it happened.
Despite everything though, I did quite enjoy the book as a whole. It was a nice quick read, and it kept me entertained for the 3 or so hours it took me to read. If you're looking for a cute, quick, summer read, then Cold Kiss would be great, but it is definitely not for you if you're looking for a deep, unforgettable read that makes you think. I would recommend it though, to fans of YA paranormal romances! :)
*Thank you to HarperTeen and netGalley for allowing me access to this galley in exchange for an honest review. In no way has this affected my opinion of the book! :)
daisy87's review
2.0
Ok, so I had some doubts about this book, but I'd heard really good things about it, so I requested it, because you know, I have skipped on books many times, only to hear EVERYONE raving about it and then loving it myself and regretting not getting to it sooner. But this time, I should have trusted my instincts.
I'm not big on zombies. I'm totally fine with undead beings: vampires, revenants, ghosts. But zombies... They don't do it for me (mostly because they're creepy and want to eat my brains). And Danny was pretty much like a zombie to me. So we were not off to a good start.
But in the beginning I thought, well, seems like Wren (which is an AWESOME name) has gotten herself into a sticky situation (always wanted to say that), let's see how she'll manage to get out of it. Wren seemed cool at first, she had been dealing with the consequences on her own and because of this she had pretty much lost her friends and you know, her LIFE.
Enter Gabriel, who for some reason I can't figure out, is attracted to Wren. And seriously, there was too much insta-love for me here. I do not understand WHY he would like her.
This is probably the main issue: I did not like Wren. She treats a lot of people badly. REALLY badly! Her mom, her friends, her sister, Gabriel and yes, her dead boyfriend too. She's shutting them out and I can get she has to keep the undeadness of Danny a secret, but still. You can still be a decent person. But she's not. She doesn't appreciate help when it's offered, especially by Gabriel. And she has issues with her mom that I did not get at all and she's generally not a good person. There, I said it.
Also, she's constantly crying about the situation with Danny WITHOUT actually DOING something about it! I mean, really, it's been like that for 3 MONTHS. Not days, months. And she knew it wasn't right pretty much from the start. What is wrong with her that she didn't do something about it sooner! This annoyed me.
So yeah, this book wasn't for me. I finished it because it was a pretty quick read and I was thinking it would get better. I think this is a stand-alone, but there's a lot of issues left unresolved. There's a whole lot going on between Wren and her mother I couldn't really make sense of, also stuff about her father, but this never gets explained further. To me, this was the most interesting part of the novel, so I'm sad that it wasn't explored further.
My rating: 1,5 stars
I'm not big on zombies. I'm totally fine with undead beings: vampires, revenants, ghosts. But zombies... They don't do it for me (mostly because they're creepy and want to eat my brains). And Danny was pretty much like a zombie to me. So we were not off to a good start.
But in the beginning I thought, well, seems like Wren (which is an AWESOME name) has gotten herself into a sticky situation (always wanted to say that), let's see how she'll manage to get out of it. Wren seemed cool at first, she had been dealing with the consequences on her own and because of this she had pretty much lost her friends and you know, her LIFE.
Enter Gabriel, who for some reason I can't figure out, is attracted to Wren. And seriously, there was too much insta-love for me here. I do not understand WHY he would like her.
This is probably the main issue: I did not like Wren. She treats a lot of people badly. REALLY badly! Her mom, her friends, her sister, Gabriel and yes, her dead boyfriend too. She's shutting them out and I can get she has to keep the undeadness of Danny a secret, but still. You can still be a decent person. But she's not. She doesn't appreciate help when it's offered, especially by Gabriel. And she has issues with her mom that I did not get at all and she's generally not a good person. There, I said it.
Also, she's constantly crying about the situation with Danny WITHOUT actually DOING something about it! I mean, really, it's been like that for 3 MONTHS. Not days, months. And she knew it wasn't right pretty much from the start. What is wrong with her that she didn't do something about it sooner! This annoyed me.
So yeah, this book wasn't for me. I finished it because it was a pretty quick read and I was thinking it would get better. I think this is a stand-alone, but there's a lot of issues left unresolved. There's a whole lot going on between Wren and her mother I couldn't really make sense of, also stuff about her father, but this never gets explained further. To me, this was the most interesting part of the novel, so I'm sad that it wasn't explored further.
My rating: 1,5 stars