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So I don’t normally randomly choose a book from my Kindle to read. I spend at least an hour thumbing through the pages, looking back at blurbs, and trying to decide what kind of mood I’m in. So Friday night when I turned on my Kindle I went back 2 pages and saw The Living Dead Boy, I decided this would be the book.
I snuggled in, turned out the lights, and started reading. By 3:20 in the morning I had to turn the light back on, quickly check the hallway for zombies, and close my bedroom door as quietly as I could – I even considered locking it, but decided a locked flimsy wood interior door wouldn’t stop them if they wanted in anyways. At that point I was too scared to go to sleep, so I did the only thing I could and kept reading. And at 6 AM before the sun came up I reached 100% and it was finally okay to leave the bedroom to pee.
When the story starts out you’re thrown right into the action, the Zombie Hunters are in Josh’s backyard battling the undead just as he cracks the bat the zombie squeals and cries out in pain. Wait. What? The group are practicing their tactics for when the dead begin to rise. Josh is obsessed with zombies, he knows everything there is to know about them. He takes notes from movies, follows the zombie forums online, and watches the news. But when the riots start happening and people are turning into the living dead he wants his Mom and Dad.
When reading this books it’s easy to forget that it was written for MG/YA. Rhiannon did such a superb job in making this book scary without using the excessive gore, language, or sexual content that most horror books or movies contain. None of that cheapens the story though when a group of school children have to endure the real hardships of a zombie apocalypse. Josh and his friends the Zombie Hunters are forced to make hard and fast decisions crucial to their survival, they are faced with having to kill those that they love and they haven’t even reached puberty.
This book has to be one of the most underrated books on Amazon with less than 30 reviews! It’s easily one of the best books I’ve read in the last year. Fast paced, great characters, and unlike anything I’ve read before. I recommend this book for anyone who loves a good story, especially a good zombie story.
I snuggled in, turned out the lights, and started reading. By 3:20 in the morning I had to turn the light back on, quickly check the hallway for zombies, and close my bedroom door as quietly as I could – I even considered locking it, but decided a locked flimsy wood interior door wouldn’t stop them if they wanted in anyways. At that point I was too scared to go to sleep, so I did the only thing I could and kept reading. And at 6 AM before the sun came up I reached 100% and it was finally okay to leave the bedroom to pee.
When the story starts out you’re thrown right into the action, the Zombie Hunters are in Josh’s backyard battling the undead just as he cracks the bat the zombie squeals and cries out in pain. Wait. What? The group are practicing their tactics for when the dead begin to rise. Josh is obsessed with zombies, he knows everything there is to know about them. He takes notes from movies, follows the zombie forums online, and watches the news. But when the riots start happening and people are turning into the living dead he wants his Mom and Dad.
When reading this books it’s easy to forget that it was written for MG/YA. Rhiannon did such a superb job in making this book scary without using the excessive gore, language, or sexual content that most horror books or movies contain. None of that cheapens the story though when a group of school children have to endure the real hardships of a zombie apocalypse. Josh and his friends the Zombie Hunters are forced to make hard and fast decisions crucial to their survival, they are faced with having to kill those that they love and they haven’t even reached puberty.
This book has to be one of the most underrated books on Amazon with less than 30 reviews! It’s easily one of the best books I’ve read in the last year. Fast paced, great characters, and unlike anything I’ve read before. I recommend this book for anyone who loves a good story, especially a good zombie story.
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