A review by pacey1927
Twice Shy by Patrick Freivald
4.0
Ani isn't like other teenager girls. She is a zombie, a fact given away on the back blurb. She was infected by a virus and must keep her condition a secret. Luckily her mom is a scientist and is working to find a cure. How does Ani hide her condition? She pretends to be goth, wearing layers and layers of black hair. When her face rips apart she just pins it back with safety pins and calls it a statement. Her relationships are pretty fake also. Her best friend is a drug using goth girl named Fey who Ani mostly uses as a cover. She longs to be near her childhood friend and crush, Mike but he is dating a popular girl and honestly Ani' gothic style kind of has him freaked out. Ani is bullied by Mike's girlfriend and others as well. Every day is a struggle to stay under the radar and make it back home without injuries.
This book was dark! I had no clue going into it how dark this material would be. I have to say that is honestly the reason I was able to review the book as high as I did. I was shocked sometimes by what happened in this book, at the lengths Ani would go to in attempt to hider her secret. And then the book had layers. We see the day to day activities in Ani's life and suddenly we get thrown some curveballs that I never saw coming. I didn't like the self cutting in the book. It was a way for Ani to fight back her zombie urges (brains!) but it was just gross and treated far too casually in my opinion. Most of the characters were unlikeable and it was somewhat difficult to really root for any of them. The ending was a major shocker and also quite a cliffhanger. I didn't see that coming at all. The author is working on the sequel and even though I had some aspects of the story I didn't care for, the book definitely was unique and different enough that I want to read more. I want to see where the author takes things from the last page of "Twice Shy".
This book was dark! I had no clue going into it how dark this material would be. I have to say that is honestly the reason I was able to review the book as high as I did. I was shocked sometimes by what happened in this book, at the lengths Ani would go to in attempt to hider her secret. And then the book had layers. We see the day to day activities in Ani's life and suddenly we get thrown some curveballs that I never saw coming. I didn't like the self cutting in the book. It was a way for Ani to fight back her zombie urges (brains!) but it was just gross and treated far too casually in my opinion. Most of the characters were unlikeable and it was somewhat difficult to really root for any of them. The ending was a major shocker and also quite a cliffhanger. I didn't see that coming at all. The author is working on the sequel and even though I had some aspects of the story I didn't care for, the book definitely was unique and different enough that I want to read more. I want to see where the author takes things from the last page of "Twice Shy".