A review by shilo1364
Twice Shy by Patrick Freivald
3.0
Ok...um. what was that?? I was really enjoying this book. I don't normally like zombie anything. But this was going along pretty good, and I was enjoying it... and then. the end hit me like a ton of bricks. seriously. who thinks like that? (from the rest of the book, I didn't get the horror/zombie movie vibe at all. until the end. ugh). So I guess I don't really recommend it unless you like zombie flicks. It isn't your typical zombie story (at least I don't think so)... 'til the end. Until the last chapter, though, it is enjoyable and fun and you really sympathize with the main character.
Ani is a normal teenage girl. Except she isn't. she's a zombie, and her mother is frantically working to discover a cure to the dreaded ZV virus (turns you into a zombie) before her daughter infects someone else or is discovered and killed. So she hangs out with the emos, and wears black when she would rather wear bubble-gum pink. She listens to emo music (which she hates) and secretly composes pop songs in her head. Her mother's serums keep her from craving brains and flesh and trying to kill anyone. When they don't quite work, she cuts herself to control the cravings. And hey, it makes her fit in with her emo crowd even better. And then things start to go wrong...
So... if you *like* zombie / horror flicks... this book might just be perfect for you. If you don't... you may like it. Although you may not like the ending.
I should mention that I received a free e-book copy of this book from LibraryThing as an early reviewers book.
*********update 6/1/13******
After stewing on this for awhile, and then reading the sequel (Special Dead) as an ARC.... I can say that I actually *do* like it (though I wouldn't read it again), and the ending, though incredibly jarring and shocking (to me) was appropriate and right for the story. Especially since it wasn't the *end* end.
Ani is a normal teenage girl. Except she isn't. she's a zombie, and her mother is frantically working to discover a cure to the dreaded ZV virus (turns you into a zombie) before her daughter infects someone else or is discovered and killed. So she hangs out with the emos, and wears black when she would rather wear bubble-gum pink. She listens to emo music (which she hates) and secretly composes pop songs in her head. Her mother's serums keep her from craving brains and flesh and trying to kill anyone. When they don't quite work, she cuts herself to control the cravings. And hey, it makes her fit in with her emo crowd even better. And then things start to go wrong...
So... if you *like* zombie / horror flicks... this book might just be perfect for you. If you don't... you may like it. Although you may not like the ending.
I should mention that I received a free e-book copy of this book from LibraryThing as an early reviewers book.
*********update 6/1/13******
After stewing on this for awhile, and then reading the sequel (Special Dead) as an ARC.... I can say that I actually *do* like it (though I wouldn't read it again), and the ending, though incredibly jarring and shocking (to me) was appropriate and right for the story. Especially since it wasn't the *end* end.