Fortnight of Fright | Guest Review | Zombies Don’t Cry

Oct 29

Fortnight of FrightBig thanks to today’s guest reviewer, Shanae from Reading and Reviews 3000! I hope you’re in the mood for some zombies, friends!

Book cover Zombies Don't Cry Rusty Fisher

Title: Zombie’s Don’t Cry
Author: Rusty Fischer
Year: 2011
Chapters: 32
Pages: 371
Rating: 5/5
Genre: Fiction
Format: ARC from the publisher
Sources: Medallion Press
Publishers: Medallion Press

ABOUT THE BOOK

Maddy Swift is just a normal girl-a high school junior surviving class with her best friend hoping the yummy new kid, Stamp,will as her out. When he finally does, her whole life changes. Sneaking out to meet Stamp at a party one rainy night,Maddy is struck by lighting. After awaking, she feels lucky to be alive. Over time, however, Maddy realizes that she’s becoming the thing she and everyone else fear the most:the living dead.

REVIEW

As you can see above I really love this book. I have never read a zombie story in my life, (gosh I need to explore more books often). Rusty Fischer’s book was amazing. A good tale about a normal high school student turing into a zombie. He really got my attention on that. Only reading the synopsis I was hooked. I am glad that I can read the other two in the series. This is a wonderful fiction book for YA lovers out there. It reminded me of “My Babysitter Is A Vampire Movie”. I love Maddy’s character which sort of reminds me of me.♥. Its hard to adjust to a new life when you turn into a monster screaming “BRAINS”. LOL gets me all the time. Storyline (5/5), book cover(5/5), author(5/5). This is a highly requested book I will indeed recommend to you all. If monster books and zombies are your favorite you won’t be disappointed. Lets just talk about how the chapters have amazing titles(I must add). They added to the storyline and were very indeed creative.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rusty Fischer, a former high school teacher, has worked for the best – selling educational magazine The Mailbox, Learing, and Bookbag. As a full – time free writer, he has had his work for teens and young adults published in Seventeen, Stories fir a Teen Heart, and Soup for the Preteen Souls.

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Book Review | This Is Not A Test | Courtney Summers

Jul 26

I received this book for free from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Book Review | This Is Not A Test | Courtney SummersThis Is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
Series: This Is Not a Test #1
Published by St. Martin's Griffin on June 19, 2012
Genres: Contemporary YA, Horror & Ghost Stories, Young Adult, Zombies
Pages: 326
Format: eARC
Source: the publisher via NetGalley
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four-stars

It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self.

To Sloane Price, that doesn’t sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she’s failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she’s forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live.

But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group’s fate is determined less and less by what’s happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life—and death—inside.

When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?

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