Girls Save the World in This One

DNF @ 22%

this one is boring to me. Definitely a slower start and not at all what I thought a zombie book would be like. This one feels more like a contemporary book. I thought it was supposed to be funny too, but I think if there are funny moments I'm missing them. There was so, so much repetition about her ex-BFF and Scott just– I GET IT! I didn't think it needed to be mentioned so many darn times in such a short amount of time.

So, who would I recommend this one to... young to middle teens who usually like contemporary books looking for something with a little oomph and don't mind a slow start. It does take place at a Zombie convention, so I might show it to teens into fandom.

I dug this! I'm into the trend of fandom-themed YA books, and you can definitely tell when authors really “get” fandom. This felt true to me (though as you may know I am NOT a zombie fan), and I also loved its crew of teenage girls working to reconcile their fandom with feminism and social justice. Also, the pain of friendship breakup (and, spoiler, reunion) was well-captured. Not to mention the dream celeb romance!

I still don't really like zombies but the conceit of actual zombies at a zombie fan con was clever and should definitely appeal to fans of Walking Dead etc.