Review: The Death Kids ROCK!  These Teens are REAL w/ a little extra!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2013
I have to start by saying, I have read this entire series, so when I saw the first three books being offered in a group, I bought them to re-read all at once!DEATH WHISPERS: I don't know where to start!  I LOVED this book!  I felt like I was a fly on the wall listening to these kids talk unguarded...(fascinating vocabularies, by the way!)  Even though the story takes place in the future, there were so many references to today's times and the semi-recent past, that it was all totally believable!  Loved the characters, young teens at that in-between stage coming from so many different lifestyles.  Great read!!!DEATH SPEAKS: I am now so well-versed in teen phrases that I will awe my grandchildren! :)  Seriously, this is a wonderful futuristic fantasy with a great bunch of kids, being kids, surprising everyone with their maturity one minute and acting like 'kids' the next!  Great plot, great interaction between characters!  LOVE Clyde and Onyx!DEATH INCEPTION: I really think Tamara Rose Blodgett could make a grocery list spellbinding! Death Inception is a short story that gives some MUCH appreciated background about some of her more intriguing characters in the Death Series. First, Clyde the Zombie, but what about his life before? I will say nothing except he was all I could have hoped for!!! Next comes Jeffrey Parker, a super-talented, super-intelligent, off-the-charts cadaver manipulator. Is he the dark, mysterious legend who runs with the bad guys? If so, what happened to bring him to that point? Is he really as he appears to be as we learn his story? Sometimes an author kicks out a book with background, and it plays out like a skip in a record (black vinyl disks, think pre-digital music) or a scratch on the counter. It's distracting, but not Death Inception, it fits seamlessly with the rest of the series and makes the characters even more life-like! Tamara Rose Blodgett's writing style is refreshing, with the ability to make you laugh, cry, sigh, and still be thinking about the story and characters long after that last page.