Review: Good for guys too!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
From the cover, you might assume this is just for girls. You'd be wrong.This book is campy, fun, and includes a wide cast of characters...think The Breakfast Club with a zombie apocalypse instead of detention. As the cover implies, there is some kissing, but there's also a lot of zombie-bashing excitement. It's exactly the type of book I would have read in high school, and I enjoyed reading it as an adult.Like many high school books and movies, there are some stereotypes presented in Donna of the Dead. You'll find groups of geeks, cheerleaders, and jocks, along with our mostly average heroine, Donna. All of these students are thrown together by virtue of a single common thread: they've survived the initial press of a zombie apocalypse.Donna is a very believable teenage girl, with all of the likeable (and not-so-likeable) traits that entails. She's attractive, reasonably intelligent, and would prefer to let the guys handle the blood and guts. She's attracted to strong guys, and enjoys pursuing her crushes. However, she's not very brave, and has to face the consequences when this puts her friends at risk. One of the things I liked about Donna is how she grew by the end.That said, Deke, Donna's best friend, is by far the character I liked the most. He seems a lot like the guy I was in high school, and pushes Donna to always improve herself. He doesn't let her get away with much, and he's definitely a guy you want by your side in a zombie apocalypse.For a campy, fun, enjoyable read, pick up a copy today.Before the zombies get them all.