Helpful Score: 2
Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com
"Wow," Trent said. "It isn't . . . easy . . . being young and undead . . . in America."
The number of undead teens is increasing. At first it was considered a unique, localized event, but now it's happening everywhere. Tommy Williams and his website Mysocalledundeath.com and the Hunter Foundation are now known far and wide. The undead, or "differently biotic," have been accepted by some but are still outcasts to others.
Phoebe's life has changed. She still loves Tommy, but since Adam died saving her life, she has dedicated all her time and energy to helping him gain his full potential as a member of the undead. His progress is slow, and having Tommy acting petty and jealous doesn't help the situation. At least she has the support of her friends (living and undead) at the Hunter Foundation standing behind her decision to help the two factions of their community adjust to the changing world.
Tommy's efforts to help his fellow undead members of society adjust have him deciding to take his show on the road. With more and more differently biotic needing a support system, he realizes that many do have Internet access to get help from his blog. His decision to travel to spread the word means he will need assistance from those he is leaving behind. Phoebe and her friends agree to manage the website and blog about things from their perspective.
Prejudice and intolerance of the undead teens is increasing, making the job of protecting them even harder. Since the fire at the Haunted House, they are in more danger than ever. There are mysterious white vans traveling the countryside and groups of violent haters threatening everyone's peace and safety. Law enforcement, including the FBI, are incarcerating differently biotics and not even attempting to recognizing any rights they might be due.
KISS OF LIFE continues the adventure begun in GENERATION DEAD. With all the vampire/zombie novels available to today, author Daniel Waters gives the genre a new twist. Combining the paranormal with the concept of prejudice against this new generation provides a bit of depth to the usual zombie tale. This will be an interesting series to keep an eye on as it evolves.
"Wow," Trent said. "It isn't . . . easy . . . being young and undead . . . in America."
The number of undead teens is increasing. At first it was considered a unique, localized event, but now it's happening everywhere. Tommy Williams and his website Mysocalledundeath.com and the Hunter Foundation are now known far and wide. The undead, or "differently biotic," have been accepted by some but are still outcasts to others.
Phoebe's life has changed. She still loves Tommy, but since Adam died saving her life, she has dedicated all her time and energy to helping him gain his full potential as a member of the undead. His progress is slow, and having Tommy acting petty and jealous doesn't help the situation. At least she has the support of her friends (living and undead) at the Hunter Foundation standing behind her decision to help the two factions of their community adjust to the changing world.
Tommy's efforts to help his fellow undead members of society adjust have him deciding to take his show on the road. With more and more differently biotic needing a support system, he realizes that many do have Internet access to get help from his blog. His decision to travel to spread the word means he will need assistance from those he is leaving behind. Phoebe and her friends agree to manage the website and blog about things from their perspective.
Prejudice and intolerance of the undead teens is increasing, making the job of protecting them even harder. Since the fire at the Haunted House, they are in more danger than ever. There are mysterious white vans traveling the countryside and groups of violent haters threatening everyone's peace and safety. Law enforcement, including the FBI, are incarcerating differently biotics and not even attempting to recognizing any rights they might be due.
KISS OF LIFE continues the adventure begun in GENERATION DEAD. With all the vampire/zombie novels available to today, author Daniel Waters gives the genre a new twist. Combining the paranormal with the concept of prejudice against this new generation provides a bit of depth to the usual zombie tale. This will be an interesting series to keep an eye on as it evolves.
Helpful Score: 1
This is a hard review, there was so much in this book that made me just want to throw it against the wall and never pick it up again. Pete and Duke's machinations mostly. The hatred they represented really got to me, at one point making me physically ...more This is a hard review, there was so much in this book that made me just want to throw it against the wall and never pick it up again. Pete and Duke's machinations mostly. The hatred they represented really got to me, at one point making me physically ill. But at the same time I feel "good" writing should make the reader feel something, make an impression, make them think and I cannot deny this book did all of that for me. I could not help but constantly compare this to the civil rights movement here in America not that long ago and can't help but wonder is this the way Martin Luther King Jr thought, is this the way people planned to show they were not going away either and that they no longer would be treated as different? Daniel Waters certainly gave me plenty to think about and for that I appreciate his hard work and hard words.
