This. Book. was. SO. Durn. CUTE!
A new twist on YA paranormal. I finished it in 1 sitting. All Mia wants to do is go to Prom with Rob, since hey! he asked her to prom after only 5 dates! Her dreams are shattered when he sits next to Samantha (the cheer queen/miss popular) in class. Thinking shes lost her date, her hypochondriac friend takes her to buy a love potion.
Thinking it has worked since Rob's full attention is back on her, all her classmates start bringing her sweets. Then low and behold, the new guy Chase informs her shes actually performed a zombie spell instead of a love spell, and shes their QUEEN! Time is quickly running out and Chase and Mia have to beat the clock to reverse the spell before prom turns into a bloodbath, with Mia as the main course.
I loved this book. It was action packed and resolved nicely. For a teen horror read, this was pretty clean. No sex, drugs or foul language. For only 199 pages, this story packed a huge punch. 5 Stars!
A new twist on YA paranormal. I finished it in 1 sitting. All Mia wants to do is go to Prom with Rob, since hey! he asked her to prom after only 5 dates! Her dreams are shattered when he sits next to Samantha (the cheer queen/miss popular) in class. Thinking shes lost her date, her hypochondriac friend takes her to buy a love potion.
Thinking it has worked since Rob's full attention is back on her, all her classmates start bringing her sweets. Then low and behold, the new guy Chase informs her shes actually performed a zombie spell instead of a love spell, and shes their QUEEN! Time is quickly running out and Chase and Mia have to beat the clock to reverse the spell before prom turns into a bloodbath, with Mia as the main course.
I loved this book. It was action packed and resolved nicely. For a teen horror read, this was pretty clean. No sex, drugs or foul language. For only 199 pages, this story packed a huge punch. 5 Stars!
Reviewed by Steph for TeensReadToo.com
Mia Everett is just a normal teenage girl: she fears heights, she loves the Buffy series, she has a crush on the hottest guy in school, she's the neighbor of the popular cheerleader, her sister is a popular wannabe, and...
She turned all of the seniors - and even some teachers - into flesh-eating zombies through a love potion gone wrong.
That's when Chase comes into the picture. He's always been the quiet, anti-social guy in her Biology class, but when he comes to her saying that she didn't perform a love potion - that she really performed a spell that turned her classmates and best friend, Candice, into zombies - well, she immediately starts to fall for her knight in shining armor.
And if all of this wasn't enough to take in, Mia also has to worry about her prom, which is just days away! Will she be able to cure her classmates, and her prom date, before the actual dance? And if not, what will happen to her friends and the students? Will they really become zombies? And why do all of them seem to salivate whenever she's around?
Amanda Ashby writes a very entertaining and quick read about a teenage protagonist who has to fix the catastrophic problem she created - or else she'll never be able to enjoy the ball with Prince Charming. Many readers will be able to relate to Mia and her quirky ways, and others will simply fall in love with her witty humor. And if that doesn't work, there are always hunks Rob and Chase.
ZOMBIE QUEEN OF NEWBURY HIGH deserves the five stars. This is a very original story that isn't too far-fetched that teenage readers can't relate at all - it's the perfect mix of reality and imagination.
Mia Everett is just a normal teenage girl: she fears heights, she loves the Buffy series, she has a crush on the hottest guy in school, she's the neighbor of the popular cheerleader, her sister is a popular wannabe, and...
She turned all of the seniors - and even some teachers - into flesh-eating zombies through a love potion gone wrong.
That's when Chase comes into the picture. He's always been the quiet, anti-social guy in her Biology class, but when he comes to her saying that she didn't perform a love potion - that she really performed a spell that turned her classmates and best friend, Candice, into zombies - well, she immediately starts to fall for her knight in shining armor.
And if all of this wasn't enough to take in, Mia also has to worry about her prom, which is just days away! Will she be able to cure her classmates, and her prom date, before the actual dance? And if not, what will happen to her friends and the students? Will they really become zombies? And why do all of them seem to salivate whenever she's around?
Amanda Ashby writes a very entertaining and quick read about a teenage protagonist who has to fix the catastrophic problem she created - or else she'll never be able to enjoy the ball with Prince Charming. Many readers will be able to relate to Mia and her quirky ways, and others will simply fall in love with her witty humor. And if that doesn't work, there are always hunks Rob and Chase.
ZOMBIE QUEEN OF NEWBURY HIGH deserves the five stars. This is a very original story that isn't too far-fetched that teenage readers can't relate at all - it's the perfect mix of reality and imagination.
