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code7r
, September 09, 2012
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Okay, I have to admit that every time I look at the title of the book “Twice Shy” by Patrick Freivald, the song “One Bitten Twice Shy” by Great White runs around my head on a continuous loop. That is about the only really negative thing about this book.
“Twice Shy” tied for first place in the JournalStone writing contest and I can see why. The story centers on a 16 year old girl, Ani, who became a zombie when she was 14, which is really bad because the government’s answer to those infected is to blow their heads off… no questions asked. Ani’s mother figures out a way to “hide” her condition while secretly working on trying to find a cure. Her friends see her as a bubbly, athletic girl one day, and a sulking emo the next. It kills Ani to have to hide her true self behind the emo façade and we see throughout the book her constant struggle of having to lie to everyone she knows so that they won’t find out she is a zombie.
I don’t like zombie stories in general (except for Mira Grant’s “The Newsflesh Trilogy”) and so I opened this book with some trepidation. Soon I found myself involved in the story and rooting for Ani. The author gives a new twist to the zombie saga and it is refreshing. Teenagers can definitely relate to Ani and what she goes through. Although she the main struggle of being a zombie, she also is a typical teenager who wants the cute, popular boy, who doesn’t want to be bullied, and is confused about her feelings. Also, I wasn’t expecting the ending! Kudos to the author for keeping me on my toes from the beginning all the way to the very last word.
**** I received this book through LibraryThing.com Member's Giveaway. It in no way affected the content of my review. *****
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