Brian James’s new book, Zombie Blondes, totally shows that the “zombie trend” predicted by fantasy writers at a recent Books of Wonder event is, like, real.
Which, to be honest, is so not my thing. I mean, Brian’s book is good and all … if you like zombies. The problem is if you’re afraid of zombies. In which case you, like me, will have nightmares. Seriously.
What I mean is, Brian’s novel is actually a pretty good work of horror. It keeps you on your toes, uncertain whether to let down your guard. And it builds up suspense. And did I mention it will scare you out of your wits?
Hannah, our heroine/victim-to-be, moves to a new town that seems to have been left back in time somehow. She’s used to moving around, though, used to scoping out the popular kids at new schools, because her father seems to be running from financial troubles everywhere he goes.
Anyway, this time around things are … odd. Of course they are. The book is called Zombie Blondes. ZOMBIE. BLONDES.
Ahem. I won’t tell you much more here, except that if you like a good scare once in awhile, you’ll get one from reading this tome. And, if you ask me, you’ll probably get a sequel. Which means twice as much awesome human-eating blood-drinking walking dead! Which means, no offense, that I’ll probably stick to the vampires and witches and wizards and things. They seem so much nicer, like David Boreanaz on Buffy. Such a sweet boy. Until he went all evil, but, you know. Still pretty hot, and he didn’t stay evil.
Right. Back to the book. Three thumbs up if you like scariness, one thumb up if you’re, like, scared by scariness.
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I don’t think my books or movies scary. Thanks for the warning. Those eyes on the cover are very freaky. I am intrigued by the idea of Generation Dead though…
So am I, Alea. I’ve got to check that one out. But really, if you’re into the scary, this is good. I’m just sort of a scaredy-cat. Like, you could not get me to sit through your typical horror movie.
Although 28 Days Later is one of my favorites, and it’s a zombie flick. Which is the part I like least about it. Again, if it could have been almost any other monster, I’d have been fine with it, you know?
Oh man I’m not forming complete sentences….! For some reason instead of writing *like* i wrote think!
28 Days Later does seem interesting. What’s that guy’s name in it, love that guy! Shaun of the Dead is good. What really scares me is aliens (the one from the other book you talked about today seems cool though!) Just movie aliens, even E.T.
The alien in My Summer on Earth is both perfectly harmless, disguised as a hot human boy, and very, very funny. The guy from 28 Days Later is Cillian Murphy, whose capacity to play both good and evil characters is kind of amazing. I have not seen Shaun of the Dead despite many friends’ insistence that I must. Zombies = scary. Scarier than Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
HOWEVER, Zombie Blondes is still a good scare. I mean, not one I’m particularly interested in repeating, just because zombies are gross, but still good.
So I’m thinking you haven’t seen the Planet Terror portion of Grindhouse either? Oh man it’s so good!
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO ILLUSTRATED THE COVER? I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. MY FRIEND SAID THIS ARTIST DOES A WHOLE LINE OF ART LIKE THAT WITH LARGE EYES. I CANT FIND IT ANYWHERE AND SHE CANT REMEMBER THE NAME… PLEASE HELP ITS SO FRUSTRATING!!!
its not scary are you like 5 God its like twilight it is not scary!
@alea Planet Terror is a terrible movie
I read this book and it is definitely scary!
The artist of the cover is Sas Christian and she’s amazing