Review: The Zombie Chronicles
The Zombie Chronicles by Chrissy Peebles
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The thing about zombies is they never die, except in inventive and convoluted ways, and they never go out of fashion. Since White Zombie, the 1932 indie-flick starring the unpredictable Bela Lugosi, movies, books, TV series and video games have been a staple (cannibalistic?) diet of this lively and adaptable genre.
The Zombie Chronicles follows the codes of the genre and is written for young adults with a warning that there is some mild violence – though no more than what you might see in an episode of Family Guy.
Here we find caring, thoughtful and all-round good human being, Val, gorged by a zombie and the heroic Dean – the brother she didn’t know she had – fighting the clock to get her the serum that will cure her before she fades into zombiehood. It all seems to be going well until the helicopter transporting Val to safety crash lands in the heart of zombieland and teenaged Dean must fight his way out against overwhelming odds. Cue: the hero’s journey, and we are with Dean every step of the way.
Chrissy Peebles launches a series with this first book and those who pick it up are sure to look out for the next one.
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