REVIEW: OUTSIDERS BY BAILEY VAUGHN

Author: Bailey Vaughn

published: 18th march'13

publisher: NF  L LC

Buy links: amazon     goodreads

Summary: 

 "Outsiders" is a young adult story about a small town that invites a group of foreigners, to the town, to teach them about their way of life in America. However, the newcomers aren’t all they appear. The main character, Hannah, falls in love with one of the "outsiders", and finds herself in compromising circumstances due to this forbidden love. Once the horrible intentions of the outsiders are revealed, Hannah must find the courage and strength to save her town

ED UNDEAD

Author:  Edward Kent

published: 20th april'12

published by: create space

Buying links: amazon |Barnes and Nobles | smashwords

summary:-

 I never believed that I would have to live through a zombie apocalypse. One day I was Ed Kirk, a normal sixteen-year-old boy with a loving family, a beautiful girlfriend, and a full life ahead of me.
Now I'm on the run from zombies, being hunted by a dark force that threatens my very existence, all the while trying to escape this town and find help. Oh, yeah, one more thing:
I'm a zombie too!

                            

                       MY REVIEW

Zombies, hmm, when I first started reading the book, I expected nothing else that chasing, some action, one person who is very powerful, just chasing, killings and blah-blah. I thought there was nothing else that can be done with the topic like zombies and vampires which either have 1 variety or is used it the same way over and over again, or the other.  My mind and outlook was so narrow about this topic, may be because the recent movies with different names and almost same story made it that way, my expectations were 0. So i started reading in that perspective. By as I kept on going further, i was surprised, shocked, and moved in every way possible. Unlike other “so much similar” movies, this book was very different. While reading I went through a mixture of emotions, first of all shock, then sad moments, romantic moments, and the moments when you have to make THE hardest choice in your entire life time and most importantly keep pushing even when there is very less hope.

I won’t deny the fact that there was no chasing, human flesh eating zombies, and a little(not so little) bloodshed,  but the point that there are so many questions that would arise while reading the book overshadows all the other common stuff. Why is Ed still a half zombie? Who was this HE that wanted him?  Mostly it showed how the life of a teenager would be affected when everything he knew around him was gone, which I think most people neglected. I would say it was “the best” zombie book I ever read!

I would rate it: 4.5/5 points

and 5 flowers!!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Born and raised in small village of Wilson, New york Edward Kent is the creator of Ed undead the teenage zombie!. After being drawn to theatre and playing in a number of high school plays and musicals, Kent decided to attend Niagara university majoring theatre.  His ideas on zombie Ed was influenced by things that interested him as a child- simple and fun! He enjoys Halloween and old school horror movies like Frankenstein, Dracula and wolfman. He now resides in the Buffalo suburb of West Seneca, in Western New York, with his beautiful wife Dannielle, and kids Cordelia, Keifer and Brody.

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note: the author gave the free ebook to me  in exchange of an honest review. and it was reviewed as per my review policy.