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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris

Kate Grable appears to be just your typical geeky high school girl - except she's not. As an aspiring medical student, she serves as an assistant to the football team. But when she discovers that the coach is injecting players with steroids, she immediately wants to find a way to out him for putting his players in danger. But steroids would have been a blessing compared to what Kate discovers has been injected into these players - some sort of virus that turns them into zombies! It is up to Kate to find a cure for this zombie virus or soon her entire school will be full of flesh-eating zombies. 

First off, I just want to get this out of the way: I hate zombies. I don't watch zombie movies and I certainly don't read zombie novels. But two things gave me pause and made me want to read this one. First off, Carrie Harris is from Michigan and I like supporting authors from my home state. Secondly, I have heard that this is not your run-of-the-mill zombie novel. And it's not. It's funny, it doesn't take itself too seriously, and it has a smart and quirky main character. 

Despite normally hating zombie novels, Bad Taste in Boys defied convention and kept me turning the pages, desperate to know how the heroine was going save her all classmates from turning undead and turn the already undead alive again. The only thing that kept me from completely loving this novel  is that I have a very weak constitution and the gore factor, no matter how funny, was just a little much for me. Having said that, if you think you are not a zombie person, I guarantee that this book will still keep you entertained and turning the pages well past your bed time. 


Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris
Published: July 12, 2011 by Delacorte Press
Pages: 201
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Young Adult
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5 comments:

  1. Jamie @ BookerellaJuly 23, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    I've been wanting to read this book for awhile now and I absolutely LOVE the cover! I actually like a lot of gore, in books or movies, so this book sounds perfect for me! Thanks for sharing your review, definitely going to be reading this one!

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  2. StephTheBookwormJuly 23, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    Woo I've been wanting to read this one. I love zombies though! lol

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  3. CarlaJuly 24, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    This book seems very interesting. I'll have to check it out!

    Thanks for the review.

    Carla
    http://librarymosaic.blogspot.com/2011/07/review-overprotected-by-jennifer.html

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  4. Lisa Richards/alterlisaJuly 24, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    I'm normally not real influenced by covers but even if everyone wasn't raving about this book, I'd have to have it if only for the awesome cover. Plus I love a good zombie book.


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  5. Julie P.July 24, 2011 at 11:22 PM

    I don't consider myself a zombie fan either, but this book is tempting.

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