Diary of a Teenage Zombie
by Kristy Berridge
- Fiction, Horror, Dystopian, Mature YA
- 15+ for mature content, violence, and cussing
- published September 8, 2014 by Shadow Ink Press
- available on Amazon, MineEye, Barnes & Noble, AbeBooks, etc.
- ★★★★★
Summary
"Dear Diary. Today I ate the mailman. My bad.
Being seventeen is hard―Katie Palmer has to deal with school, pimples, hormonal boys, and malicious cheerleaders. After the Zombie Apocalypse, though, she no longer sweats the usual teenage drama.
Athletics star by day and flesh-eater by night, Katie’s done well to hide her transformation from friends and Zone-sanctioned security, but now someone or something’s onto her secret and if she doesn’t feed soon she’ll start falling apart.
Dead bodies are piling up and all the evidence points to Katie’s blood-stained hands. Will she end up killing the competition before security discovers she’s rotten underneath?"-Kristy Berrige's Blog
Strengths
Characters
The characters are strongly built and realistic. (Besides the whole zombie thing!) Katie acts like a normal teenage girl struggling to fit in. Haven't we all had rumors spread about us? Or been teased? I know I have! Berridge brings these fictional characters to life.
Intensity
Diary of a Teenage Zombie is the perfect blend of action and description! Berridge knows when to keep the action going and when to slow down and describe the scene a little more. This is a quality that more authors should use in their writing.
Originality
I've never read anything like this book! A soda infecting a whole race, almost to extinction. Who could've guessed that? Not to mention the way that the zombies live among them unknown!
Writing
The writing is good throughout the whole book. I did find a couple of errors, but they were barely noticeable. The reading level changes as Katie goes along, I believe this is to show how she ages and her knowledge expands.
Weaknesses
The Ending
The ending was MY weakness! It had nothing to do with Berridge. She completed a great book with a perfect ending. A cliffhanger again! Why do these authors keep doing this? I really hope there's a next book. If there isn't, I might cry!
Author Bio
"Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1982, Kristy Berridge was ushered
into the world in a decade of bad hair, parachute pants, and blue eye
shadow. Fortunately, she managed to avoid all three influences by
immersing herself in the business of growing up, and hitched a ride with
her fun-loving and adventure-filled parents to the sunny state of
Queensland. Here she completed most of her education.
Besides learning that boys don't have cooties, and that algebra wouldn't kill her, she pointedly set
the path of her high school career towards success in Art and English-based subjects, and won numerous awards for her efforts.
After high school she went on to study Graphic Design and Illustration
at James Cook University, and then furthered her studies at the local
TAFE College with an Interior Design course. With this knowledge under
her belt, she also decided to undertake a three year Design course at
Rhodec International in London, to complete her education and propel her
towards the successful career she now enjoys.
She
currently resides in Cairns, procrastinates constantly, and tries
desperately to avoid the delicious temptation that is the peanut butter
aisle at the supermarket."-
Amazon
Also by Kristy Berridge
Girl with the Blue Umbrella by Heather Awad
the path of her high school career towards success in Art and English-based subjects, and won numerous awards for her efforts.
