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A review by spauffwrites
Zombies vs. Unicorns by Holly Black, Justine Larbalestier
3.0
Finally, a book that addresses the incredibly crucial and hotly contested debate over which is more bad-ass: A zombie or a unicorn?
I know what you're thinking -- shambling, infected, brain-eating visions of death versus something you'd find on a Lisa Frank trapper keeper? Zombies win that battle easily, and I was a proud member of Team Zombie when I started reading this short story collection. I loved "Children of the Revolution," by Maureen Johnson -- the tale of a babysitter who gets infected by her undead charges -- and Alaya Dawn Johnson's zombie love story, "Love Will Tear Us Apart." It made me want mac and cheese and a hot redheaded guy to serve it to me.
But I think my favorite story was actually one of Team's Unicorn -- Diana Peterfreund "The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn." Killer Unicorns (take that Lisa Frank). I wish I thought of that one. Meg Cabot's "Princess Prettypants" was also wonderfully ironic and funny.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a good laugh, whether you like brains or sparkly rainbows.
I know what you're thinking -- shambling, infected, brain-eating visions of death versus something you'd find on a Lisa Frank trapper keeper? Zombies win that battle easily, and I was a proud member of Team Zombie when I started reading this short story collection. I loved "Children of the Revolution," by Maureen Johnson -- the tale of a babysitter who gets infected by her undead charges -- and Alaya Dawn Johnson's zombie love story, "Love Will Tear Us Apart." It made me want mac and cheese and a hot redheaded guy to serve it to me.
But I think my favorite story was actually one of Team's Unicorn -- Diana Peterfreund "The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn." Killer Unicorns (take that Lisa Frank). I wish I thought of that one. Meg Cabot's "Princess Prettypants" was also wonderfully ironic and funny.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a good laugh, whether you like brains or sparkly rainbows.