Once Upon a Zombie

Zombies are the new hot topic for books and tv shows. I enjoyed this book. Good writing.

Charmingly ghoulish, quirky and action-packed.

A pleasing read featuring many age-old favorite characters, Caitlin is adorable, little sister Natalie is a riot, the princesses are champion. The story is simultaneously touching, humorous, and full of all of the gross-outs you expect in a zombie story.

A great beginning to a series that promises a fresh new take on zombies stories.

i have read this book with my 10 years old daughter........although her father is american we need to improve her reading in english and so here we are!!
what an intriguing and well crafted plot!!! i was a little bit worried that she could be too young for the book but she was hooked to it!!!
my daughter says that she loved all the twists in the plot, the nice and funny relation between the two sisters and for the fact of find out the fairy tales characters in it!!
she was a little bit tired at the end ( quite a long book) but was ok!!
now waiting for the paperback!!

First off I want to say what a beautiful cover I got the Arc copy on my kindle of course so I didn't get to bask in the glory of the cover.

Like the description says it is for younger readers I think around 10-15 however I'm 22 and I loved the story so I think anyone can read it if it interests them.

I loved all the characters and I fell in love with Caitlins little sister Natalie who was very sassy. I was glad when reading this that the crush that Caitlin had on josh didn't take over the story line and it concentrated on the princesses and Caitlins mission while with them. The story was fast paced and flowed very nicely with some awesome twists I know I should have been able to call the ending but I was that absorbed in what was going on all the time that I never thought any further ahead than were I was at the time of reading. the twist on the princesses was amazing because I grew up with the princesses who were damsels in distress were in this book they totally kick butt and don't need helping doing it. Through out the story Caitlin got over her fears which I thought was great because you could se the confidence she was building when she wasn't panicking about what might happen to her if something went wrong and she would just take the risk.

Firstly, the characters from fairy tales are zombies ... right you've caught my attention...

This book is full of the crazy wonderfulness of Alice in Wonderland, where zombie wonderland creatures roam and even the plants are not quite right. Loved it, thought it was smart and funny and I do love a good twist on the classics. It's actually my favourite genre so I was happy happy happy to get this one.

thank you for letting me read this one, I think it will be very popular in our store.

Imagine you find yourself in a world where all of your childhood stories are real. You get to meet your fairytale heroes: Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and so many more. Now imagine that all of these beloved people you only thought existed in stories turn out to be zombies. This is Once Upon a Zombie in a nutshell and it is fantastic.

Our main character, Caitlin, gets to experience just this. There had been a bunch of sightings at some grave sites around the world of the living dead and her friend Jack talks her into going to the graveyard he thinks is going to be the next one to be visited.

They are supposed to go to the graveyard after the school dance, but thanks to some mean girls, she ends up at the graveyard alone. Or so she thought. Her sneaky little sister managed to follow her there despite being told to stay home.

However, that isn't the end of it. While at the graveyard, a hand starts to come out of the grave. Eventually an entire undead girl is standing before them. The undead girl is looking for...you guessed it....Caitlin.

The undead girl wants Caitlin to go with her back to where she came from. However, Caitlin is scared to go with her, and rightfully so in my opinion. However, her way to brave for her own good little sister jumps right in. Caitlin is then forced to follow, so that she can get her sister safely home.

What happens once she goes through the proverbial rabbit hole is a wonderfully frightening adventure. One you are going to have to read and experience for yourself.

I am going to be honest. While I ended up really enjoying this book, I thought the beginning was a little rough. I am going to chock it up to creating the world and the characters. Some of why things are the way they are aren't really explained, but they end up making sense when you get further into the story.

After I got to know the characters, I really liked them. At first I was really iffy about Caitlin. She is very scared of everything. I was wondering how our heroine was supposed to get anything done if she couldn't even leave the room without counting the corners of the room. Thankfully we get to see her grow throughout the course of the story.

However, her sister could have used a bit more growth I think. She was very brave. Sometimes too much so and very impulsive. The exact opposite of Caitlin. Then again, the poor girl was stuck in a chili pepper outfit and a yellow rain jacket for the majority of the book. I guess you have to be brave if you are stuck with that as your only outfit.

I loved the zombie princesses. Their personalities are very fun and each is very different from the next. Cinderella is the ever hungry one, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White are both pretty quiet, and Rapunzel is obviously the leader.

There was one character that really kind of bugged me and that was the frog. Almost every single time he talked he said "Amigo." After awhile I just wanted him to be quiet and stop talking. The word was really over used.

I also really enjoyed the take on zombies. It did take me awhile to get used to it. At first I was wondering why the Princesses even needed to drink water seeing as they were dead. However, once I accepted that the zombies in this book aren't technically your traditional zombies I was able to over look this and let myself enjoy them for what they are.

By the end of the story I was completely sold. I found myself totally enjoying all of the characters and the creativeness of it all. I also loved the lesson that is built into this story (YES! There is a lesson!). I will most definitely be continuing on with this story in the future.

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This review is based on an eARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley for an honest review.

Some weird things are happening in London and in another places, certain grave are vandalizing.

Caitlin is new in her school, she’s afraid of a lot of things. She likes Jack, who is new too but not afraid at all. The night of the Masquerade Ball, Jack invites her; he proposes to go on the grave of Lewis Carroll after the ball. Once at the grave, some strange things happened to Caitlin and her young sister Natalie. They are pulled in a fairy world where all the people are zombies.

If you want a zombie story with Disney’s princess, this book is for you. You’ll find Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow white, The Caterpillar and some others.

I like fairy tales, zombie and Alice in wonderland is my favorite fairy tales so when I’ve seen this book I was in paradise.

The characters are awesome, Rapunzel is a great leader, Cinderella is a kickass girl, Snow is kind and love everyone and Sleeping like to sleep. The Caterpillar is the Caterpillar, enigmatic and smart.

Caitlin is adorable, afraid of everything but she’s working on it. Natalie her young sister talks a lot and she’s smart, she’s also very funny. Jack is strong and smart too, he’s also kind and likes Caitlin.

I won’t talk more about the story and the characters or I’ll tell you the entire story and you don’t want that.

The writing style is good and the story is original, I’m so impatient to read the second book because the end is so intriguing.

One word about the cover, she’s really sumptuous, a zombie princess is the best cover in the world.

This book is full of craziness, Alice in wonderland craziness, zombies creatures who are coming from fairy tales and I love that. Once Upon a zombie is really a fun reading, you will not be disappointed so go buy it.

I already have pre ordered it in hardcover.

I would like to thanks Billy Phillips, Netgalley and Smith Publicity for giving me the opportunity to this Arc in exchange of an honest review.