Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Book Picks: Zombies vs. Unicorns

This is hooves down the best anthology I've ever undead - I mean read.

Although this book features some of my favourite authors, such as Carrie Ryan, Cassandra Clare and Scott Westerfeld, I put off reading it for almost a year.

Why?  Because for some reason I thought every story was about a unicorn battling a zombie, and frankly, I thought all that blood and gore and broken horns might get a bit tedious.

But it turns out that each story features either zombies or unicorns like you've never seen them before. Some of the strongest offerings were:

Team Unicorn


 - "The Third Virgin" by Kathleen Duey
 - "The Highest Justice" by Garth Nix
 - "The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn" by Diana Peterfreund

Team Zombies

 - "Bougainvillea" by Carri Ryan
 - "Cold Hands" by Cassandra Clare
 - "Prom Night" by Libba Bray


Not only did I love every story in this book, but the banter between Holly Black (Team Unicorn) and Justine Larbalestier (Team Zombie) is hilarious.

I give this book five out of five baby killer unicorns.

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So tell me, zombies vs. unicorns?

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