"It's the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won't stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn't sound so bad. Six months ago, "her "world collapsed and since then, she's failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she's forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually "want "to live. But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group's fate is determined less and less by what's happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life--"and "death--inside. When everything is gone, what do "you "hold on to?
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""This Is Not a Test" is both "sexy" and desolate, and it will blast a hole through your heart, yet somehow start to stitch it back together again"--Daisy Whitney, author of "The Mockingbirds" and "The Rivals"
"Courtney Summers is a ferocious talent in YA fiction. "This Is Not a Test" brought me to tears, caused me to gasp in shock in public places, and almost put a stop to my heart . . . Summers' voice is raw with emotion, and utterly right for the impending zombie apocalypse."--Nova Ren Suma, author of "Imaginary Girls"
"[Courtney Summers] blends all the perfection and simplicity that defines her writing so well with this added paranormal element for a snappy, exciting story I just couldn't stop reading, and then I got to the very end and realized that it was about so much more than just making it out alive."--Julie Cross, author of "Tempest
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"Intriguing.... It takes some artistic guts to set a portrayal of a suicidal teenager amid attacking zombies, but Summers has a history of risky choices.... Unusual and absorbing."--"Kirkus"
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Courtney Summers is the author of young adult novels including "Fall for Anything," "Some Girls Are," and "Cracked Up to Be." She lives and writes in Canada, where she divides her time between a piano, a camera, and a word-processing program when she's not planning for the impending zombie apocalypse.
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I LOVE zombie books - I LOVE Courtney Summers
So when I heard that an author I love had written a book in my favourite genre I couldn't wait to get my hands on it!
It was not what I expected at all - it has Courtney Summers' stamp on it, her writing style is clear to see : the characters are very well developed, they all have unique and distict personalities and their actions fit in with these, the dialogue is very believable and she really makes you care about them - even the less disirable ones.
I personally usually like more gruesome zombie action but I like that she has stuck to her style - there was enough and when it was done it was done brilliantly. This book definitely focuses more on the psychological aspect of a zombie apocalypse. The fear that they will breach the school - hearing them banging to get in - and everyone dealing with the things they saw, the people they lost, and for Sloane : she is still alive when just before the zombies came she had decided to end her life after years of violence at the hands of her father. How do you fight to survive when you want to die? How do follow through with your plan to end your life when you are surrounded by people who desperateky want to live? This was the most fascinating part of the book, witnessing Sloane try to decide what she wants to do whilst being influenced by others.
There was plenty of conflict too within this book - between the survivors hiding in the school and with outsiders they encounter. Its scary what people are capable of when put in a situation like this and I love the conflict created by the author. She chose some very interesting ways of putting issues between the characters.
Overall this was really a very good zombie story. It had all the crucial elements and a little something different thrown in to the mix. The author didn't shy away from the fact that characters we loved would have to die, there's no fluffy happy ending. Atruly excellent addition to my zombie bookshelf.
So when I heard that an author I love had written a book in my favourite genre I couldn't wait to get my hands on it!
It was not what I expected at all - it has Courtney Summers' stamp on it, her writing style is clear to see : the characters are very well developed, they all have unique and distict personalities and their actions fit in with these, the dialogue is very believable and she really makes you care about them - even the less disirable ones.
I personally usually like more gruesome zombie action but I like that she has stuck to her style - there was enough and when it was done it was done brilliantly. This book definitely focuses more on the psychological aspect of a zombie apocalypse. The fear that they will breach the school - hearing them banging to get in - and everyone dealing with the things they saw, the people they lost, and for Sloane : she is still alive when just before the zombies came she had decided to end her life after years of violence at the hands of her father. How do you fight to survive when you want to die? How do follow through with your plan to end your life when you are surrounded by people who desperateky want to live? This was the most fascinating part of the book, witnessing Sloane try to decide what she wants to do whilst being influenced by others.
There was plenty of conflict too within this book - between the survivors hiding in the school and with outsiders they encounter. Its scary what people are capable of when put in a situation like this and I love the conflict created by the author. She chose some very interesting ways of putting issues between the characters.
Overall this was really a very good zombie story. It had all the crucial elements and a little something different thrown in to the mix. The author didn't shy away from the fact that characters we loved would have to die, there's no fluffy happy ending. Atruly excellent addition to my zombie bookshelf.
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By Sally18
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Seriously great book. I could not put the book down for one minute. I loved how the relationships between each character were shown and how detailed everything was. Would definitely recommend reading!
By Stacey
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Fantastic. Downloaded the sample on my kindle and immediately had to download the whole thing. Very well written and certainly one of those books you can't put down.
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