My fellow Dead give me curious looks as I pass. But I’m not compelled to rent it right now.After delivering our abundant harvest of leftover flesh to the non-hunters - the Boneys, the children, the stay-at-home moms - I take Julie to my house. If I ever see Warm Bodies on Netflix or Prime or Hulu, I’ll definitely check it out. If you want a deep dive into zombieism, you should pass. If you’re looking for something fun, not too deep, and the idea of a zombie/human version of Romeo & Juliet sounds interesting, you’ll have fun with this one. I don’t know what it is about that bearded giant, but I wanted a lot more of him. R spent a little time with them and I wished to see him see them changing. I want to see more of a transition for other zombies. It took too long to get to his motivations. His life force/soul/whatever is seemingly the reason R is evolving and I wanted to know more about Perry earlier in the book. That whole experience makes me hesitant to jump into the second book of the Warm Bodies series. I had flashbacks to all the questions I had while reading The Maze Runner series and I kept reading those books and I never did get my questions answered. So does R and Julie, but it’s just one of those “They don’t know, so we won’t know” situations. I know this problem of mine might be solved by reading the next books in the series, but I had so many questions. The middle section really lagged for me, but it picked up again just as I was starting to lose interest. For the most part, the books moves along at a nice pace.

I was shocked how quickly I read chunks of the book. R’s quest and evolution begins from that primal desire they all feel, but can’t understand. They can’t remember their past lives, but they’re always grasping for it. The airport is a full-on zombie community with elders and families.

Having a front row seat to R’s struggle for life and love and meaning was fascinating. Not only that, but it’s a four-book series!

Also, I didn’t know until I had finished that this is a series. But I finally remembered to grab it from the library via Overdrive. My TBR is a mile long and I had other books that came up sooner. It’s been on my radar for awhile, especially after the movie came out. A zombie love story!? I was so curious, I’m shocked I haven’t read it sooner. This is a Romeo & Juliet retelling with a zombie named “R” (Romeo) and a human named Julie.

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