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About the Book
Title: THE UNDEAD TRUTH OF USAuthor: Britney S. Lewis
Pub. Date: August 9, 2022
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 368
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org
Death was everywhere. They all stared at me, bumping into one another and slowly coming forward.
Sixteen-year-old Zharie Young is absolutely certain her mother morphed into a zombie before her untimely death, but she can't seem to figure out why. Why her mother died, why her aunt doesn't want her around, why all her dreams seem suddenly, hopelessly out of reach. And why, ever since that day, she's been seeing zombies everywhere.
Then Bo moves into her apartment buildingâtall, skateboard in hand, freckles like stars, and an undeniable charm. Z wants nothing to do with him, but when he transforms into a half zombie right before her eyes, something feels different. He contradicts everything she thought she knew about monsters, and she can't help but wonder if getting to know him might unlock the answers to her mother's death.
As Zharie sifts through what's real and what's magic, she discovers a new truth about the world: Love can literally change youâfor good or for dead.
In this surrealist journey of grief, fear, and hope, Britney S. Lewis's debut novel explores love, zombies, and everything in between in an intoxicating amalgam of the real and the fantastic.
Reviews:
"Britney Lewis has really nailed it with this one. I loved this striking, suspenseful, and deeply heartbreaking debut about a Black girl named Zharie on a quest to discover the truth about her mother and the darker parts of life and family! Spooky good.ââJay Coles, author of Tyler Johnson Was Here and Things We Couldn't Say
"Deeply healing and impossible to put down, The Undead Truth Of Us, is an affecting portrait of griefâs many shades, and an affirming reminder to live.ââJ. Elle, New York Times best-selling author of Wings of Ebony
"The perfect blend of emotion, sweet romance, and creepy imagery, The Undead Truth of Us is a journey you wonât soon forget."âLauren Blackwood, New York Times best-selling author of Within These Wicked Walls
"THE UNDEAD TRUTH OF US is a revelation of a story, both macabre and magical, full of heartache, hope, and the infinite mysteries of love. I adore this book."âRebecca Podos, author of Lambda Award-winning novel Like Water
âThe Undead Truth of Us is unlike any book Iâve ever read before. In this eerie and otherworldly story, Britney Lewis layers explorations of grief and love on the page like bright colors of paint on a canvas.ââElise Bryant, author of Happily Ever Afters and One True Loves
âA devastatingly poignant tale of grief, healing, and the monsters we make of ourselves and of others. In American popular culture zombies have been used to represent our greatest fears and what do we fear more than losing the people we love? In Zharie, Lewis has created a perfectly imperfect characterâsomeone who is learning to navigate grief and love and friendship all at once. Her moments of vulnerability feel familiar as do her moments of healing and joy. This story is an emotional and gripping take on the classic zombie archetype. A must read for lovers of genre bending horror.ââKalynn Bayron, best-selling author of Cinderella is Dead
âA lament, but with fireworks.ââNafiza Azad, author of The Wild Ones
âA wonderful book full of lyrical prose, but also griefâand the painful, sometimes beautiful, steps we take to get through it.ââJessica Lewis, author of Bad Witch Burning
âBritney S. Lewis explores love and death in a debut that is tender, poetic, and wholly original.â
âZoraida Córdova, award-winning author of Labyrinth Lost
Zharie Young has just watched her mother slowly turn into a zombie and then die. Zharie is filled with grief, it has just been her and her mother for all of her sixteen year of life. Now, Zharie is certain she is seeing other zombies all over, her very own zombie apocalypse. When her new neighbor, Bo shows signs of zombification, Zharie decides to befriend him and get to the bottom of her zombie visions. In her relationship with Bo, Zharie unpacks her grief from her mother, anger at her birth father and learns her capacity for love.
The Undead Truth of Us is an amazing young adult contemporary novel that explores grief, loss and love through a metaphorical zombie. From the first chapter I was hooked as Zharie watched her mom deteriorate and die. I enjoyed being thrown into Zharie's abstract world as she navigated around zombies that nobody else seemed to see. Her journey is immensely interesting as she sets out to deal with zombies but instead deals with a bevy of heavy emotions and inner turmoil. The writing melds together Zharie's view of the world and reality in a natural way, I wasn't wondering what was real and what wasn't. Everything Zharie saw was real to her in a way that made her world make sense. I loved Zharie and her mother's shared talent and passion for West Coast Swing and reading about Zharie's memories of her. Zharie and Bo's relationship was very natural, Bo's zombie proclivities not only helped Zharie dig into her issues, but learn how to form another type of relationship. Overall, The Undead Truth of Us is amazingly written, emotionally driven and has wonderful characters.
This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
About Britney S. Lewis:
Britney S. Lewis was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas where she fell in love with storytelling and the idea that magic moved and breathed in our world. After getting her Bachelorâs of Arts and Science, she worked in the world of marketing and communications for a few years before accepting a position as an editor for greeting cards where her job is to make sure to get the best words on paper. When she isn't daydreaming about new stories, Britney can be found binge-watching TV shows with her husband and pup or practicing West Coast Swing in one of her local dance studios. The Undead Truth of Us is her debut novel. For more information, you can follow her on social media @britneyslewis or visit her website at https://www.britneyslewis.com
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Giveaway Details:
1 winner will receive a finished copy of THE UNDEAD TRUTH OF US, US Only.
Ends September 6th, midnight EST.
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