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Zombies Vs. Unicorns (The Forest of Hands and Teeth 0.4)

by Holly Black (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Justine Larbalestier (Editor), Alaya Dawn Johnson (Goodreads Author), Maureen Johnson (Goodreads Author), Carrie Ryan (Goodreads Author), Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author), Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author), Garth Nix (Goodreads Author) , more…

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It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths--for good and evil--of unicorns and half show the good (and really, really ba ...more

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Published September 21st 2010 by Margaret K. McElderry Books (first published September 1st 2010)

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Nov 28, 2011 Catie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Catie by: Tatiana

Shelves: read-in-2011, ya, fantasy, horror, short-stories, zombies, audio

Beatles vs. Rolling Stones. Cats vs. Dogs. Coke vs. Pepsi.

Zombies vs….Unicorns? Who knew? Apparently this is the divisive question of our time. And now, thanks to this anthology of stories, there’s a handy rubric for determining just how you should answer.

I listened to the audiobook, which was excellent. Phil Gigante, who some of you may be more familiar with as the voice of Jericho Z. Barrons, delivers many an eargasm as master of ceremonies. Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier provide their o ...more

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Aug 09, 2010 Megan rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, horror, short-stories, zombies, fantasy, nook-book

Zombies Vs. Unicorns and who is the winner?

Zombies! Thanks to Carrie Ryan's Bougainvillea. Undoubtedly the creepiest, most spine-tingly zombie story I have read since... well, since Ryan's The Forest of Hands and Teeth. Haters of that book shouldn't be dissuaded though. This story is lacking the angst and lurve triangles found in Forrest. Instead, we get complex, unique, sympathetic and believable characters in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. And of course a healthy dose of the zombie horror t ...more

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Apr 21, 2010 Kat Kennedy rated it really liked it

Shelves: kat-s-book-reviews

Zombies...

Unicorns...

How could this possibly go wrong?

I mean, they're just so awesome!

I'll review what I've read so far and update as I go.

The Highest Justice by Garth Nix.

Nix! You're one of my favourite authors! This story was kind of awesome in that I felt like this should have been the beginning to one of your amazing big adventure series. Instead, just as it got started and became exciting, it ended! It was too big an idea squeezed into too small a story that you just couldn't do it the jus ...more

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Jul 30, 2011 Meggy rated it did not like it

Probably the worst anthology I've ever read. The stories themselves weren't that bad, although some of them were pretty... out there. Not many of them made sense or kept to the overall theme of the actual collection. And I don't mean that I expected the stories to be about zombies and unicorns having it out, but I expected the stories to at least center around zombies and/or unicorns. But the majority of the stories only mentioned unicorns or zombies briefly. The zombie stories were the worst of ...more

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Dec 10, 2010 Annalisa rated it liked it

Recommended to Annalisa by: YA book club

Shelves: young-adult, book-club, fantasy, short-stories-poetry-collections, humor

I'm a sucker for amusing zombie stories. No really, I am. And I grew up on The Last Unicorn, bad singing and all. So when I heard of the concept of this book, what makes better fiction, zombies or unicorns? I had to smile. What a fun idea for a short story anthology.

I cracked the cover thinking "zombies for the win, all the way." I never laugh when I read, crack a smile at most, but not laugh. The introduction alone, a debate between editors Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier about the benefit ...more

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Mar 21, 2010 Ellen rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, reviewed, read-2010, fantasy, young-adult

I'm not a big anthology reader, because there are usually as many stories I don't like as ones I do, and it's easy to put them down between stories. As far as I can recall, I liked every single story in Zombies vs. Unicorns, and I couldn't put it down even between stories. Chances are, if you're a YA SFF reader, there are at least a few authors in here you love; there was only one name I didn't recognize.

Special mentions to Naomi Novik's awesome New York-set unicorn story; Diana Peterfreund's co ...more

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Jan 01, 2011 Priscilla rated it really liked it

Wonderful anthology of unicorns and zombies!

Thoughts:
1. Loved Holly and Justine's intro to each story. Justine is hilarious.
2. Surprisingly, a lot of mature content. FYI.
3. Loved how most of the stories were really dark.
4. I really like unicorns now :D
5. Fav. stories: Carrie Ryan, Maureen Johnson, Meg Cabot. And awesomesauce goes to Diana Peterfreund, and Libba Bray of course.

I DON'T KNOW WHO TO CHOOSE >__< Video review soon!

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Nov 02, 2010 Kim rated it really liked it

Shelves: the-kids-are-all-right, contemporary, favorite-authors, it-was-density, and-i-feel-fine

There are so many great rivalries in history. Ahab vs. the Whale, Edison vs. Tesla, Hamilton vs. Burr, Coke vs. Pepsi, boxers vs. briefs... Wolfe vs. Mailer... Goodreads vs. Everyone (view spoiler).

Of course, there would be Zombies vs. Unicorns.

Rightfully so. Back in my pre pubescent(and I will say it, 'chaste') days, unicorn ...more

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Sep 20, 2010 stephanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: would-rec, young-adult, fantasy, dystopian, 2010, paranormal

so, i'm not really a huge fan of short story collections, as i'm not really a fan of short stories. however, a lot of my favorite YA authors have chosen this year to be part of anthologies (Diana Peterfreund, Claudia Gray, i'm looking at you!), i have found myself reading more of them.

which makes them a little hard to review - having so many different stories and authors.

however, i think this is the best collection i've read in a long time. first of all, you have zombies, which usually means t ...more

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Feb 27, 2012 Jenna rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, unicorns, short-stories, fantasy, zombies

This book is a short story battle. Like a dance battle but with WORDS. So basically AWESOME. On one side, led by Holly Black, is Team Unicorn, featuring the skills of Meg Cabot, Margo Lanagan and Garth Nix to name a few.

On the other side, led by Justine Larbalestier, is Team Zombie, with the talents of Libba Bray, Carrie Ryan and Maureen Johnson, amongst others.

The book alternates between zombie stories and unicorn stories, each trying to answer the question: which creature makes for a bet ...more

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Apr 21, 2010 Penny rated it liked it

Shelves: zombies-aliens-vampires-dinos

Anthologies are so difficult to review because they're a mixed bag, ya know? So even though this anthology had a handful of brilliant stories I'd have to say it was all sullied by a short story that contained bestiality. Oh, yeah, and all the zombie romances--between zombies and humans (What the what?!). Ew. And so, so wrong. So wrong.

If I have time I'll review each short story separately.
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Why it has taken this long for such a book to be conceived and written is beyond me. I know I've spent ...more

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Jun 11, 2017 Anna rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: short-stories, fantasy, horror, young-adult, aty-2017, 2017

It has everything from gay zombies to unicorns that fart rainbows that smell like flowers. What more could you want from a zombie and unicorn anthology?

That being said, some of the writing was..... not good. And the intros for the stories were beyond cringy.

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Sep 24, 2010 Angela rated it really liked it

I resisted reading this one for awhile, because 1) I'm not a big fan of short story collections in general and 2) while I love zombies, I couldn't understand the appeal of dedicating half the collection to unicorns.

Seeing the epic debate over the merits of zombies vs. unicorns in NYC, however, changed my mind, and I am SO GLAD I picked up this collection. Most of the unicorn stories are somewhat tongue in cheek, and with a collection of authors like these, I really never should have doubted the ...more

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Dec 17, 2014 Hope ❅ rated it did not like it

Shelves: dnf

Okay so when I stared this book I was automatically thinking "this is definitely going to be a terrible " I mean seriously? Zombies and unicorns. I have to say I kinda hate both. But on about the 60th page this book finally picked up and I was like "yeah okay, this is pretty good." then on the 80th all that hope I had for this book was crushed to smithereens.
I don't know why I even picked this book up, it was kinda horrible. The writing was decent but the plot and characters were dull and dissa ...more

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Aug 01, 2010 Fiction State Of Mind rated it it was amazing

It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (...more It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories portray the strengths--for good and evil--of unicorns and half sho ...more

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May 16, 2015 Maya rated it really liked it

Shelves: funny, summer-reading, good-but-bad, what-is-going-on, rant-review

So I'll do that thing I do when I review anthologies: review them by short stories. I mean, what other way is there? You may have absolutely hated one (NEGATIVE ONE STAR!) But loved another (1000 STARS!!:D) So I give each story the right to be represented. YEAH! So let's get on with it!!

The Introduction: Yeah, I know it wasn't a short story, but I really enjoyed it anyway. I like those authors. So it was fun to read! Read funny introduction! Yes! I don't know why I'm talking like that...

The High ...more

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Jun 25, 2017 Max Lau • Maxxesbooktopia rated it really liked it

Review to come! ❤

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Dec 02, 2009 Crowinator rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, ya, short-stories, magical-creature-menagerie, 2010-reads, zombieland, horror

I guess Black and Larbalestier have been debating the merits of zombies vs. unicorns on the Internet for a while now, but I missed the hoopla until it finally spilled over into this anthology of twelve stories. At first, I thought that each story would be a death match between a zombie and a unicorn, but that would have gotten old fast, so I’m glad instead that each author represents a side: on Team Zombie, it’s Alaya Dawn Johnson, Carrie Ryan, Maureen Johnson, Scott Westerfeld, Cassandra Clare, I guess Black and Larbalestier have been debating the merits of zombies vs. unicorns on the Internet for a while now, but I missed the hoopla until it finally spilled over into this anthology of twelve stories. At first, I thought that each story would be a death match between a zombie and a unicorn, but that would have gotten old fast, so I’m glad instead that each author represents a side: on Team Zombie, it’s Alaya Dawn Johnson, Carrie Ryan, Maureen Johnson, Scott Westerfeld, Cassandra Clare, and Libba Bray; on Team Unicorn, it’s Garth Nix, Naomi Novik, Margo Lanagan, Diana Peterfreund, Meg Cabot, and Kathleen Duey.

The two editors, Holly Black pulling for unicorns and Justine Larbalestier for zombies, duke it out in the introductions to each story. These “arguments” lose their charm and get repetitive quickly, because when it comes right down to it, there isn’t much to say about zombies vs. unicorns that isn’t handled better just by reading the stories. I’m not saying that some of these intro pieces are not funny, because they are, but as a cumulative effect they grow boring. Still, it doesn’t cost much to read them, and they do introduce points of contention in the zombies vs. unicorn debate (for example, is it more interesting that zombies represent society’s political or social illnesses, or that unicorns paradoxically symbolize both virginity and raw sexuality?).

I’ve read a lot of zombie stories (and seen a lot of movies), but my experience with unicorns is more limited: Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn, which I don’t remember well as a novel or a cartoon from my childhood; Holly Black’s short story “Virgin”, and . . . that’s about all I can remember. So, I was actually looking forward to reading the unicorn stories, just to see what’s out there in the modern day, but I ended up on Team Zombie anyway. I don’t know if I find zombies more interesting because I enjoyed the stories more, or if I enjoyed the stories more because I find zombies more interesting, but it’s still the case: overall, the zombies won out.

I liked all of the zombie stories in this collection, but my top ones were: “The Children of the Revolution”, by Maureen Johnson, the zombie babysitting story which was funny and creepy and had a killer ending; “Bougainvillea”, by Carrie Ryan, which is set in the same universe (after the Return) as her two novels and continues her excellent storytelling; and “Prom Night”, by Libba Bray, which had a subtle, disquieting ending as doomed teenagers, after all of the adults in town have been quarantined or killed, attempt to soldier on with the high school tradition of prom.

For the unicorn stories, the only one I really cared for was “The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn”, by Diana Peterfreund, which is set in her Rampant universe and definitely made me want to read the novel. Several of the stories explored the dangerous side of unicorns, but this was the one I felt did it best. I also enjoyed Meg Cabot’s “Princess Prettypants” as a kind of as tongue-in-cheek, light-hearted revenge fantasy, and I thought two of the others – Margo Lanagan’s and Kathleen Duey’s – were both disturbing in a good way. (I’ve come to expect that from both of them, though I’ll admit that as someone who admires Lanagan’s short stories, I was kind of disappointed in her entry.)

Both sides of the debate concerned themselves with issues of power, violence, and sexual desire (or should I say, sexual hunger?), but I thought it was curious that a lot of the zombie stories I liked had a strong romance element, involving zombies of various sentience levels, while several of the unicorn stories focused more on their dangerous side, often as a vengeful judge/punisher of wrongdoing.

Cover comments: Honestly, this book should sell based on the cover design alone. The cut-out of the zombie fighting a unicorn, and the cartoonish but graphically violent scenes of their death match ranging over hill and dale, is some of the best I’ve seen. Not only does it effectively present the focus of the book, it’s hilarious and eye-catching. It's like looking at an I-Spy or Where's Waldo book, but with a sick twist.
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Feb 27, 2011 Brittany rated it really liked it

Shelves: yafantasy

This was a book with a very important premise: Which is cooler, zombies or unicorns? The whole debate, and the deeply entrenched opinions on each side, are wonderfully reminiscent of the great astronauts vs. cavemen debate (on this, as in almost everything else, I'm Team Angel. Er, I mean Team Astronaut). Two authors, Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier lead two teams of authors, Team Unicorn and Team Zombie respectively, in writing stories. The stated purpose was to determine which were cooler This was a book with a very important premise: Which is cooler, zombies or unicorns? The whole debate, and the deeply entrenched opinions on each side, are wonderfully reminiscent of the great astronauts vs. cavemen debate (on this, as in almost everything else, I'm Team Angel. Er, I mean Team Astronaut). Two authors, Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier lead two teams of authors, Team Unicorn and Team Zombie respectively, in writing stories. The stated purpose was to determine which were cooler. The real purpose, of course, was to create a fun romp of an anthology. They succeeded.

Each story was introduced by both Holly and Justine discussing how this story tips the balance toward or away from their chosen team. The banter was extremely amusing, and reminded me of many similar debates I've had with my friends over the years.

To no one's surprise whatsoever, I came down firmly on the side of Team Unicorn. Holly's opinions pretty much echo my own: I don't care for shambling, disease, or the walking dead. I liked best the zombie stories where I could pretend they were "some other kind of undead thing I like." (Holly rocks, by the way. I must find more books by her. Or invite her to my next party.)

I had to grit my teeth to get through the creepy zombie stories. Eugh. But I loved the unicorn stories (even the upsetting ones).

The thing is, I understand Team Zombie's point of view. Zombies are a great metaphor for human society. They are entropy made animate and a perfect cipher for commercialism, materialism, and soullessness. But I just don't like them. I like unicorns. Even the ones whose farts smell like rainbows, and who live in Fairyland, and prefer virgins as company. It's the same as the way that I can recognize that lots of music is much more sophisticated and deep and worthy than my happy country music; I just like country music and unicorns better. (I feel like I ought to burst into a rendition of "Fireflies" by Patty Griffin. Or, even better, Faith Hill.)

I want all my friends to read this book, so I can see if my guess of who would be which team is correct. ...more

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Feb 07, 2012 Giselle rated it really liked it

Note: As part of Zombies vs Unicorns month, I will be updating this with the new stories that I review. They will be reviewed in "bunches" (2+ reviewed together). The rating will be from what I have read so far (so it may change)

Review of Inoculata by Scott Westerfeld & Cold Hands by Cassandra Clare
From Uglies and Mortal Instruments... to zombies! Seems like everyone is converting to zombies! I don't blame them, team zombie really is where it's at!

Scott Westerfeld and Cassandra Clare's stor ...more

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Oct 25, 2010 Julia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, 8th-grade, horror

When I began, I thought for sure that I would be Team Zombie! Well, I think that I am still Team Zombie, but I must admit that I have more respect for unicorns now. As shown in some of the stories, they would be useful pets.

My favorite story was "Children of the Revolution", a zombie story. The best unicorn stories were "Princess Prettypants" and "The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn".

The worst stories were "Thousand Flowers" and "Highest Justice". They were 1. really stupid, and 2 ...more

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Aug 22, 2011 Rachel rated it it was amazing

This book was one of the best fantasy books I've ever read. It has all the perfect stories compiled all in one book. The things I like best about reading books with lots of short stories is that if you don't like one or is getting tired of it, its over withen the chapter. Also it has just great sarcastic/humerous writing throughout it and I feel that keeps it fresh. This book goes through all the stereotypical thoughts about Unicorns and Zombies. Then it steps out into a complete different zone, ...more

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Oct 02, 2011 Ricki rated it really liked it

This book has been sitting on my bookshelf for far too long, and I am glad I picked it up. This anthology focuses on the issue of which is better: zombies or unicorns? Before I began, I thought I was more of a unicorn fan, but the zombie stories were certainly more interesting to read. There were a few great stories about unicorns, but I loved every zombie story. My favorite would have to be the one by Carrie Ryan, who is a pro at writing about zombies, in my opinion. The best part about are the ...more

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Nov 16, 2010 Betsy Cornwell rated it really liked it

Shelves: covers-i-love

You guys. You guys. From the moment I first heard about this book—on Twitter, many moons ago—I thought it sounded ridiculous. Stupid. Trendy and pandering to all the worst things about young adult literature.

And, eh, okay, maybe it is trendy. And maybe—well, definitely—it’s ridiculous. But I haven’t even finished it yet, and I’m already going to heartily recommend it to you based only on the two stories I quoted above. Not every selection in this anthology is so great (some are pretty lame, if y ...more

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Jun 02, 2010 nicole rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2010

my #1 must read from BEA didn't disappoint. a really quick, super fun read. went in as team unicorn, but the writing my team zombie made minced rainbows of the other team. favorites were ones by carrie ryan and maureen johnson (obviously).

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Feb 03, 2013 Rose rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobooks, humor, fantasy, short-story, young-adult, horror, paranormal, anthology, supernatural, glbt, magic

Initial reaction: This was a fun anthology, and I didn't expect to enjoy it as much as I did, overall. I listened to the audiobook version which had Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black trading witty banter about which was better: zombies or unicorns. Judging from the assortment of stories here, it's safe to say I'm firmly Team Zombie (though I'll admit the end tally was rather close). Most of the stories here were rather engaging and entertaining on the whole, though there were a few that eithe ...more

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Feb 06, 2012 Reading Teen rated it it was amazing

As I started to write my review for this (amazingly fantastic) book, I realized that writing it all together would be completely impossible. It would be like trying to review twelve different books at the same time. Therefore, allow me to present My Reviews in a Sentence:

The Highest Justice by Garth Nix (Unicorn):

I loved it and wished I could have had more of the story, but it was my first short story so I soon became acquainted with the fact that they often just end.

Love will Tear us Apart b ...more

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Mar 14, 2011 jess rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobook-d, fiction, blogger, 2011

This is a collection of alternating short stories - every other one is representative of Team Zombie or Team Unicorn. This was kind of a ridiculous book in several ways.

1. It appears to have been born out of a discussion on a blog.
2. Meg Cabot wrote one of these stories. Really? (team unicorn, of course)
3. Unicorns and zombies are not mutually exclusive in my opinion. The stories are about human relationships with either zombies or unicorns, not about zombies AND unicorns together.
4. zombies This is a collection of alternating short stories - every other one is representative of Team Zombie or Team Unicorn. This was kind of a ridiculous book in several ways.

1. It appears to have been born out of a discussion on a blog.
2. Meg Cabot wrote one of these stories. Really? (team unicorn, of course)
3. Unicorns and zombies are not mutually exclusive in my opinion. The stories are about human relationships with either zombies or unicorns, not about zombies AND unicorns together.
4. zombies were human at some point. unicorns? not human past, present or future. Ascribing humanness onto the horned horse is anthropomorphizing at best.

I realize that this is like saying "There is no such thing as a contest of awesomeness between pirates and ninjas," when we all know that Pirates V Ninjas is a material fact. So, I will accept Zombie V Unicorn as a conditional fact for the sake of this book.

At its core, this is an anthology of short stories by some fairly talented authors and some quite mediocre ones which attempts to address a series of questions about life, love and humanity. You have to accept a world with either zombies or unicorns in order to get anything out of the reading experience. There are standard "braaaaaaaaains" stories from the zombies, but there is something deeper, too. Semi-human zombies who happen to also be gay teenage boys, the relationship between a father and daughter framed by a zombie plague, enclaves of human teenagers & children post-zombie apocalypse, and a babysitter with her adorable zombie charges are some of the more interesting scenarios that team zombie explores. Team Unicorn delivers some thoughtful exploration of what it means to be good, pure, capable and immortal. Team Unicorn also addresses some hard-hitting topics like self-injury, sexual assault and bestiality.

The stories are more appropriate for teens than children, including some descriptions of violence, drugs and sexual situations. The whole anthology is tied together by running commentary from the two editors. Their incessant squabbling about unicorns and zombies was only marginally entertaining, but it served to link the often disparate stories together. I personally feel strong alliances to both sides of the issue and do not feel like I have to choose. The editors' discussions proved that swagger and irreverence on the part of team zombie will always best the moral high road traveled by team unicorn. By openly mocking unicorns, trumpeting the superiority of zombies, claiming the decent unicorn stories to be anti-unicorn treatises in disguise, and providing a consistent party platform for team zombie, there was no question in my mind which team was ahead at the end of this book. Team Unicorn was at a disadvantage since unicorns are neither as cool and relevant as zombies in our modern era, despite my deep affection for them. Unfortunately, the unicornians just failed to make the case that unicorns matter in 2011 as much as they mattered in 1111. I mean, a girl riding her pet unicorn to a high school hot tub party to take revenge on the guy who dumped her and another guy who humiliated her friend? In the entire book of mythological, fantastical happenings, *that* strikes me as the most unbelievable. ...more

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Sep 01, 2014 Michael Justine rated it it was ok

Shelves: boring, anthologies

actual rating: 2.5 stars

I think this was an "It's me not you" case. I don't know why anthologies fail to grab my interest. Even My True Love Gave To Me, only had like 3 stories that I really liked. But at least in that anthology, I found three stories worth 5 stars. But in this one, I found none. Here are some of the stories I've read below. I might try some more but I'm just bored after trying out maureen johnson's story.

Bougainvillea by Carrie Ryan - 3 stars

I didn't like this story much. I fel ...more

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May 31, 2010 Lori (Pure Imagination) rated it it was amazing

I have never reviewed an anthology, so I really don't know where to begin. I guess I will start off by saying that I usually do not like short stories, or reading a book of short stories all at one time. I usually grow bored with them. I like to have lots of character development and plot building and you just can't do that in short stories, but I am happy to say that I did not grown bored with this book.

Every single author in the book is fantastic and their stories were fantastic as well. I was I have never reviewed an anthology, so I really don't know where to begin. I guess I will start off by saying that I usually do not like short stories, or reading a book of short stories all at one time. I usually grow bored with them. I like to have lots of character development and plot building and you just can't do that in short stories, but I am happy to say that I did not grown bored with this book.

Every single author in the book is fantastic and their stories were fantastic as well. I was planning on naming my favorite zombie story and my favorite unicorns story, but as I look back through them, I just can't pick! I'll try to touch on a few of my favorites.

I think my favorite was definitely Cold Hands by Cassandra Clare. This story was amazing! I want it to be the start of a new series! Forget about the Mortal Instruments, this was more awesome than those. (Yes I did just say that!) The world she creates in this story has endless possibilities and I wish we could explore them all. The characters were fantastic and Cassandra really made you feel their love for each other even though it was short. If you read one story in this anthology make it this one!

Inoculata by Scott Weterfeld was also fantastic. It's another one that I wish was the beginning of a new series or book. I loved the idea of his 'cure' and the ending left you wanting more.

I have never read anything by Meg Cabot so I didn't know what to expect when it came time to read Princess Prettypants. The name alone is terrifying, but the story was great! How can you go wrong with a unicorn that farts rainbows?

I also love The Children of the Revolution by Maureen Johnson. It was funny and eerie at the same time. It was a lot of fun.

I, of course, loved The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn by Diana Peterfreund. I'm a huge fan of the Killer Unicorn series, so I was excited to read this one, and I was happy to see that it was about the back story of the new character that shows up in Ascendant. I can't wait to learn more about her!

Those are only my favorites. All the stories were good. Another thing that made the book awesome were the introductions (a.k.a. arguments) between Holly and Justine! They made me laugh many times. And have you saw this book in person? Its amazing! The artwork and design are so detailed!

I highly suggest that you read this book! Especially if you are a fan of any of these authors. But what you really want to know is which team, right? Going into this book I was team unicorn, but now I'm not so sure. Do I have to pick? ...more

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Holly Black is the author of bestselling contemporary fantasy books for kids and teens. Some of her titles include The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), The Modern Faerie Tale series, the Curse Workers series, Doll Bones, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, the Magisterium series (with Cassandra Clare), The Darkest Part of the Forest, and her new series which begins with The Cruel Prince in ...more

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“The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken.” — 113 likes

“Holly: Seriously, you don't like unicorns? What kind person doesn't like unicorns?

Justine: What kind of a person doesn't like zombies? What have zombies ever done to you?

Holly: Zombies shamble. I disapprove of shambling. And they have bits that fall off. You never see a unicorn behaving that way.

Justine: I shamble. Bits fall off me all the time: hair, skin cells. Are you saying you disapprove of me?” — 67 likes

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