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    The Kiss of Life

    By Daniel Waters

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    When Phoebe's best friend Adam takes a bullet for her, it proves everyone right - Adam is in love with her. And now that he's come back to life, Phoebe's presence may be more important than ever. They say that a zombie can come back from death faster if they're loved... and kissed - which means Phoebe has to say goodbye to Tommy Williams, the other zombie in her life. While coaxing Adam back to reality and fending off Tommy's advances, Phoebe continues to carry on as if everything's normal. But normal has been different since American teenagers started rising from their graves. Although some try to bridge the gap between the living and the differently biotic, there are scores of people who want nothing more than to send all of the undead back to their graves. And the dead kids in Phoebe's school don't like that one bit...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster UK
    Release dateMay 27, 2010
    ISBN9780857071286
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    • 1/5
      I really enjoyed the first book called 'Generation dead' but there was something lacking in this sequel.
    • 4/5
      This is the second book in the Generation Dead series by Daniel Waters. The 3rd book "Passing Strange" is due out in June of 2010. This was a great follow-up book to the first book in the series.This book takes up shortly after Book 1 left off. Adam has re-animated as one of the biotically different (zombie). Unfortunately it is taking Adam a long time to regain any functionality. As a result Phoebe is spending a ton of time looking after him and has cut off any of her relations with Tommy. Meanwhile theedgy zombie "Smiley" has created a group called the Sons of Romero that play pranks on breathers to keep the Zombies in the spotlight. Unfortunately someone is doing pranks that aren't funny at all and they are making it look like the Zombies are responsible; which is starting to unite society against the differently biotic. Thrown into all this mystery is the Hunter Corporation. The Hunter Corporation is supposed to be helping with Zombie rights, but all is not what it seems to be.There is a ton going on in this book. It is actually a fairly complicated plot. The plot is engaging and the characters are interesting and full of depth. It was a quick read and touches on a lot of political issues of human and undead rights. For the most part I really enjoyed this book. Although as things start to go more and more wrong, I found myself cringing. At the end of this book you can't help but feel that things are going to get really, really bad for all of the characters in the third book.The most irritating part of this book was the beginning, way too much time was spent on Adam and Phoebe. Especially on listening to Phoebe moan about how Adam saved her, how she feels guilty, and how he needs her. I thought Waters went over this a bit too much and spent too much time driving this predicament into the ground. If this part had been shortened up it would have been a wonderful book indeed.I also have to mention the horribly chick-lit cover. The cover has nothing to do with the story. The cover also lends the impression that this is some tween bubble gum read, and that it is not. The book is very serious and deals with a lot of serious issues. I am not too big on the book covers picked out for this series, I wish they reflected the material inside a little better.The above being said, this was a good read. As both the world, the characters, and the plot become more and more complicated I am starting to wonder where this story will lead us. I know last I heard the plan was possibly 5 books for this series. I am wondering with the plot pace and complications, if it will actually be wrapped up that quickly. A good read. If you liked the first book you will like this one too.
    • 4/5
      Daniel Walters continues Generation Dead and obviously means to continue the series some more with Kiss of Life. The story picks up a few weeks after the first book, with Adam back as a zombie and Phoebe caught up in the guilt of knowing that Adam's feelings for her caused her to sacrifice his life for her. Yes, it's a trad girl now caught in a zombie love triangle - welcome to Generation Dead, 90210-style.It's not that the civil rights movement isn't still part of the package, but we've moved that fight from a more subtle realm to a more hammer-over-the-head fight and finding what should be longer episodes being condensed into quickly resolved bits so they can become part of a bigger and more complex story arc. Case-in-point: the trial of Adam's killer, Pete. It's over in a matter of a few pages - we're supposed to believe that the justice system does consider shooting another kid is nothing because they've come back as a zombie - that no trial would be drawn out for more than an afternoon. But it does allow Pete to do community service at the center where the kids take their classes at the Hunter Foundation and start a sort of 90210 with a side of conspiracy hybrid show. As long as one doesn't get too sidetracked by that mess, the story does move quickly and Waters does a good job of getting into Adam's head as he experiences the frustration of trying to make the journey back from the dead. Phoebe grows up a bit in the story, but not too much. More of those that profit from the dead and their motives are also explored in some surprisingly well-thought out passages.Let's hope in future installments, Waters reels in his plot a bit more and cuts back the 90210 element. He has strong characters and they don't have to resolve things in 4 seconds to keep people engaged. They've all grown up a bit and can handle an unencumbered plot now.
    • 5/5
      I am so glad that Daniel Waters decided to do another book of the 'Generation Dead' series. It would of been against the law to of left us on that cliff hanger! Talking of cliff hangers they have to write another boo after this there is so many questions waiting to be answered-Where is Karen?Is Tommy coming back?Is Tommy coming back with Christie (stupid girl!)When is Colette coming back? Where abouts underground have the zombies gone?Where is Pete and his idiot leader?! What really gets me annoyed is that you think that maybe Pete's going to change with the councilling and then the stupid Duke man comes along and shatters that. But Pete is always going to be our evil character! I felt like shouting to Adam "Forget what Tak said just kiss Phoebe!" I'm glad that the two got together but then I feel for Tommy because he was obviously scared when the gun came out so he couldn't do anything and Phoebe blames him, he loves her and sometimes I wish she could be sane for a second. But with that, I wouldn't be able to choose between the two for who she dates. Over all it's a great book and the third book needs to come out soon!
    • 4/5
      Kiss of Life addresses the question that disturbed Phoebe in book 1. Does a kiss speed up the zombie rehabilitation process? Is that the only reason Tommy was interested in her? Does Adam want a kiss from her, out of pity, or out of love? Who does Phoebe love, Tommy or Adam?The writing in this book was even more intense than in the first. The issues of zombie rights strongly echo events we've seen in the past, involving other minority groups: African Americans, gay and transgendered people, and others. Prejudice is strongly focused on in this series, how it is started, fed, and ultimately explodes. I would say a thoughtful high school or college student could likely write a paper on this book, if they so chose. The material is there.My one complaint with this book, is some seldom spelling errors. No book is perfect, but it is distracting for a reader looking out for these things.
    • 5/5
      A nice sequel to Generation Dead. One of the things Waters gives us is insight, quite literally, into what goes on inside a one of his zombie's brains. In this case it's Adam and it's always fascinating. Something else I liked about this book was the little tiny twists Waters introduced, from Tommy and Phoebe's relationship, to the changes in Adam and Phoebe's friendship, to all the new characters we meet. There's a rather harsh subplot that underlines several things going on between the zombies and the living. I think it makes a good set up for what will hopefully be a third book, while at the same time not really giving us a real cliff hanger, which I appreciate. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
    • 3/5
      Kiss of Life picks up immediately after Generation Dead ends. Previously, Adam intercepted a bullet meant for Tommy, a ‘differently biotic’ zombie. Adam dies and resurrects. Currently, he is trying to relearn speech and body movement. Phoebe, whose life Adam saved, is devoted to assisting him in his recovery, while trying to sort out her feelings for Adam and Tommy. Zombies have no legal rights. A zombie faction is pulling innocent night time pranks to call attention to their plight. Tommy, a born leader, travels to Washington, D.C.to lobby for zombie rights. There is a growing backlash against zombies, led by Reverend Mather, whose minions are also pulling pranks, albeit more serious. Finally, the zombies learn that Alish and Angela Hunter, their “friends” are performing dangerous experiments on them. A night time zombie prank turns disastrous setting the stage for the third book in the series.Kiss of Life will primarily attract Generation Dead and zombie fans and does not stand well on its own. Few new characters are introduced. Water’s writing is simple, and in some cases silly such as calling zombies “worm burgers”. His attempt at aligning zombies’ dialogue and thoughts to their jerky actions and speech is annoying. There is action enough to interest readers. The plot parallels that of Robin Wasserman’s Skinned trilogy; societal reaction to somewhat human beings. However, conflict, which should drive the book, is minimal. Having said this, there seems to be a fan base for this series.
    • 3/5
      *sighs* Sadly this might turn out to be a very short review. I was really looking forward to reading Kiss of Life because I loved the first book Generation Dead. Generation Dead was action packed and thought provoking. The cliff hanger ending had me really eager to start reading Kiss of Life. Unfortunately, Kiss of Life was lacking in everything that made Generation Dead such a zombielicious book. Kiss of Life starts off right where Generation Dead left off, but instead of being an exciting continuation to an exciting cliff hanger, it was actually kind of slow moving and dull. Phoebe and the gang do not really do much of anything for most of the first 300 pages or so. The only really interesting parts for me were the chapters which were shown viewed from the newly undead Adam. It was pretty cool to see the whole story viewed from Adam especially because he was alive in the first book. The rest of the characters just fell flat for me this time around. Even the super villain Peter was really boring. Speaking of villains, I really wanted something more exciting to happen with the villains in Kiss of Life. Most of the villainous action occurs in the last 50 pages of the book. There should have been more of it and much sooner in the book. The pace of Kiss of Life was just way too sluggish for me. Despite my dissatisfaction with Kiss of Life, I will still read the next book in the Generation Dead series. The ending was strong enough to leave me wondering what was going to happen next. I probably won’t rush out to get a copy though.
    • 4/5
      WARNING: If you have not read Generation Dead, this review will contain SPOILERS. DO NOT CONTINUE if you haven't read it!Welcome back to the world of zombies. Teenagers in America are continuing to rise from the dead and return to a semblance of life. Not everyone returns as a zombie and not everyone is happy about all the people that do return as zombies.At the end of Generation Dead, Adam took a bullet to save Phoebe's life. As a result, he died and returned as a zombie, but without most of his regular functions. He can barely walk, talk, or do anything without the help of somebody. Surprisingly, his family has taken him in more than they did when he was alive.Phoebe has also started to take more of an interest in Adam now that she realizes his feelings for her. Adam had always loved Phoebe, but always from afar, and it seemed like his chance was gone when Tommy and Phoebe started dating but when Adam saved her life, she saw how much he truly meant to her.Since he has been back, Phoebe has been spending all her time with Adam but things don't seem to be going anywhere. She knows that it is all her fault that he is now dead but she still can't seem to decide whether or not she loves him or Tommy. Tommy never really seemed to love her, but the idea of her, and Adam doesn't seem to love her at all anymore.Meanwhile, some a group of renegade zombies has decided that they need to take action against the crimes that are being committed against zombies all over the nation. Most of their actions are just stupid pranks but when things go wrong and people start going missing, the zombies are always the first to blame. And there group has only made them seem more like the guilty party.Will Adam and Phoebe ever truly be together or will Tommy always stand in their way? Will the nation ever find out the truth about the crimes committed to frame the zombies? Who will live and who will die, for good?Kiss of Life was a fantastic sequel to Generation Dead. Daniel Waters continues to do an amazing job of revealing the true nature of the zombies' thoughts and feelings, along with showing the continuing discrimination against them. These are definitely not the flesh-eating zombies of the past, but a new kind, one that only wants to live in peace with the living.To find out more, you can actually visit the main character, Tommy's, blog at mysocalledundeath.com.