Chemistry (Stella Blunt Book 1) Review

**Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for sending me an ARC in return for an honest review. 2.5 to 3 stars!!! (I'm still unsure about this) Well, for starters, I can say that yes this book is based on the Twilight series but the only difference is that it has zombies. From, the blurb I was pretty excited to delve into the story even though I'm not a huge Twilight fan. I can safely say now, that the book starts of pretty strong but then it got pretty boring towards the end. Hence, my rating. First, I will tick of the positives. I thought that the MC Stella was pretty phenomenal. I liked the fact that she was not your stereotypical cookie-cutter girl who looks very pretty, slim and what not. Not only is she plus sized, but she has an amazing personality. Although, there was plenty of cussing throughout the book, I didn't mind it too much because that added to her quirkiness. She doesn't take crap and she tells it like it is. I also found her parents to be very amusing and endearing. Overall, I liked their eccentric way and appreciated the fact that they were central to the storyline and were not merely serving a secondary role to the story. Howard was pretty cute too in his zombie way. I preferred him over Edward Cullen any given day. However, I found his clingyness and attachment to Stella very off-putting. This reminded me of the total gag nature of the Twilight series. The romance was way over rushed. I like relationships that are built up over time and that have a strong foundation. This one was way too cliched for my liking and the reasoning behind it was a bit too flimsy. The story progresses fairly quickly. We are given a background as to how the virus works and such but I found these areas of the book bordered on info-dumping. This made the writing very tedious and boring at times. I feel the author should have spaced it out more or introduced it in a better way for the reader. On the other hand, the story was humorous. I did have some laugh out moments, at the beginning, but this thinned out towards the end as more focus was given towards the romance. I also felt some revelations were rather far fetched and lacked credibility. I get that the book is a work of fiction but it should still make sense. We do get some action scenes and heart stopping moments which are noteworthy. However, some plot devices were rather unnecessary to the storyline. I would have liked to see more zombies and blood/gore. Overall, it was an okay read. I wouldn't say it is the best in the genre. I'm not too keen on the follow up to this series. Maybe fans of Twilight will appreciate it more than I did.

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