Also, this is not a zombie *romance* in the traditional sense.

Heh. Amy, I just came across this review of Zombieland by a friend of mine, whose opening paragraph contains these lines:

Let's face it. Zombies are gross. I don't care how many teen zombie romance books you’ve read where the girl falls in love with one. Not going to happen. Zombies = gross.

...Exactly how many teen zombie romance books are there?

Yay, Allyson! It's so nice to come in here and see more good publishing news!

...Exactly how many teen zombie romance books are there?

There are quite a few P-C. It's been a growing trend in the last eighteen months or so.

There's ZOMBIE QUEEN OF NEWBERY HIGH; YOU'RE SO UNDEAD TO ME (which has a sequel); GENERATION DEAD (also has a sequel).

Those are just off the top of my head, but it's been the reaction of publishing in the wake of the vampire saturation.

Um, I don't know? Not any, I don't think. The point of mine is, bringing your boyfriend back from the dead is *not* a good idea, so we're talking more Buffy/"Becoming" than a Twilight-esque (creepy) happily ever after.

I don't know about The Zombie Queen, but from what I know of Generation Dead, they're still not zombies in the Romero sense -- they simply don't lie down when they're dead or something, right?

Which is what I LOVE about your idea, Amy. You're not romanticizing the zombies for the reader's benefit, you're just having your character romanticize what it would be like to have her boyfriend forever and realizing it's *not* a good idea.

::hearts Amy::

Those are just off the top of my head, but it's been the reaction of publishing in the wake of the vampire saturation.

So one should go with skeletons or liches to get ahead of the curve?

There are quite a few P-C. It's been a growing trend in the last eighteen months or so.

Huh! I had no idea.

YOU'RE SO UNDEAD TO ME (which has a sequel)

That title sounds familiar, and I like it, but I didn't realize it was a zombie romance.

GENERATION DEAD (also has a sequel).

Yeah, my friend mentions that one.

The point of mine is, bringing your boyfriend back from the dead is *not* a good idea, so we're talking more Buffy/"Becoming" than a Twilight-esque (creepy) happily ever after.

Yeah, because your take on it is the first I read, I couldn't even imagine that someone would have attempted a zombie romance. Since...it's not a good idea.

Although there was that one movie, My Boyfriend's Back. I never saw it, though.

Aw, thank you, Barb!

The point of mine is, bringing your boyfriend back from the dead is *not* a good idea, so we're talking more Buffy/"Becoming" than a Twilight-esque (creepy) happily ever after.

That sounds like a really good take.