#I will say that ITF is a lot heavier re: mental health and like systemic oppression and stuff

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread

Zombabe

paranormal YA set in a small town in 2003 where weird things happen that mostly get ignored

a boy is resurrected by his best friend after dying just before graduation. but he’s maybe a zombie now and if he ignores his hunger for flesh an ancient evil might start causing bigger problems

thankfully one of his friends’ aunt is a cop who has no problem helping get rid of some of the local nazis

queer teen friend group, m/m

#zombabe #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #i.s. belle #lgbtq books #i loved this!!!!!! #the like. 3rd person omniscient (i think) in a modern (ish) setting works really well actually? #and its one of those books that has little snippets of various side characters yknow what i mean. #it’s kinda slow building up until the end when it happens very fast #i have no idea where the next books will go???? #I also really liked that like. while obv there's homophobia in the world (& the aforementioned nazis very much bully them up for being gay) #there's not any internalised homophobia or anything like that. and like even tho the nazis like threaten to kill them I guess- #you never feel like the actual threat and danger of it from the narrative. you know the bigots are just gonna die lol #is my intense fixation on wanting to bite my best friend a zombie thing or is it just the gay yearning i’ve been trying to ignore #I already made a post about this but tentatively comping to in the flesh.....zombies....slightly anachronistic small town people who #turn a blind eye to stuff..dark with a bit of humor...kind hearted quiet blonde gay boy MC.... #I will say that ITF is a lot heavier re: mental health and like systemic oppression and stuff #(.....because I just rewatched it again. prompted by reading this book) #I will also note that; while I don’t think this is reskinned fanfic; the author used to write a lot of It movie fic #so if ur into that you might like this apparently it has similar vibes #nz author