Hello Plant Lovers,
Hope your spooky season is going well so far! Are you ready for another great spooky review?
Today’s review is all about Doomflower by Jendia Gammon.
I met Jendia earlier this year on Instagram and we quickly became acquaintances. I’m trying to get no repeat authors during spooky season to spread the review love, and I’d been gawking at Jendia’s fabulous covers long enough to know that I just had to give this go.
Also, I loved the reference to Day of the Triffids (even though I haven’t seen that film yet) because that meant this was something of a creature feature (my fave!).
Alright, enough blabbing. Let’s get into this review!
Blurb
The meanest teen queen in high school might be the world’s only chance against killer plants run amok!
Camellia Dume is the meanest teen queen in her Malibu high school, a rich daddy’s girl thanks to her father’s elaborate scams. But she might be the only hero for humanity as an extraterrestrial mutation sends plants tearing across the country and through people in bloody fashion. As if that weren’t enough drama, Camellia just might meet her own personal match or worst enemy, in the new student Wray, as sparks fly and opposites attract. Only by working together can they uproot a deadly conspiracy that may have torn Camellia’s family apart.
Think HEATHERS meets MEAN GIRLS meets DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS and THE THING: gory, horrific, but hilariously so. Perfect for fans of Grady Hendrix.
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The Review
This was fun! Think Mean Girls meets Day of the Triffids.
Camellia is spoiled, a teen with wealth and attitude to back it up. She rules her high school, and those who disappoint or ridicule her suffer her fiery temper. That all changes when a strange new student Wray shows up. Camellia is conflicted, but she doesn’t get much time to think on her mixed feelings before an even darker threat emerges, threatening the lives of the general population.
The premise of this story really drew me in. I loved Mean Girls and Camellia was savage. The level of control she had over her school may not have been the most believable, but it was certainly entertaining.
Camellia was a complex character. On the surface she seems extremely superficial but there is a softer side to her that I enjoyed getting to know. She had plenty of progression as a character, finding a middle ground between her hateful facade and the real version of her. Also, I could really relate to her because I was really popular in high school and understood some of the high school antics that take place.
Most of the plot centered around the high school situation, which worked overall, but I kind of wanted more of the horror when the plant part of things came through. Still, each chapter had troubling developments and definitely held my interest to the end.
If you enjoy a character-based story with some twists and turns I think you’ll like this one!
That’s A Wrap!
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