I love the inclusion of all the how-to-meet-someone tactics and advice, but I think my favorite touch is the shades of Rupert Holmes' "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" in the wording of the personal ad. ( )

This book was adorable. I loved that it put a fun spin on halloween that I have not seen in books before. Usually halloween books are spooky scary, but I love that this one is about love haha. It was super adorable and would be a fun book to have around the halloween week. ( )

Mortimer the zombie tries to find a date for the ball but can't seem to impress the girls. The illustrations are hilariously absurd. The story is simple but it's fun to pick up all the little details in each scene. If you like Tim Burton's style, you'll probably like this. ( )

Mortimer is a lonely zombie looking for love in this humorous picture-book monstrosity. Although he does everything just right, and according to the book of advice he has read - he offers girls chocolates, hearts and rings - nothing seems to work. Then he places an advertisement in the newspaper, hoping that special someone will find him at Cupid's Ball. Will he find his true love, or is Mortimer doomed to an eternity alone...?

I will confess that of all the ghosts and ghouls popular in the monstrous canon of horror fiction, zombies are not a particular favorite. I find them horrifying - and not in an entertaining way. Despite that fact, I was able to appreciate the humor of Kelly DiPucchio's tale, even as I winced at some of the illustrations. It really is amusing to watch Mortimer attempt to win over human women with his zombie antics, and I think young children, provided they enjoy gross humor, will enjoy being "in the know," as to the reasons our zombie hero doesn't at first succeed. Recommended to anyone looking for sweeter monster tales for the picture-book set, that still have some fun gross-out moments. ( )

Pick up your heart, straighten your falling limbs and zombie crawl over to my blog, Opinions of a Bookacholic, to check out the review for this book! http://opinionsofabookaholic.blogspot.com/2014/02/zombie-in-love-kelly-dipucchio... ( )