Manga Maniac Cafe

3 - 3.5 stars

Contains Spoilers!

I really enjoyed this up until the point Polly was bitten, and then it didn't hold my attention as well. The secondary characters weren't appealing either. Seb's character was inconsistent, and I didn't buy into his mistake that allowed the zombies to escape from his lab. Jackson just grated here, while I loved her character in Waking Up Dead, and Luke was completely under-utilized. He was pretty much just Jackson's arm candy, which was disappointing.

The action up to Tye and Polly reaching Laredo was blistering, and what I enjoy best about zombie books. They was constantly on the run, dodging from ever more cunning monsters that want nothing more than to eat them. Their flight from Chicago is tense and nerve-wracking and kept me turning the pages.

Then they get to Laredo and everything came to a screeching halt. If you are more interested in the possible recovery from a devastating zombie virus, than this will be right up your alley. Seb, a scientist, believes he finally has the key to manufacturing a cure for the plague that has brought a bloody and violent end to the world. I found the lab time tedious and wasn't as engaged in that aspect of the story.