Zombies!

Mortality by Kellie Sheridan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

For a zombie book, this honestly surprised me. I've come to be very picky about the zombie books I read, simply since the YA and sci-fi markets are flooded with them right now. The more there are, the more you have to wade through to find the good quality books. This book has an interesting structure, starting with two viewpoints--Savannah and Sarah. Zarah's viewpoint starts as the virus is spreading, Savannah's is mostly the after. So it's interesting to get the beginning of the story from another character, but nice not to have to skip that part for once. So many books go straight to the "surviving with zombies" part that I always wish I could see how it actually happened.

Savannah is definitely the more intriguing of the two characters, but that's ok, since we spend the most time with her. I like the fact that she seems like a very normal teenager as well--making rash decisions, having a crush on a guy that not only doesn't return it, but may not be as great as she thinks, and then trying to do her best to change the world. And I also enjoy the romance storylines in here. It's not all about the romance, but it's enough to give me character relationships to care about.

I'd definitely recommend this for teens who like zombies, but especially for those who maybe don't want their stories to be all action and gore, but like a little character development time as well. It's also a fairly fast-paced read, I think I read it in a couple sittings.

This digital copy of Mortality was given to me by NetGalley & Patchwork Press in exchange for an honest review.

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