I really don't know how I feel about this.

The way the story is written, with little to story building and zombies only entering the picture more than halfway through, I should be appalled. Buuuuutttttttttt I already starting listening to the second one so I'm starting to understand more of how Shan wrote this series (and got $$$$ grabby so he could sell more books). Plus I didn't truly get the effect of the ending "plot twist" that everyone complains about since I was listening to the book rather than reading it and the speaker, though their voice was raspy and teenage and rather generic for the hard person of B's character, I could easily tell B's gender just by the language they use (you see that? no spoilers because pronouns). So I' m going to give it more of a 2.5 for the following reasons:

Plot: 2
Eh, I guess? not much happened other than B being a racist prick and then zombie's attacking??
Characters: 1
Racism so far hasn't even played an important part in the second book, so why was the first almost 90% racist actions and slurs???
Voice Actor: 4
They actually are the reason I finished the first book
Language/writing style: 3
Shan does have a way with words, I'll give him that. As a college student, I'm sure some of the magic is lost on me. Rather, if a teenager was reading this, they might be more enthralled than I
Zombie style: 5
New zombies, new monsters, I like.