I finished it in less than 24 hours, so it's clearly an interesting read. The first 60% read like a contemporary novel about a girl trying to deal with her racist, abusive father, and the last 40% an action-packed zombie thriller, which is what I was in the mood for. B is awful, and I think her dad is supposed to be her excuse for things she does, but I had a hard time sympathizing with her. I was glad when the kid she fed to the zombies ate her heart. Since there are more books in the series, I'm guessing she's not dead (unless she's undead), so hopefully we'll get more development of her character in the next installment.