This book was really nothing special. I think it took too long to get to the zombie parts and spent too much time on the racist aspects of it. I get that B is a complex character but I had no sympathy for her. I understand how hard it is to try and change someone's opinions and attitudes on difficult subjects but I just found her behaviour extremely unacceptable.
The plot moved too slowly for me and I understand that there are like 8 or 9 other books in the series, but there was too much setup and not enough plot line in this first book to really get me hooked. I feel like a lot of the plot of the next novels have already been mentioned and as if I have them figured out. As well, I was hoping there would be more of a development of some of the minor characters that were introduced. We really didn't get a development of B, but since she is the main character, I would assume that will happen in the next novel or so. She seemed very static in the novel, even with her "epiphany" moment, none of her actions changed after until the very end (like very end) when her thought processes somewhat changed.
The zombie mythology is expanded in here, with the idea that they can be controlled by these mutants, however it wasn't very interesting or different and didn't really keep my attention or make me care about how this issue will be resolved.
Overall: 2/5 stars and I hope the rest of the books are at the library so I don't have to spend anymore money on the series.