After a zombie outbreak in their small rural town, the residents become hostages of a mysterious branch of their own government. Against constant peril the Strom family tries to regain their own lives, while the mischevious and loyal Summer rebels against society forcing her to decide what really matters; love or survival. (From Back of Book)
What struck me about this book and kept me reading was the narrator. It's told in third person and the narrator has access to every character's thoughts. This isn't like anything I've read in quite some time. I liked that every aspect of this story was laid out on the table. In a short amount of time, you get quite a few different stories that all revolve around one episode.
Summer is a great character, despite her tendency to jump the gun a bit. I wish there would have been more about Daniel and his family - but it's understandable that that doesn't quite make it into the book. There were moments that I wish had been fleshed out a bit more - I wanted more detail. The bare-bones of this story are great and fascinating - particularly when paired with the third person omniscient narrator - and some moments just felt like they didn't live up to their potential.
There were a couple things that bothered me a bit - the biggest being the lack of emotion. Summer makes all of her decisions due to this great love that she has for Daniel - but I didn't feel it. The "L" word was thrown out way too fast in that situation, and she risks everything she has for this boy that she has only been in a relationship with for five minutes. He lived across the street, but they don't ever talk until they start making out - so even though she talks like they had this deep, meaningful relationship - I didn't see that.
This book is a quick read and the first in a planned trilogy. I'm interested in where the story is going to go, since the ending suggests that things are about to get a lot more complicated.
