Feed

I'm really glad I started with the first book, Feed, as it was a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect I would really get into a zombie novel, considering zombies have pretty much inundated the market lately. I mean, really, what more can you do with zombies? How many more angles are there to explore? And considering my knowledge of zombie lore starts and stops with Shaun of the Dead, I kind of dreaded the idea of having to spend my summer reading three entire books about zombies.

But I'm glad I made the commitment. In Feed, Mira Grant, or, rather Seanan McGuire (why do authors change their names mid-career?), has built a profound new zombie world with a meaningful historical and scientific basis to explain the presence of zombies thirty years in the future. It was a quick, eventful read starring a cast of characters with famous nomenclatures (Shaun, Buffy, and several derivatives of George Romero.) At first, I thought I would be annoyed by reading about a perky, kick-ass blonde named Buffy, but the tongue-in-cheek jest faded as the character developed into her own identity. Click here to read my full review!