(I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review).
(This review may contain spoilers).
Zombies are one of those things that are used quite a lot in fiction, whether horror or otherwise. (Teen paranormal romance is starting to use zombies, I’ve noticed…) Therefore, I imagine it’s probably very difficult to come up with a different, unique spin on the zombie genre.
I felt that this author did a good job of creating a new spin on the zombie genre. Instead of the zombies just coming out of nowhere, or reading their origin but not actually seeing it happen, it was good to see an explanation of the cause… plus, I felt that the origin of the zombies was quite an interesting one. I would have liked a few more details about it, though.
I actually quite liked Little Bear as a character at first. I empathised with both him and Summer Rain after the first scene of the story. Of course, I lost a lot of my sympathy for them as the story went on… but I appreciated the glimpses into their thoughts and feelings and how their minds worked.
I wasn’t really sure what to make of Charity. By the end of the book, I didn’t really like her… but then again, it wasn’t clear how much of her mind was the same and how much had changed.
I thought it was interesting that there were the two types of zombies; the ones who were more like animals and the ones who had a bit more intelligence. Again, that’s something I would have liked to learn a few more details about. There didn’t seem to be any reason as to why some of them remembered their history/personality and others didn’t.
At first, I did get a bit confused with the different characters, but eventually, I was able to relate to them. I liked Jasper quite a lot, but I was very surprised by the fact that Jeremiah grew in my estimation by the end of the book.
The book itself was really well-written and I could see a lot of the scenes happening in my mind. I would definitely be interested in reading the sequel to this book at some point in the future.
Ink of Blood 