Feed

 Feed by Mira Grant, 599 pages.

Twenty years ago the dead rose. Now, twenty years later, society has in many ways gotten used to the horrors that entails. Georgia and Shaun Mason are bloggers, a medium that was elevated to a legitimate news source after traditional news sources failed so many people during the zombie apocalypse. Georgia and Shaun, as well as Buffy (resident fiction writer and tech extraordinaire) are thrilled to be the first blogging team invited to follow a candidate on a presidential election trail. But tragedies seem to follow this campaign, and at some point a keen newsie has to wonder if something more sinister is going on.

I really like books that take a sociological look at the zombie apocalypse. Max Brooks' World War Z takes a similar tack, although on a much grander and less narrative scale. That being said, if you're looking for a monster thriller, this is probably not the novel for you. But reading the book for what it was I thought it was really wonderful. Mira Grant is a pseudonym for Seanan McGuire, so I'm not surprised that the characters were really good and their relationships very engaging. I found the (probably to codependent to be strictly healthy) sibling relationship between the Masons to be particularly compelling. I found a bit of the plot to be a little too telegraphed, which can be frustrating, but overall I would still call it a very good book, and will definitely be picking up the sequels at some point.