Wow. I don't know what's up with this series. I really did not love the first book at all. It was fine. I got through it. But I didn't intend to finish the series. (And I'm someone who prefers to finish a series once I start it.) 
 I don't even know why I decided to read the sequel. I had decided against it, but then, months later, I felt compelled to read the next book. I guess I wanted to know what happened to Kanin, since I certainly couldn't care much less about Zeke or Allison. So, I reluctantly borrowed this book from the library. 
 And then something crazy happened. I started to enjoy the sequel! The characters had a lot more personality and development. I started to actually care about them a little. Even Zeke got pretty cool, even though he was pretty boring in the first one. I feel like an awful person for admitting it, but I think a big reason I liked this book so much better was because all the obnoxious characters were ripped apart by rabids or offed by vampires in the first book. 
 I think another big part was that this book focused very little on the rabids, and much more on the vampires. (Although I guess the mole men and the bleeders replaced the rabids for the "sickly and gross" factor.) I'm not a big fan of zombies and gore, so the vampire focus was refreshing. Not that there wasn't plenty of gore in this book too. 
 The ending was rather frustrating though. It seems like it leaves the third book to have the exact same theme as the second one. But we'll see. Now I actually care about the characters, and can't wait for the third book. *flails*