Okay, first of all, I love this cover!!! The color, the design, the concept, everything. The cover really conveys what the book is about and what you can expect. If I weren't already reading the series, that cover would have grabbed me for sure. 
 If you have read Rowland's Demon series, this isn't it. :D Like those books, there's a mystery and Rowland's real life experience as a police officer, a crime scene investigator, and a morgue assistant add layers of realism that many paranormal mystery books are lacking. But these books are more light-hearted, more humorous, and deal with zombies plus unlike most urban fantasy or paranormal books, the lead, Angel, is distinctly lower class. That's a refreshing change and Rowland doesn't patronize, demonize, heh heh, or glorify being lower class but offers what feels like a genuine portrayal. Angel has made mistakes in the past and in this book they come back to make her life miserable but she doesn't give up, she keeps trying. I liked that, while she was disappointed and sometimes downcast, she didn't whine about her circumstances. She accepted that her mistakes wouldn't just disappear but neither did she lay down and give up, she kept going. 
 Angel is adjusting well to being a zombie and is starting to think about her future; potentially she could live hundreds of years. There are cracks in her romance with Marcus including his failure to take her seriously. In this book, she proves that she's smarter, certainly more clever, than her past behavior might indicate. The plot gets convoluted at times but it was exciting, Angel discovers she's a bad ass, we get a reasonable sounding explanation of how zombies are created, there's intrigue and betrayal, plot lines are introduced that have great potential and the story is a pleasure to read. It did drag a little in the middle but happily that was brief and soon the story was back on track. It was one of those books where I stayed up late to finish it. 
 I don't recommend reading this until you have read the first book but if you like urban fantasy with a little humor, you have to read this series. It's original, fun, smart and a heck of a ride. 
 I borrowed this paperback from my local library.