I've had to change my rating a few times because I couldn't decide if I liked this book or if it was just OK - Goodreads should really have a .5 rating system. I generally enjoyed it but there were quite a few things which annoyed me as well (but most of them not strongly enough for me to abandon the book mid-way/throw it against the wall in a fit of rage) 
 What I Liked: 
 * Interesting premise - I've always wondered what would happen *after* a massive zombie uprising/war - how much would society change and how would we do things differently? I feel like the book realistically portrayed the security measures that would need to take place in a post-zombie world. The thing with the blood tests did get extremely repetitive though. 
 * The background of how the virus came into being and how it spread so fast - the road to hell is paved with good intentions! 
 * The writer manages to keep a good pace and the book is quite a page-turner - I finished reading it in 2 days. 
 Annoyances: 
 * I didn't get the whole blogging scene that they were trying to establish - why was it segmented in such a way and why did any blog even have to follow this silly segmenting? I understood the role of Newsies in the blogging world but I did not get the whole thing with the Fictionals and Irwins. Both of them seem pointless to me. Why on Earth would some young girl's amateurish purple prose be so *popular*, and how exactly does doing the equivalent of Zombie Jackass help anyone in any way? 
 * The constant obsession with ratings - especially since the 2 main characters hypocritically criticize their adoptive parents of being obsessed with ratings and never really acknowledge that they themselves do the exact same thing. They also seemed quite self-aggrandizing despite the author's efforts to portray them as humble. 
 What I disliked: 
 * The author's political leanings and personal views came out really strongly through the main character - I'm not sure if she intended this or not but there was no mistaking her real-world political affiliations. 
 * Flat characterization - No one character stood out for me, and Georgia especially seems especially self-righteous. Of all them, Shaun was probably the more fully-realized character. 
 * Cartoonish right-wing villain - I fully expected Governer Tate to be some sort of red herring because usually, someone who clearly telegraphs their EEEEVIL intentions in this way is usually not actually the bad guy, just misunderstood. A 6 year could've picked him out to be the villain of the piece, it was that obvious. 
 What I'm not sure about: 
 * The relationship between adoptive siblings Georgia and Shaun - I constantly felt like it was going to turn into something really inappropriate - thankfully it didn't. 
 * I didn't really get why it was apparently the thing to name your kids after pop culture horror icons like George Romero and Buffy the vampire slayer. (ie George,Georgia and Georgette after George Romero (was Shaun named after Shaun of the Dead??)). 
 All in all, I feel that this would make a great movie, but I wouldn't call it a great book by any stretch of the imagination. I'm not compelled to immediately read the next book in the series, but I would pick it up after I've read all the books I *really* wanted to read.