3.5 stars 
 I've been really looking forward to reading this book. It's essentially a young-adult that mixes dystopia, steampunk and horror, which strangely enough works. 
 On the whole, Lia Habel did a good job and credit where credit's due, she has guts having a zombie as the leading love interest with no need to include a love triangle. She made me root for Nora and Bram. You could tell that she'd thought about the world and the reasons behind it, plus she didn't leave the reader asking the obvious questions, such as can zombies have sex? (FYI: No, apparently they can't). There were some funny comments and I really liked the zombie crew. 
 There were some things, however, that took away my enjoyment of the book, namely the different POVs. There were 5 overall and tbh, there was no need. It would've added some mystery if you didn't know who the bad guy was (he was a bit of a textbook villain, not much depth) and you're always going to have least favourite characters. Nora's best friend Pam? Yeah, I didn't really care much for her story, she was just a wannabe-Nora and it ultimately slowed the pace of the book. Time would've been better spent getting to know Nora and Bram, she went from disgust to love in a bit of a short space of time and I would've liked to have seen more of the change. 
 I'm not desperate to read the next one but it was an interesting change of supe. As the zombies said: vampires are dead too but they just have better PR.