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It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn’t sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she’s failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she’s forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live. But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group’s fate is determined less and less by what’s happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life—death—inside. When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?

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This is the first book that I've read by Courtney Summers, and I'm really glad that I decided to pick it up. She weaves the intense story of Sloane Price, her desire for death and her life when the dead began to roam. 

The character of Sloane is very well written. It's easy to slip into her skin, and experience what she's feeling as well as what she has been through. She's detached but raw, and she so desperately feels that there is no reason for her to keep going on.

It's really interesting to visualize how people change when the world is in chaos, and how they react to one another.

This isn't your typical zombie novel. It's very thoughtful and really plays on your emotions. It isn't as hard, crass, or gory as some novels of the same genre I've read. The book tells a genuinely great story without making it cheesy.

I rated this book 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.