Phoebe Kendall has two men in her life, and they’re both dead. Or rather, differently biotic, a polite way of saying zombie. Tommy is the articulate spokesman for the walking dead, while Adam died trying to protect her; she loves them both, but has to make a choice. Meanwhile, anti-zombie sentiments are on the rise, prejudice and hate crimes threatening to destroy the fragile peace between the living and the dead. With Phoebe and her friends squarely in the middle, they’re about to see what happens when things get out of control. A complex, intelligent allegory for just about any minority population you care to name, this continues the story started in Generation Dead and greatly expands the ideas explored there. This is still one of the best new series on the shelves, and I can’t wait to see where Waters is taking us. Who ever thought a YA zombie love story could be so much fun, or so philosophical?