The First Days by Rhiannon FraterMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
As far as my experience with the zombie genre (does it get its own category now?) goes, this book represents my first experience with more than one female protagonist. In this case, they are 2 women from the Texas Hill Country, who by chance end up escaping the horrors of suburbia in the throes of a zombie outbreak together. The action is good, the central characters fairly well developed, and the picture of a world descending into madness fairly plausible. The First Days is the first in a trilogy, so the story arc leaves you hanging at the end. My main concern with the book involves the romantic plotlines -- I really home this series doesn't get all mushy. It takes away from the idea that women can be something in action/dystopian novels beyond victims and lovers.
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