It's only been a few hours since I finished and reviewed the first book in this series, and it's safe to say, I'm on a bloody (pun!) roll. True to form, Mr Shan has again written a highly addictive and easy read. I am loving it! I remember reading his Demonata series and being in absolute awe at how clever and enjoyable they were, and the same feeling has taken over, and I'm latched onto this series and devouring (I'm on a pun roll!) as much as I can. That reminds me, I should definitely go back and read the Demonata series again and review them. There may be inadvertent SPOILERS in this review, and I urge you not to read the books synopsis until you've read the first book, as they're are SPOILERS there too.

B Smith is back, but there's a bit of a problem. She's dead. Trapped underground to be experimented on, B learns about the two different types of zombies: the reviveds, who are your mindless, brain eating zombies, and the revitaliseds, people who turn but regain their sense of reasoning and judgement while holding on to their memories. But B Smith isn't stupid, she knows something is wrong. The question is can she figure out and keep hold of her new alive dead status? Or will her new found humanity trickle away before she can?

I adored this one, I loved Zom-B, but I love Zom-B Underground just that little bit more. It's engaging, witty, enthralling. I could NOT put it down. Whereas the first in the series focused on racism, Underground is all about upholding morals, and questioning your humanity. Backed into a corner, how far would you go? It's riveting, and the fresh take on types of zombies is invigorating. Great stuff.

And - as I'd forgotten in my review of Zom-B - can we take a second to appreciate the art pages scattered throughout? They are awesome! And they really help immerse and paint a picture for you.

Thankfully, our main character B is a lot more likeable in this installation, with the revelation posed in Zom-B showing us a better and wiser person than before. Plus the other characters were better fleshed out, and easier to connect with, making the wealth of them inconsequential. Add all that together with the fast-paced writing style and you have pleasurable few hours filling that zombie fix you've been craving.

I just can't get enough.

5/5 stars