Publisher:
S&S
Release
Date: 27th
March 2014
Edition:
UK hardback,
review copy
Other
Titles in the Series: Zom-B,
Zom-B
Underground, Zom-B
City, Zom-B
Angels, Zom-B
Baby, Zom-B
Gladiator
Leading
a group of humans through London and out into zombie-infested suburbs sounds
like suicide – but not for the undead! Even so, the horrors of the journey will
be beyond anything B has yet seen...
‘Do
not underestimate the dangers of this mission. Other zombies will not ignore
you when they catch the scent of fresh brains. You will almost surely be called
upon to fight.
The
city and countryside are full of angry, bitter people who are trying to execute
as many of the undead as they can. They will not distinguish between a
revitalised and a revived. Most do not know the difference. And most would not
care.
You’d think that by book seven
this series would be getting a bit stale, but nope. I loved Zom-B Mission just as much as I did the
previous six books!
We pick up with a B a few
months after her rescue and decision to be a part of the County Hall family. The
Angels have been training hard and are eager for a mission. The first part of
their mission takes them from Westminster to Hammersmith. I love the way Shan
writes about London. He is clearly very fond of the city and knows it well, and
that really comes across. It makes me eager to jump on a train and go and
wander around the capital for a few hours!
In Hammersmith, B meets someone
she couldn’t even fathom was alive: her best friend, Vinyl, from before the
zombies arrived. This brought back the reoccurring theme of racism the series
as Vinyl is black. B had to hide her friendship with Vinyl from her dad for
fear of a beating. It seems obvious now that with starving zombies eager for
brains roaming the streets that race would be as irrelevant as it always should
have been. Not quite. When B, Vinyl and the other Angels reach the safe
suburban compound, that isn’t quite the case. It seems that racism has a
tendency to appear whenever a large group of people amass in the same place,
even when there’s been a zombie apocalypse. It’s horrifying and makes you
wonder if it’s the humans rather than the zombies that are the true monsters. Then
a group of people arrive and everything launches into chaos. And I’m not going
to say who those people are, but you won’t be able to guess.
Bring on July and Zom-B Clans!
Thanks to S&S for the
review copy.
Sophie
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