Kitty Horror

A new virus is unleashed on London which causes severance of people's souls from their body. This results in the physical body becoming something akin to a zombie with an appetite for extreme violence. The government decide to bring in disgraces academic Stephen Hobbs to save the day, Stephen however has had a traumatic childhood and is about to confront certain things from his past.

This had the potential to be a much more fun and engaging read. The zombie elements are original although it was interesting to see the perspectives from both 'soul' and 'zombie', the psycho analysis played havoc with the pacing of the book and I found it hard to read some of it without skimming. There was some nice gory scenes and the zombie carnage reminded me a little of 'The Fog', I also liked the multi person pov which kept the story interesting although some characters introduced could have been cut without interfering with storyline.

The main characters were quite hard to engage with, especially Stephen Hobbs who comes across as a bit of a douche bag. His character is much better fleshed out in the last third of the book but by then it's hard to care about him. The twist with his past was nicely done and although I enjoyed the epilogue 'round up' of the characters I thought it was too abrupt which was a shame as this is a decent read.

You might find yourself skimming over the psycho babble but this was an interesting addition to the 'zombie' genre.