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I had the great honor of reading this book a couple months before it got released and I fell in LOVE with it. James is an amazing writer and I've been following his work since Shelby Woo. Dead City takes place in NYC and follows a young girl named Molly. She quickly discovers, upon being stalked, what is really going on below the city streets. With help from some interesting friends Molly really comes into her own and learns a lot, not just about the zo-I mean undead, but about her secret family past! I won't say much more in fear of spoiling it! But I must say, as an avid book this is on my top 10 books (and I'm not being bias!) But here's a funny little story to go along with my reading experience of this book: I read the whole book in one sitting, at midnight, curled up on my sofa. I live in the center of a city which has...well a ridiculous maze like sewer system below it and I live on the third story. Needless to say, there were moments were I really felt like Molly and I kept peeking out my window wondering if some undead were going to pop up, or go down, the sewer system. Of course right as I finish the book, well okay maybe the last two pages, I hear some groaning coming from outside my apartment and then the door swings open. It was only my boyfriend, groaning about how tired he was from work, but for a split second all I could think of was "CRAP, the Zombies have found me!"

Molly Bigelow has joined a group called the Omegas whose job it is to protect and police the zombie population that only exists in Manhattan due to the concentration there of schist that gives them their strength. Molly discovers that not only was her mother an Omega, but the girl that she works with at the morgue is one as well. Molly is a natural and finishes her training quickly, but in doing so, she also does not gain the knowledge she needs to become more careful and immediately breaks some of the groups' most sacred rules, but Molly is determined to find out why she and her mother were targeted. Dead City is a faced paced, action packed story that doesn't let up until the big twist at the very end of the book. There is some character development, however there could have been more, but that is the only complaint I have about this book. It was filled with fun and adventure enough to encourage even the most reluctant middle grade readers. Overall, Dead City is an enjoyable beginning to this unique trilogy.