I throughly enjoyed this story. It was inventive, fresh, and a twist to the Jim Crow law days. I am shocked that throughout the entirety of the book the word "Zombie" was never used. As a child, I would tell my grandmother when she told me stories about her times growing up black in the south, "I would have been beaten because of my mouth." I saw myself in the rebellious and courageous spirit of Jane McKeene.

If you are looking for a book that shows the struggles of being brown in the United States in a time where overt separation and racism was on the rise BUT the storyline includes a hint of fantasy: this is the book for you!