The book, once I was able to fully dive into it, flew by. But even so it felt a bit bloated at times, with an author’s well intention to flesh out their standalone world. The characters are enjoyable and believable, but unfortunately the big reveal felt a bit hollow when you’ve both guessed the big mic drop reason behind the outbreak and feel a lack of investment for the big bad as one of the few characters that time wasn’t spent on. Not a bad book by any means, but underwhelming resolutions knock this down a peg for me.