This was a solid scifi/zombie horror. The YA of it all ("muttered a swear") was a little jarring at first after a while without reading one, but the story of a handful of deeply unqualified people mounting a doomed rescue mission in deep space and paying the price for it could hardly lose my attention. The characters meant nothing to me, but that's almost a good thing since all they were doing is being dumb and then dying.

It's part of a duology, so the end was only half an end. I'm definitely interested in what happens next.