I actually finished reading it a few days ago. Yesterday when I looked at the ending again, I noticed that all my votes disappeared and my last comment was a sad face. I honestly didn't want that there! I wrote quite a long comment in fact and its gone missing...or I posted it in a different story...oops! I hope not!
Anyway I shall have to rewrite it:
I liked your ending it was a happy and sweet ending. The only thing I didn't like was that it was kind of an empty ending. What I mean is that, they've solved the problem with Mike's mom and her hybrids but in the end they have no plans as to the future - will they just continue to live with the Virals and raid food banks or do they plan to exterminate them or look for a cure. I mean the Virals are the main problem in the book and are causing a lot of trouble so what will they be doing. They can't just carry on raiding food banks, at some point they need to face the Virals. That being said, the ending was otherwise a nice one!
I liked your characters and especially the way Caroline and Charles turned out :)
Just one thing I noticed, you referred to the cause of the infection to be a bacterium and other times a virus. As I'm studying microbiology I can tell you there's a huge difference between the two, so just choose one and stay consistent. The term 'Viral' makes no difference to me whether its a bacterium or a virus. Sorry if i"m going a bit overboard here...
Well done with this book! It was excellent writing and this isn't my usual genre to read but you kept be glued to the pages!