Summary:
The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then things got a little weird…
Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper-and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. Within days, she’s shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath. Who seems to hate her guts.
Rath will be watching closely to be sure she completes her first assignment-reaping Rick, the boy who should have died. The boy she still wants to be with. To make matters worse, students at the academy start turning up catatonic, and accusations fly-against Molly. The only way out of this mess? To go through hell. Literally.
I read a recent review of Undeadly right after I finished reading the book myself and the blogger was saying that she didn’t enjoy the language that the characters used. It was very much teenage slang and sarcasm. And for the exact reasons that she didn’t like it, I loved it! The writing is one of my favorite parts of Undeadly. I loved the voice of the main character, Molly. She is sarcastic and the way she explains things is hilarious. I caught myself chuckling throughout the whole book. It reminded me of some of the smart ass heroines and writing of Meg Cabot, and she is one of my favorite authors because of her writing style. Michele Vail shares this awesome style.
Molly is a great mixture of curiosity, kindness and spunk. She is not afraid to speak her mind and she is inquisitive. I loved watching her interact with the various people in the book, mostly because there were so many different reactions towards her. In this world, there are all sorts of things- Zombies, SEERs (which are creepy ghost slaves, that sounds so awful) spirits, ghouls, and even more. Some people are freaked out by these creations but most people seem to accept this as normal. I loved the description of all of this at the start, plus I loved the originalness of the idea.
Undeadly is such a great read. And hello! How beautiful is that cover? I love it! It lagged a few spots in the middle, but never more than a few pages so it wasn’t bad at all. And then it picked right up again in the second half of the book and I didn’t set it down at all. I needed to know what was going to happen. There is a lot packed into this one book. I do wish we saw a little bit more of Rath and that the situation with Rick was explained a little better, but I am sure we will be seeing more of Rath in the next book and that makes me really happy. Undeadly is a must read for fans of mythology, zombie, and paranormal books.
4/5 gavels |
She likes reading, dogs, cats, board games, ghost-hunting shows, and Halloween. She believes in magic, in the impossible, and in the restorative powers of chocolate.
Michele lives happily-ever-after with her Viking and their family.
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Andrea @The Bookish Babes
I just started this, so I did skim a lot of the review. I’ve been sort if nervous, b/c of other review, but since you enjoyed Undeadly, I’m excited!
kimbacaffeinate
I am really glad you liked this..Molly kind of ruined it for me, although I loved aspects of it. Awesome review and delighted you enjoyed it so much!
Denise Z
It sounds like you really enjoyed Undeadly, I certainly like the premise, which to definitely sounds like a taste of something different. I also agree with you about the cover, it is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing today!
traci16
Well the review sounds great…..would love to read it!!! Thanks for the giveaway!!!!
Pamela Keener
Thanks for the review and giveaway.
Christy LoveOfBooks
Oh Michelle… I was excited to read this until I started reading the blah reviews for it. Now I’m a little more excited again! I need to start it tomorrow.
PAHopkins
I’m with you, I love Egyptian mythology. I’m looking forward to reading this book.
Chrystal
I’m dying to read this one. Your review is amazing. 🙂 Thanks!
Shane
Good review. Thanks for participating.
Andrea C
This sounds awesome! Thanks for brining this book to my attention – I love these kind of novels.
Great review!
Hollow May
Thanks for the review and giveaway! =)
Jennifer @ YA Sisterhood
So glad you enjoyed this one! It is about 3 books down on my TBR, so I will be reading it soon. Can’t wait!
Jennifer
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Sarah Rooney
I’ve been seeing this title more and more recently! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sharon ObsessionwithBooks
A great review! I’ve seen mixed reviews for this but I’m still really eager to read it, the premise sounds fascinating!