Just Can't Beat Books: Undeadly

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Undeadly

an original story that just cant seem to finish i sat there on the edge of my seat waiting want to know what comes next in Undeadly by Michelle Vail as it came to an abrupt halt making me fill with need for the next book. Undeadly not only is original and fantastic but is almost certain to start a new book trend.

Blurb:

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 boarding school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath.
Life at Nekyia has its plusses. Molly has her own personal ghoul, for one. Rick follows her there out of the blue, for another...except, there's something a little off about him. When students at the academy start to die and Rath disappears, Molly starts to wonder if anything is as it seems. Only one thing is certain—-Molly's got an undeadly knack for finding trouble....

Pros:

original

enticing

mysterious

has hanging onto the edge of your seat

great character relationships

Cons:

confusing plot

although i said there were great character relationships there were also some fairly dodgy ones that were totally out of whack.

misguidance in blurb

First Line:

"this is the third time" groused mrs. woodbine.

Last Line:

"Molly Bartolucci, you are here by charged with illegal use of necromancy and the use of forbidden objects. you will be taken into custody by the Guardians and confined until your trial"

Discussion:

i thorouhly book and couldn't pick up many faults i definitely cannot believe how michele left undeadly. some of the great things about this book was that i hadn't read many/if any good reaper stories and was thrilled to like this one. the one thing that looks predictable from the blurb which is sort of a disappointment in the book is it sort of comes off as if molly and rafe will become gf/bf and then rafe sort of disappears. so i definitely hope that they get together in the next book the other guy is just creepy and sick. the one thing that really caught my eye is the cover although its just a plain models face the graphics including the title graphic are quite delicate and very beautiful. the other thing i liked was the different quote from made up books in molly's world at the start of each chapter.