Review: Undeadly by Michele Vail

                                           Book: Undeadly by Michele Vail
                                           Pages: 272
                                           Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
                                           Source: Library

Short Synopsis: Molly Bartolucci always knew her family was different with special zombie-raising abilities, but when she is granted reaping abilities by the god Anubis, things get out of hand, and is shipped off to Nekyia Academy to control her new powers.

My Thoughts: The novel flowed through fairly well, but I wasn't a fan of the names, and some of the terminology was a bit confusing.

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....
--From Goodreads

I'm usually not a fan of zombie novels, but one was a bit different. Fun, and original, I kept wanting to know what was going on. With an addictive writing style, Undeadly was hard to put down.

Molly knows that her family isn't the most normal one in town. With special zombie raising abilities, trying to get eaten by a zombie is just another day at the office. But then Molly gets a dream, meeting Anubis, and grants her special reaping powers. And if things couldn't get worse, Rick, the guy that Molly likes, gets into an accident, and Molly uses her special reaping skills to save him. Clearly Molly needs more training with her special powers, and must attend Nekyia Academy. But as Molly starts her first day there, students mysteriously start to die. Molly must learn to get her powers in control, and find out who or what is killing students before it's too late. 

Though the writing style and story flowed through well enough, I wasn't a fan of how immature Molly acted at times. Yes, she's only supposed to be sixteen years old, but the seriousness of her situation and what she was going through, didn't really fit well with the language that Molly seemed to be giving out. 

I was also a bit confused on the reaper terminology and the different kinds of reapers. I think there are supposed to be five different kinds. Does there really have to be that many? 

I also disliked the whole Rick situation. Molly should have known from the get go that something was wrong when Rick came to visit Molly at Nekyia Academy, and seemed to be staying there indefinitely. 

I enjoyed the playful banter with Molly and Rath, and was hoping that they'd become a couple, as Rath had even given Molly a cute nick name, "Brown Eyes." Overall, it was a pretty entertaining fun read, and I can't wait for the next in the series.

Would I recommend this book: Yes

Rating: I give this book a 4/5.