Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries, #1) in SA Book & Challenge Lovers

May 14, 2013 Lindie rated it liked it

Ghosts. Zombies. Necromancy. Three things that will have me pick up a book without fail. This story certainly has all of that. It also hits up Egyptian mythology, which isn't something I see every day.

Let's talk the cool things first. Molly's dad runs a zombie creation shop. People bring their dead loved ones in for zombification, and then keep them as pets/slaves. That's kind of cool. In a sad, creepy way. The post-dead unfortunately have no rights, so people are free to do with them as they w ...more

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Jan 18, 2012 Lu rated it really liked it

Shelves: netgalley, new-netgalley

Molly can make zombies, but this isn’t something rare. There are lots of people with gifts that can make zombies and even maintain them. Then there are also ghouls, spirits and ancient Egyptian myths and legends! This is the norm, and you even have classes that teach you about everything zombies!

Molly’s life changes when she turns 16 – a destiny that will bring hardship and adventure that she can’t even imagine! She is a fun character that keeps you entertained but you also get a whole bunch of ...more

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Jan 27, 2012 Mandy Sickle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-2012, read2review, first-in-series, rd-reviews, ya-paranormal, zombies

I received Undeadly for review from Netgalley in return for a honest review. Molly is excited for her upcoming sweet sixteenth birthday when on the night before the party she has the fated Anubis dream. At her birthday party she meets a reaper named Rath who thinks she's odd because only reapers can see other reapers and she's not dead yet. Rath is at the party to reap a soul but not just any soul that of Molly's would be boyfriend. When Molly see's Rich crash to the ground dead she freaks and u I received Undeadly for review from Netgalley in return for a honest review. Molly is excited for her upcoming sweet sixteenth birthday when on the night before the party she has the fated Anubis dream. At her birthday party she meets a reaper named Rath who thinks she's odd because only reapers can see other reapers and she's not dead yet. Rath is at the party to reap a soul but not just any soul that of Molly's would be boyfriend. When Molly see's Rich crash to the ground dead she freaks and uses her necro magic to pull part of his soul and put it back inside of him saving his life she thinks. However saving his soul takes a lot out of her and she passes out to awake in her room.

Molly's father summons her downstairs where she meets for the first time her mother’s parents. When she was a child her mother became estranged from her parents when they didn't see eye to eye on her choices. She also learns that the man who she's thought all this time to be her father isn't her father at all. Plus her grandparents want her to go off to Nekyia a rich boarding school to train to be a proper Necro. Molly is unhappy about leaving her friends and Rick but she's very upset about being lied to by her dad so she accepts her grandparents offer.

At Nekyia Molly has the use of the family ghoul, she's put up in one of the best dorm rooms, required to join the elite clubs, and even has special training classes with Rath. Life couldn't be better until Rick followers her to school, and bodies start showing up. Will Molly be able to figure out what's killing the students before it gets her, and will she be able to stop the set like Anubis implied.

I really enjoyed reading Undeadly, to be fair I've had it on my kindle for months I just haven't been able to bring myself to it because of all the hype I've read about it. However I was surprised it was much better than I expected. I instantly connected with Molly she's just one of those characters you can't help not liking. Then we have Rick I didn't care for him at all and I was super happy when we were introduced to Rath I really liked his character and hope for more from him. Plus how cool would it be to have the magic to make zombies? I would so want to do that even though zombies scare me. I found the book very well written it's one of those a teen would love as well as a adult. I really liked the concept of the world that the characters live in, who wouldn't want to take classes on raising the dead, it's a unique concept that I found refreshingly new. Overall it's a great first in the series and I look forward to reading more about Molly in future books.
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