Undead Much? by Stacey Jay

Rating: 3/5; Okay read.

Age R: 13+

Release Date: January 21, 2010

Note: part of a series, so this review might contain spoilers if you haven't read the first book!

Synopsis:

Q: How many guys does it take to make your boyfriend wild with jealousy?

A: Only one, if he's UNDEAD.

Megan Berry had a perfectly average new-sundress-and-boy-obsessed life--until her power to settle the Undead returned. Oh, and then her best friend tried to kill her--and ruin homecoming--with a bunch of black magically raised zombies. At least she got a spot on the pom squad and a smokin' boyfriend (Ethan). But now Megan is in deep fertilizer all over again.

Why? Well, let's see...

· Feral new super-strong zombies? Check.

· Cheerleader vs. pom squad turf war threatening half time as they know it? Check.

· An Undead psychic hottie (Cliff) who's predicting a zombie apocalypse--and doing his best to tempt Megan away from Ethan? Yum. I mean, Check.

· Earth-shattering secrets that could land Megan in Settler prison for life? Um, IT WASN'T ME!!!

Everyone thinks Megan's at fault for the new uber-zombie uprising. Looks like she'll need the help of both Cliff and Ethan if she's going to prove her innocence before it's too late...

Thoughts:

Hmm what to say what to say. I really really liked the first book in the series so I expected the series to get better. I was sorely disappointed. It had it's cute moments but overall I'm starting to not like Megan and Ethan. Their personalities started to annoy the heck out of me. They were both just different somehow. Not cute and it just seemed like they didn't fully respect each other. I don't really want to say how for fear of spoiling anything for ya'll but if you really want to know just email me and ask.

Another thing that ruined the reading experience for me was that the story itself was just not exciting. It seemed ridiculous and not interesting in the least. I found myself not caring one bit about all the bad things that were happening to Megan. The situations seemed cookie-cutter like and I hate that. The "bad" guys just seemed like those Disney channel bad guys, the ones that are all talk, never kill anything, but supposedly will. I'm sorry but I'm just not into that especially in a Young Adult book. It probably won't be a problem for Middle Grade readers but I wouldn't recommend this book for them since there are moments dealing with sex.

Surprisingly I'm still curious about what will happen in Megan's life, but it's still not the kind of book I would run to the store to buy.

Quotes:

Ethan to Megan

"...I love this Frisbee hat. Did I tell you how much I love this hat?"

"A few thousand times. It's called a beret."

Related:

-Buffy the Vampire Slayer

-zombies

-The Mediator series by Meg Cabot