Undead by Kirsty McKay

Title: Undead
Author: Kirsty McKay
Publisher: The Chicken House
Publication Date: September 2012

Summary (taken from Amazon):

Out of sight, out of their minds: It's a school-trip splatter fest and completely not cool when the other kids in her class go all braindead on new girl Bobby.

The day of the ski trip, when the bus comes to a stop at a roadside restaurant, everyone gets off and heads in for lunch. Everyone, that is, except Bobby, the new girl, who stays behind with rebel-without-a-clue Smitty.

Then hours pass. Snow piles up. Sun goes down. Bobby and Smitty start to flirt.

Start to stress. Till finally they see the other kids stumbling back. But they've changed. And not in a good way. Straight up, they're zombies. So the wheels on the bus better go round and round freakin' fast, because that's the only thing keeping Bobby and Smitty from becoming their classmates' next meal. It's kill or be killed in these hunger games, heads are gonna roll, and homework is most definitely gonna be late.

Review:

Zombies, zombies, zombies everywhere. If you know me then you will know that I hardly ever read zombie books because I find the whole eating humans part kinda disgusting.

So basically the kids are on their way home from a school ski trip and the group stops at a roadside café for lunch. Two kids decide to stay behind on the bus: Bobby, the new girl from the USA, and Smitty, who is forced to stay behind as punishment from the teachers. Immediately things start to go wrong, first there is a giant snow storm outside, then something crashes into the back of the bus, but most worse of all is that all their classmates inside the café have turned into zombies.

Bobby is someone that is so reliable and if I was ever attacked then I would feel safe having her watch my back. Smitty is an act first, think later kind of guy.  Two other students also survive, Alice and Pete. Alice is your quintessential rich girl who only cares about herself while Pete is the big geek of the group.

Wow was this book exciting. It was an up and down rollercoaster for me. Just when you think the group finally can get a break, they are faced with another obstacle. From what I found online, the second book, Unfed, has already been released in the UK. Now I just have to wait for the North American release.

Rating 4.5 Stars

* Copy received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review