{"id":9729,"date":"2018-09-18T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9729"},"modified":"2018-09-18T11:14:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T16:14:33","slug":"a-little-witchy-a-lot-of-undead-girl-gang-by-lily-anderson-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9729","title":{"rendered":"A little witchy, a lot of Undead Girl Gang! by Lily Anderson (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=9730\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Undead-Girl-Gang.jpg?fit=463%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"463,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Undead Girl Gang\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Undead-Girl-Gang.jpg?fit=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Undead-Girl-Gang.jpg?fit=463%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9730\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Undead-Girl-Gang.jpg?resize=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson, published by Razorbill | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Undead-Girl-Gang.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Undead-Girl-Gang.jpg?w=463&amp;ssl=1 463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>Unsolved deaths of teen girls!<br \/>\nBFF didn&#8217;t commit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacap.org\/AACAP\/Families_and_Youth\/Facts_for_Families\/FFF-Guide\/Teen-Suicide-010.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suicide<\/a>, Mila knows&#8230;<br \/>\nNow, to find the right spell to bring her back&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But of course, things don&#8217;t go the way that the teen Wiccan planned, and soon there are three zombie-like girls in their small town (two of whom she and Riley really couldn&#8217;t stand when they were alive), trying to figure out who killed them before they die for good in a week!<\/p>\n<p>And the undead girls &#8211; whether they like each other or not &#8211; must stay close to Mila or their bodies go back to eewww&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Any other not-quite-zombie books to recommend?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: Undead Girl Gang \/ Lily Anderson. Razorbill, 2018.\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/mslilyanderson.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/555063\/undead-girl-gang-by-lily-anderson\/9780451478238\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My book talk<\/strong>: Bringing back her best friend Riley from the dead was a little easier than Mila expected, but when her spell also calls back two classmates they can&#8217;t stand, the California teen finds herself with three undead teen girls who won&#8217;t stay out of sight during the seven days they have back on earth find out who killed them all.<\/p>\n<p>What if their families see them?<br \/>\nWhat if they can&#8217;t solve the mystery?<br \/>\nWhat if Mila&#8217;s coven is right about this spell being wrong?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unsolved deaths of teen girls! 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