"MJD has decided to take the series to a bit of a darker place"
Fresh from their honeymoon from hell in the Big Apple,
Betsy, Queen of the Undead, wants nothing more than to
adjust to married life with her vampire husband, King
Eric. She returns to a whole to-do list awaiting her --
setting up house, writing thank-you notes, and tending to
her new ward, BabyJon -- Betsy's half-brother who she gained
custody of after her dad and step-monster were killed in a
car wreck. The last thing she wants to deal with is yet
more ghosts haunting her and unfinished vampire business.
Unfortunately, we don't always get what we wish for because
Betsy returns to find that she now has a whole slew of new
problems -- she's now being haunted by "the Ant" (yeah,
what's that old Elton John song...The Bitch is Back), the
Fiends have awakened (and are none-too-happy about how
they've been treated), and there is a rash of unsolved
murders in which Detective Nick Berry wants the Queen of
the Bloodsuckers to help him solve. I absolutely loved this latest addition to the Undead
series. And while there is still plenty of humor in the
book, I also noted that MJ has decided to take the series
to a bit of a darker place. We long-time readers of the
series have long been accustomed to Betsy being able to
save her friends from just about any potential tragedies,
but Davidson brings along some very unsuspected surprises
this time around. And while it was the flighty and ditzy
Betsy that initially drew me to the series, I had found
myself telling Betsy it was time to grow up and deal with
her unwanted monarchy. I had grown weary of her incessant
whining and "I-didn't-ask-for-this-job" attitude. I'm glad
to see that Davidson apparently thought so, too. Readers of MaryJanice's long-running Undead series
will no doubt notice a not-so-subtle change in the cover
art of the latest addition, Undead and Unworthy.
Gone are the cartoonish-like depictions of Queen Betsy
surrounded by shoes or sipping cocktails (Bloody Mary's??)
adorned with little umbrellas. The new cover shows the
darker, more mature side in which Davidson plans to take
the series. According to Davidson, books seven, eight and
nine can be considered a trilogy within a series. As with
most series of this nature, you could read this book
as a standalone, but I think you'd get a greater
appreciation for how much Betsy has grown as a person,
er , vampire? - if you start at the beginning of the
series.
Reviewed by Mippy Carlson
Posted September 25, 2008
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Seventh in the hilarious New York Times bestselling series featuring Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor—now with a hot new look. The series New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan calls “DELIGHTFUL, Wicked Fun” is looking hotter than ever… “No one does humorous romantic fantasy better than the incomparable MaryJanice Davidson” (The Best Reviews), and nobody reigns over the undead with more savvy than her heroine Betsy Taylor, back to rule the nights as Vampire Queen––and survive the days as a new suburban bride. But it’s not all marital bliss. Betsy’s husband, Sinclair, has been perusing The Book of the Dead, Betsy’s being hounded by a ghost who’s even more insufferable in death than in life, and a pack of formerly feral vampires has decided to pay an unwelcome visit… Genre: Paranormal Romance, Vampire
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