Their leader sits on a gold-plated throne.
The villainous vampire and his minions are completely over-the-top ?the men in black tuxedoes, and the women in red lipstick and nail polish. MaryJanice Davidson managed to make Betsy?s shallowness and over-concern about fashion amusing rather than annoying (?Being dead was no excuse to get sloppy?) and, though Betsy can be rather sarcastic, it?s mostly directed at the villains and it?s not the defining feature of her personality. I was completely surprised, therefore, at how well it entertained me.
I only picked up Undead and Unwed because it was cheap at Audible during one of their big sales and somebody needed to review it for the SFF review site I'm involved in. I don?t like sarcastic female protagonists and I don?t like vampires. I thought that Undead and Unwed was totally not my kind of book. Though she tries to stay clear of them, they will not let her rest in peace, and she ends up in the middle of a vampire clan war. Betsy is determined to make the most of her death by getting back to her normal life, but she soon discovers that the other vampires in town have expectations of her. How embarrassing! After piecing together the clues and visiting a minister, Betsy realizes that she?s a very unusual vampire ? she?s not affected by crosses, holy water, or sunlight. First she gets fired, then she gets hit by a car, and then she wakes up in a coffin lined with plush pink satin (yuck!) wearing an unfashionable dress, cheap shoes, and the wrong color make-up. Overthink the storyline and you'll regret it.even if you do subscribe to Vogue and own a pair of Manolo Blahniks.īetsy Taylor is having a rough week. Listen/Read this for the sheer mindless entertainment. Of all the amazing things she can do and ample power she has, she spends most of her time mudslinging, name calling, and staging "biotch" fights. It's definitely "Sex in the City" meets "Twilight" meets "Austin Powers" meets "Rugrats". She's commonly displayed as a self righteous, pouting, stomping, confidence-starved 14 yr old that says things like "ick", "yuck", "blach", and "gross". She's not just tempermental, she's ridiculously rude, illogical, and whiny. A blonde bombshell heroine but she comes across as a blonde bimbo who is extremely emotional, lacks common sense, and acts more like she's a pre-teen going through puberty and made to share a bedroom with her little brother. I know she is supposed to be a woman in her late 20's/early 30's who ran a hectic office with complicated bosses and colleagues. This book was entertaining with a great plot but is it just me or does Betsy get to be extremely annoying and brainless. I've read the Twilight and Sookie Stackhouse series and I was very eager to start on the Undead series.
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