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Undead and Uneasy (Undead/Queen Betsy)
written by MaryJanice Davidson
Studio : Jove
by Jove
Publisher : Jove
Released : 2008-03-25
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780515145045
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 64 reviews)
List Price : $7.99
Our Price : $3.94
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Product Description |
The New York Times bestselling series.
With her wedding fast approaching, cold feet don't come as a surprise to Betsy Taylor-especially with an undead groom. But when her fiancŽ and most of her loved ones go missing, it's up to Betsy to find them-and whoever is behind the disappearances. |
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Wish Sinclair was here |
My only complaint is that Sinclair didn't play a large role in this particular book. Which is unfortunate because Betsy as a character is a little bit too self-involved...to the point that Sinclair is needed because he balances her out and makes her self involvement appear cute. When he's not there to balance her out it's more irritating. This isn't a jibe at MJD but one particular trait of the Betsy character. I think MJD writes very entertaining books and this was no exception, I just find Betsy a hard pill to swallow without being able to see her through Sinclair's eyes. (Although the books are told in 1st person, when he's around you definitely view Betsy through his eyes and he adores her.)
Betsy and Sinclair also play very well off each other. He brings out her softer edges and you see that a lot of her self involvement is bluster to hide a kinder and slightly less self absorbed heart underneath (She's kind of like a Cordelia from Buffy.) She seems like all she cares about is her manicure, but it's not completely true. She cares about her friends) What Sinclair does, IMO is bring that Betsy to the surface, but when he's not central to the plot it gets easy to forget that.
One thing that was very cool about this particular book was that it joined together the Betsy series with the werewolves. MJD wrote a novella that I LOVED that appeared in one volume of the "Secrets" anthology about a werewolf that gets trapped in an elevator with a woman who's ovulating...mayhem ensues. I loved it. And it was really cool to get a glimpse of that couple a few years down the road. |
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Wow! |
Considering the fact that I was about to give up on this series and immediately after finishing this book I ran out to get my hot little hands on Undead and Unworthy (Queen Betsy, Book 7), I'd say this book did it's job nicely.
What's a Queen without her posse? This book answers that question as Betsy is pretty much left alone. you get brief cameos from the supporting cast, but that's pretty much it.
I like this book. I enjoyed being treated to a darker, more introspective Queen.
The only problem I had with this book was Laura's bizarre behavior? Am I missing something? Because the way she acted seemed completely out of character and weird to me.
Oh, and an almost beef. I had thought Betsy had lost a great foil in !@#$%. I'm not going to spoil things, but way to go MJD! |
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Queen Betsy Rules! By Accident! |
Have you ever wondered what goes on in the brain (or place where one should be) of a ditsy blond? Who's dead? Whose sister is the daughter of the Devil? And who has a whole lot more power than anyone that crazy about designer shoes should have?
Betsy Taylor has the IQ of Tweety Bird. Alive or dead, human or vampire, her blithe materialism, dizzy logic, solid integrity, heroic defense of her BFFs and hilarious adventures are a delightful sendup of supernatural romance, material girls, haute couture, and the clueless and inexplicable triumphs of the unfairly beautiful.
Betsy Taylor is adorable.
The best part of this delicious series is being inside Betsy's head and seeing things from her point of view, which means trying like hell to follow the labyrinthian tangles that pass for thought in her pure and slightly off-kilter psyche.
Both as a reader and a librarian, I think this series is charming and wonderfully engaging and I hope Davidson writes many more. |
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An Uneasy read |
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I liked this book because I like all the books in this series, but I did not think this was the strongest one of the bunch. I thought it could be a little longer with a slightly more indepth plot line. I thought a few things were not explained fully in this book. Hopefully the next will be as good if not better then the first couple of the series...Ms. Davidson will hopefully regain her stride, because it was a bit off with this book. |
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She delivers again |
MaryJanice Delivers another installment of her Queen Betsy stories.
I really liked this book. I loved when the werewolves came, and how she talked to them "Dildo breath." and other catchy lines. I laughed out loud a few times.
I liked that Betsy and Sinclair finally tied the knot.
Jessica being cured was really cool. I didn' think she'd die--but how she was cured was unpredictable.
I can't wait until undead and unworthy. |
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