Undead and Unworthy (Queen Betsy, Book 7) by MaryJanice Davidson
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Book Reviews of Undead and Unworthy (Queen Betsy, Book 7)
Book Review: Another good entry
Summary: 4 Stars
Maybe not my favorite book in the series, but a good one still and a nice start to the new story arc.Book Review: Undead and Unworthy
Summary: 4 Stars
My daughter loves these books. It was a gift for her. She is 20 years old now.Book Review: A Matter of Fluff and Death
Summary: 3 Stars
MJD points out in her introduction that the new cover of UNDEAD AND UNWORTHY reflects the new direction that this book and the two upcoming ones will follow; a mini-story arc within a story arc. Frankly, I'm not all that thrilled.
Betsy is still Betsy -- still childish, still prone to immaturity, still interested with having sex with her new husband as often as possible, still the new guardian of Baby Jon (although he's conspicuously missing from this installment), still back-and-forth with best friend Jessica, still vampire-non-grata for Detective Nick.
It's all still there, with a bit of humor thrown in, and a new weird sideline into what I guess is the aforementioned "arc."
My biggest complaint with the story was the fact that, although after seven books I realize that MJD never goes into much description for ANYTHING, I was shocked that there was a major (and majorly depressing) conclusion to the book that was summed up in about three pages.
I hate that. Really. I don't expect the author to go into intricate detail (a la Stephen King) of description, dialogue, and backstory (as I said, it's not MJD's trademark), but just a few pages when you've seriously lessened the number of main characters??
Okay, overall, I didn't mind spending 2 1/2 hours reading UNDEAD AND UNWORTHY. And I'll still follow the series, even though it's not as great as it once was (basically, during the first two books). But I'm putting MJD on notice that, really, it's just not right to indiscriminately kill off some of my favorite characters.
Book Review: The Queene Shalt See Oceans of Blood and Despair. -Book of the Dead
Summary: 3 Stars
Betsy Taylor, Queen of the Vampires, has barely settled after her honeymoon when the Fiends come barreling through her door. The Fiends are vampires who were made by the previous King and left to starve. They are a bit like feral animals, but Betsy being the unusual Vampire Queen that she is, refused to stake them. They have been living on a farm being tended to by another vamp, being fed animal blood. But it seems with all the craziness of Queenly and wifely duties, Betsy sort of forgot about them and they're not happy.
MaryJanice Davidson has a fabulous sense of humor, no doubt. Her characters are always wonderful to read and I have been a fan of this series since day one. This book contains the same humor and sarcasm I have come to enjoy and look forward to. The cast of characters is rich and eclectic, and the family Betsy surrounds herself with is phenomenal, to say the least. So I find myself wondering why I didn't love this book like I have all the others and find I have two reasons:
1) I wasn't drawn into the story like I usually am. The beauty of an MJD book is that they are usually short on length but filled to the brim on content. This one, to me, was not. I just didn't have the "I can't put this book down" excitement I usually have.
2) I hated the ending, HATED it. I can't say why without spoiling things but let's just say I am devastated x 2.
It's still not a bad book and I am still looking forward to the next, but this one wasn't all I had hoped it would be.
Cherise Everhard, July 2008
Book Review: Alright, but she's done better.
Summary: 3 Stars
This book was okay, but MJD has done way better with this series. I don't expect every book to be gold, but this isn't one of her better ones. Things were better towards the end but I spent most of the book, reading it just to get it done.
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I will say that I am happy that Jessica and Nick broke up. Nick has frankly been annoying through out this book, and the last one. Can we just get rid of him entirely? And what's with making him rich all of a sudden? He goes from regular guy who's a cop for a living, to heir to John Deere, who just happens to be a cop, it didn't mesh at all.
I was sorry to see Antonia the werewolf die and Garret die soon afterwards, that made me cry it was so sad.
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I'm not a big fan of the new cover, it looks more like good fanart, than a bookcover. When I first saw it on MJ's site, that's what I thought it was at first; that some fan had sent in a fanversion of the new book's cover and then I read that it WAS the cover. I'm not impressed and I really think the cover should be rethought or even better, return to the old style, those were cute.