Undead and Unworthy (Queen Betsy, Book 7) [Hardcover]

MaryJanice Davidson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 24, 2008

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 “DELIGH TFUL, 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…

Editorial Reviews

Review

“A bawdy, laugh-out-loud treat!”
—BookPage

“Think Sex and the City…filled with demons and vampires.”
—Publishers Weekly

“The best vampire chick lit of the year.”
—Detroit Free Press

“One of the funniest, most satisfying series to come along lately. If you’re fans of Sookie Stackhouse and Anita Blake, don’t miss Betsy Taylor. She rocks.”
—The Best Reviews

Review

“A bawdy, laugh-out-loud treat!”
—BookPage

“Think Sex and the City…filled with demons and vampires.”
—Publishers Weekly

“The best vampire chick lit of the year.”
—Detroit Free Press

“One of the funniest, most satisfying series to come along lately. If you’re fans of Sookie Stackhouse and Anita Blake, don’t miss Betsy Taylor. She rocks.”
—The Best Reviews --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover; 1 edition (June 24, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425221628
• ISBN-13: 978-0425221624
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (85 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

MaryJanice Davidson has been credited with starting paranormal chick lit. The New York Times bestselling author of the Undead series, she lives in Minnesota. Please visit her on the Web at www.maryjanicedavidson.net.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Queene Shalt See Oceans of Blood and Despair. -Book of the Dead, July 31, 2008

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Cherise Everhard (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Undead and Unworthy (Queen Betsy, Book 7) (Hardcover)

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

32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not her best work, July 7, 2008

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Yihui - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Undead and Unworthy (Queen Betsy, Book 7) (Hardcover)

I've read all the Betsy books, all of them more than once, and I can honestly say that this is one of the worst. It seems to be MJD's trend to have Betsy whining and Sinclair and Tina evading and obfuscating to the very end. So nothing is resolved in the big picture, only the crisis of the day is over. Plus, they killed off many of the sidekicks so now there'll be an excuse for another 1/2 book worth of introduction of new sidekicks.

Way to pad up the books without actually deciding on any conclusions. So what is the Ant there for? How should Laura be handled? What happened to Cathy the Ghost? What were the Fiends feeding on while Alice was dead?

So many unanswered questions - MJD should buck up and at least tie up some loose ends. The books are not worth the paper they're printed on otherwise.

40 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Ugh!, July 13, 2008

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Bory Kasabova (Seattle, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Undead and Unworthy (Queen Betsy, Book 7) (Hardcover)

This book was bad. And not just bad, but bang-my-head-against-the wall bad. The whole Fiend scenario was far-fetched, at best, and down right boring. It took the blood of the queen and the devil's daughter to fix Garrett, but it only took said Fiend's blood and voila! Not one, not two, but count them seven instant bad guys. And what's with the Ant? Her whole presence seemed so irrelevant to the plotline, the whole story could have gone without it.
And don't get me started on the Nick thing. The guy is so annoying, there were times when I wanted to throw the book at the other side of the room and never look at it again. Never. Again. The guy is becoming MJD's Richard. He comes, he whines, he ruins a not-all-that-good-to-begin-with book, he leaves. I mean, come f'ing on! Either get over it or get the heck out of the story. And for heaven's sake, stop with the darn sniveling already!
But worst of all was the ending. My favorite character was killed. What the f?!? If someone had to die why couldn't it be Nick? Nobody would've missed him. But nooo, we get to read his annoying little whining for another book, two, if not more.
All in all, I am GLAD I borrowed the book from a friend and did not spend money on it. As it is, maybe I never will. And if I decide to buy it, I will definitely wait for the paperback. Sheesh, what a waste of a perfectly good series.