Review - Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson

Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Time Taken To Read - 6 days

Blurb from Goodreads

Just when Betsy Taylor think she's adjusted to her after-life as a vampire queen, fate intervenes. It's bad enough having to view your own grave-stone but now Betsy's even started seeing dead people - an assortment of demanding ghosts who are determined to make her do their bidding. Betsy also has some personal stuff to deal with - not least of which is planning her Spring - and Midnight - wedding to Sinclair. Meanwhile her half-sister is starting to display signs of inheriting her real mother's temper. And when your mother's the devil, that's cause for concern.

My Review

Betsy Taylor is back in the fourth installment of the vampire Queen series. She is still loving her designer, her labels and Sinclair but she has more issues to deal with from vampire servants, being Queen, a Devil for a sister and ghosts needing to say goodbyes or redemption.

It has been a while since I read Betsy however once you are a few chapters in things start to come back, and there is a wee recap from the first book half way through. I think I had forgotten the tone of these books, naughty, dirty, tongue in cheek and lots of swearing and sex. Some days it made from a nice break from reality however others and parts of the book seemed aimed maybe at a younger audience. As in the attitude and some of the things Betsy came away with was something a rebellion teen would say.

Sinclair and Betsy are planning their wedding, in the conventional sense, and things are always getting in the way. Dates changing, details of flowers, the book of the dead, arguments however I couldn't say this was the main focus of the book as there is a killer on the loose and Betsy is on the case. There seemed to be a few things going on in the book and I couldn't honestly say one way of the other which was the big themed one as it flipped around.

I felt it was a bit scattered and did a lot of ground work for potentially the next book, I will catch up with Betsy to see where their adventure goes next but I don't think it will be for a wee while. Funny, silly and naughty although frustrating at some points it is a 3 out of 5 for me this time.

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Review - Undead And Unappreciated by MaryJanice Davidson

Undead and Unappreciated by MaryJanice Davidson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Blurb From Goodreads

Fans can't get enough of author MaryJanice Davidson and her topsy-turvy world of the undead with its newly-crowned queen, Betsy Taylor.

Now, Betsy continues her reluctant reign while being bedeviled by family secrets.

My Review

Picking up where we left Betsy she now has a club to run (since she acquired it from her last kill - thats how it works in the vampire world). Betsy finds out some family news and then a family skeleton comes out of the closet that could influence the whole world. Betsy has to get the vampire book and start finding out some of the vampire prophecies with some dark consequences.

As with the others this is really easy reading, a fluffy vampire story with lots of bad language, sex and sillyness. Betsy is still a major pain in the behind, still self centered and dumb as! The book doesn't have as much recap on the previous books but you can still read it without having read the others. We meet a few new people in the story, an old character gets a little more definition and there is a turn in Sinclair and Betsys relationship.

I have never read a series that annoyed me as much as it made me laugh, it really does drive me mad. I don't have the next in the series and won't be buying them however if I got the chance of them at a bargain I would as I would like to see where the story goes next. Another 3/5 for me.

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Review - Undead And Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson

Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Blurb From Goodreads

Betsy Taylor, Queen of the undead, has snagged a dream job in a shoe store (just like a normal person!). But when vampires start getting killed off, Betsy enlists the help of the sexy vampire Sinclair. Now she's really treading dangerous ground-but this time in brand-new high heels.

My Review

The second book in a series and we find Betsy pretty much as we left her in the first book. Selfish, self involved, shoe obsessed and foul mouthed. She is still quite naive bordering on dumb and has a lot of pent up rage (really lust and even love) for Sinclair.

Betsy wants to get back to normal and that means paying bills and getting a job, with her rich friend taking over her big bills and Sinclair demanding she takes his side Betsy is more determined to get a job and do things her way.

Betsy drives me mad, her character is very unlikeable, some of it your reading and thinking oh my God this is just silly yet I am compelled to read and already starting the 3rd installment. I don't believe the author meant for it to be taken seriously, it is filled with silliness and nonsense but as much as it annoys me I also enjoy it (total contradiction I know).

Whilst this is the second in a series you don't have to have read the first one to read this as the first book is summed up along the way with explanations and condensed versions of the first book so you can follow it fine. Easy to read as before, enjoyable if it is irritable so a 3/5 for me.

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Review - Undead And Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson

Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Blurb from goodreads

MaryJanice Davidson's cult hit Undead and Unwed is a delightful mixture of Sex and the City and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Waking up in a tacky coffin, and wearing off-brand shoes, Betsy Taylor can't believe the horrible turn her life has taken–then she discovers she's a vampire. Soon, Betsy becomes a participant in a power struggle between the forces of darkness. With only her friend Jessica and the hunky vampire Sinclair to help her, this new "Queen of Vampires" will have a tough time getting her afterlife straight.

My Review

Betsy is a self involved, shoe loving, label queen and modern day working girl. Her life is rudely interrupted by becoming one of the undead. She wakes up in hideous clothes, shocking makeup and worst of all shoes with no well known label on them. As Betsy tries to peace together what happened to her and getting back her "life" we are introduced to her friends, family and league of undead character.

Betsy herself is quite funny, always sarcastic (sometimes it seems like every other sentence which does take away some of the humour) and not shy about saying how she feels. I am torn between really liking and wanting to slap her as she is amusing but also quite shallow. She also has quite a mouth on her and a good chunk on the book is filled with swearing (and quite a bit of sex too) so not for the easily offended.

It is very easy to read and quite an entertaining book, if your looking for a serious or a dark themed vampire book this isn't for you. It is very tongue in cheek, lots of naughtiness and bad language. I quite like it and have the next two ready to go. A good introduction so it is a 3/5 for me.

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