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| Undead and Unworthy (Queen Betsy, Book 7) | 
 enlarge | Author: Maryjanice Davidson
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 9204
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0425221628
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780425221624
ASIN: 0425221628
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
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Product Description
Seventh in the hilarious New York Times bestselling series featuring Vampire Queen Betsy Taylornow 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 Queenand survive the days as a new suburban bride. But its not all marital bliss. Betsys husband, Sinclair, has been perusing The Book of the Dead, Betsys being hounded by a ghost whos even more insufferable in death than in life, and a pack of formerly feral vampires has decided to pay an unwelcome visit
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| Customer Reviews: Read 37 more reviews...
 So not Funny Anymore! June 26, 2008
26 out of 34 found this review helpful
Got this book and read it in one sitting. All I have to say is: What happen here? I have loved MJD's Undead series. I have gone back and re-read many times the other books. Then I get to this one. It's ok. Not Pee-your-pants-funny like her other books are. This book isn't even ha-ha funny. It feels very flat. There's suppose to be romance, and it really wasn't romantic. Spoiler Alert!! - And what's with the killing of my two favorite characters! If I wanted Romeo and Juliet, I would have read that. Blast it all, that is soo not fair nor cool. Even if they were secondary characters, to get to the 2nd to last chapter and wham bam good-bye mam'. All I can say is I hope the next book is better and I will definitely just borrow it, rather than pay 15 bucks and go to bed with a heavy heart and tears in my eyes. Thanks for nothing MJD. Boo-hiss!
 New Direction June 24, 2008
21 out of 29 found this review helpful
Received my copy of the book today and I read it in one sitting. The story itself is well thought out and has it's typical Betsy moments. MJ states at the start of the book that this is the first of a new 3 story (book) arc.
I understand why she had to end this book in the way that she did, with the death of two back story characters, but it's still very sad to loose them. My only concern in where MJ maybe taking the next few books is that the story could be very unoriginal.
***SPOILER*** Vampires against Werewolves. This type of story has been done to death, pun intended. The character in question makes a choice and knows the possible consequences, so any negative outcome from this act wouldn't make sense.
I know with these types of books in order to bring in new characters that some must be lost along the way, but it's still sad to loose the ones we've come to know and care about. I just hope that MJ is able to create something new and original from their passing and doesn't take the easy way out in the next two stories.
Basically, if your a fan, which I assume you would be to purchase this book in hard cover, I think you'll be pleased with the purchase. I know MJ wants to keep a mixture of humor in the books and I think that's possible even if Betsy grows up a bit more.
Betsy still acts too young, (her language isn't that of a thirty year old women) for her age especially with everything that she's seen and done, which really is becoming a bit annoying. She is a Queen now and her behavior should slowly start to register this growth. Based upon the ending, I think that some development will start to happen.
I liked seeing her and Sinclair act more as a couple, since I'm a Sinclair fan. You can see that MJ is making an effort to have him lighten up a bit. This would make sense since Sinclair really seems to care for his bride and Queen. Though I like him having more enjoyment in his life I'd love to see him really have some action in defense of Betsy. Other then in the first book, he hasn't had a chance to show his physical strength.
All the other charcters are back, I still wish she's bring Marc a real love interest that adds to the story, he's a good man and deserves a main squeeze.
 At least she got the title right..... July 8, 2008
18 out of 20 found this review helpful
I was a little concerned when I saw and heard about the "new look". The original cover art was all sharp angles and decidedly quirky, and made me smile even before I opened the book. It really fit the mental image of Betsy as you got to know the character. The new cover art just makes her look like the Unabomber.
The book iteslf is thin on plot, thin on action, and thin on words. They've made the print larger and doublespaced it to make it look like a normal length novel, but this is really only about 80 actual pages worth of words. The foreword says it's the first of a 3 book arc, but I think MJD should have finished all 3 and made 1 normal length book.
I really did not appreciate the deaths of Antonia and Garrett. This is supposed to be ROMANCE, happily ever after. You don't kill off characters who have been the leads in their own novella.
I have been reading and recommending the Undead books since the first one came out, but this was disappointing.
Definitely Unworthy of the Betsy heritage.
 The Queene Shalt See Oceans of Blood and Despair. -Book of the Dead July 31, 2008
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
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
Queen Betsy still kicks butt! June 24, 2008
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
Undead and Unworthy is the seventh book in the Queen Betsy series. The change of the book cover mirrors the change in the books. This installment brings a new outlook for Betsy: she takes more responsibility and continues to grow as a person.
Don't worry, although Betsy appears to be handling the `Queen' role better than in past books MJD still writes with wit and sarcasm. The plot has a lot of unexpected twists to it and the relationships between characters get more complicated as well as have a few hiccups. The fiends make a startling appearance as well as the Ant! Sink-lair spends all his free time looking at the Book of the Dead (we know what happened to Betsy last time) and Nick is begging Betsy to help on a tough case. Oh did I mention she is also in the middle of raising her half brother?
I have always literally laughed out loud while reading MJD books and this book is no different. Betsy is still hilarious, somewhat clueless and still having a major bad week. The only difference is she's just a little older a little wiser and a lot more sarcastic.
Definitely a great continuance.
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