The Fiends aimlessly chomp their way through a few pages and Antonia pointlessly haunts Betsy. The plot of Undead and Unworthy centres around the Fiends escaping and deciding to kill Betsy and the ghostly return of Antonia, Betsy’s rather annoying and much hated step mother. Lately (with the exception of Undead and Uneasy) the thin plots have been stretched to breaking point and as I read Undead and Unworthy I imagined I could hear an audible snap. Most of the Undead books have skated by on wafer thin plots but usually the characters and dialogue have carried readers past the plot holes without too many problems.
The sarcasm and witty banter that were once the lifeblood of these stories has turned into shrill argumentative bickering and Betsy’s shoe jokes or Jessica’s rich black girl jokes now appear by rote rather than by comic flair. Seven books into this series and I’m not seeing the funny side anymore. We are urged to “think of this book as the first of a trilogy within a series” and if that helps you go ahead and think of it that way, but I’m still confused with where this series?/trilogy? is going.Ī few years ago now I read Undead and Unemployed and I was instantly hooked by the quirky characters and the chick lit vampire story that was so original, fresh and (above all) funny. The author’s note at the start of the novel tells readers that Undead and Unworthy is the start of a new story arc for Betsy that will run over three books.
Undead and Unworthy is the seventh book in MaryJanice Davidson’s Undead series which follows the life, death and undead adventures of Betsy Taylor (now Sinclair) vampire queen. Especially as regards her untimely demise as all Betsy’s fault. And as stubborn and insufferable as she was in life, she's even more annoying in death. If only everyone would stop being so nervous around her, given her sudden recent burst of power (not to mention how she saved her best friend’s life.) Betsy most emphatically Does Not Want To Discuss It, and for the moment, everyone is following her lead.īut then the ghost of Betsy's step-mother turns up at their house. Still, Betsy is more than up for the challenge. Two vampire parents - albeit vampire royalty - for a decidedly human baby. Their untimely deaths have left her and Sinclair as sole guardians of her little brother, Jon. Having recently lost her dad and step-mother, Betsy Sinclair (nee Taylor) is adjusting to rather more than just married life.
Published 2008 285 pages Summary (from the book jacket)
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