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Undead and Unstable (Undead Series #11)
by
MaryJanice Davidson (Goodreads Author)
Betsy's heartbroken over her friend Marc's death, but at least his sacrifice should change the future - her future - for the better. But it's not as if Betsy's next few hundred years will be perfect. After all, her half sister, Laura, is the Antichrist. Laura's mother is Satan, and family gatherings will always be more than a little awkward.
What's really bothering Betsy is...more
What's really bothering Betsy is...more
Hardcover, 312 pages
Published
June 5th 2012
by Berkley Hardcover
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"Don't mess with the Vampire Queen!"-Betsy Undead and Unstable
Time paradoxes make my head hurt but with cast of zany characters it's almost bearable...
Betsy Taylor-Sinclair-Queen of the Vampires/Queen of Shoes
Eric Sinclair-husband/co-ruler/hot vampire
Tina-majordomo/subject/friend
Jessica-very prego best friend
Nick-Dick-Jessica's husband/former hater of all things Betsy
Marc-friend/roommate/doctor/zombie
Garrett-the fiend formerly known as George/knitter extraordinaire
Antonia-grumpy werewolf/Garrett...more
Time paradoxes make my head hurt but with cast of zany characters it's almost bearable...
Betsy Taylor-Sinclair-Queen of the Vampires/Queen of Shoes
Eric Sinclair-husband/co-ruler/hot vampire
Tina-majordomo/subject/friend
Jessica-very prego best friend
Nick-Dick-Jessica's husband/former hater of all things Betsy
Marc-friend/roommate/doctor/zombie
Garrett-the fiend formerly known as George/knitter extraordinaire
Antonia-grumpy werewolf/Garrett...more
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This is the 11th in the series, but the first I've encountered, but you can bet I'll listen to more. Helen Wu is the narrator and she makes already funny quips and snide remarks just hilarious. Elizabeth "Betsy" Taylor has been the Vampire Queen for three years. This is a result of being infected with the vamp virus and then being run over by a car before she was thirty. She is married to the wealthy, sexy, and very annoying Vampire King Sinclair. Her sister is the anit-Christ. Yep, you read tha...more
One the best side notes in this story, where Betsy is still living in the alternate timeline of dead Marc and pregnant Jessica, is that she has allowed the publication of her life story. Why is that so great, one may ask? Because, as it turns out, the popularity of that book is what lead to the current explosion of vampire novels in the marketplace. If you’re tired of Twilight or Anita Blake, you only have Betsy to blame!
The book opens with Betsy still grief-stricken by Marc’s death and determin...more
The book opens with Betsy still grief-stricken by Marc’s death and determin...more
I was a bit apprehensive after the last book in this series had future Betsy portrayed as the anti-Betsy. I love this character and her insipidness, and snarky if slightly unintelligent camaraderie with the other characters. Eric is the stuff dreams are made of, and her sister the Anti-Christ is also great for effervescent giggles. Betsy seems to bumble her way through most of the books with the outcome working in her favor by the end, and the glimmer of intelligence showing through despite her...more
Eleventh in the Undead / Queen Betsy comic urban fantasy series revolving around Betsy Taylor, the Queen of the Undead and based in Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota.
My Take
The answers to a lot of questions are in this installment. I was beginning to think Davidson would never explain just how that skin became the Book of the Dead. Or just how Ancient Betsy evolved.
I absolutely cannot stand Betsy. An alternate title could be Queen of the Whingers. Christ, if she would just shut up and let someone...more
My Take
The answers to a lot of questions are in this installment. I was beginning to think Davidson would never explain just how that skin became the Book of the Dead. Or just how Ancient Betsy evolved.
I absolutely cannot stand Betsy. An alternate title could be Queen of the Whingers. Christ, if she would just shut up and let someone...more
Undead and Unstable
By: MaryJanice Davidson
Published: June 5, 2012
Published by: Berkley Hardcover
Official Blurb: Betsy’s heartbroken over her friend Marc’s death, but at least his sacrifice should change the future—her future—for the better. But it’s not as if Betsy’s next few hundred years will be perfect. After all, her half-sister Laura is the AntiChrist, Laura’s mother is Satan, and family gatherings will always be more than a little awkward.
What’s really bothering Betsy is that ever since s...more
By: MaryJanice Davidson
Published: June 5, 2012
Published by: Berkley Hardcover
Official Blurb: Betsy’s heartbroken over her friend Marc’s death, but at least his sacrifice should change the future—her future—for the better. But it’s not as if Betsy’s next few hundred years will be perfect. After all, her half-sister Laura is the AntiChrist, Laura’s mother is Satan, and family gatherings will always be more than a little awkward.
What’s really bothering Betsy is that ever since s...more
The third book in a trilogy within the Betsy series where Betsy must deal with the changed timeline—due to her going back in time with her sister in Undead and Unfinished—and trying to prevent the horrible future she’s responsible for, which she saw when going forward in time—same book.
Marc committed suicide in the last book after learning what he becomes from his future self. Betsy is determined to bring him back from the dead; after all she’d already brought Antoine back from Hell.
Adding to h...more
Marc committed suicide in the last book after learning what he becomes from his future self. Betsy is determined to bring him back from the dead; after all she’d already brought Antoine back from Hell.
Adding to h...more
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In this 11th book of the Undead series featuring Betsy Taylor, vampire queen, we find Betsy heartbroken over her friend Marc's death. His sacrifice was his way of trying to change the future, especially after her met his future self. A book or two previously. Betsy and her 1/2 sister Laura, the Anti-Christ whose mother is Satan, had done some time traveling, and Betsy tried to help fix some problems she had made after she became a vampire... Now her present timeline is altered. But was it a good...more
3.5 stars
I'm not really sure where to begin.... Betsy confuses me. She rambles on and on and is so self absorbed that I don't know whether she is coming or going half the time. The time-travel thing from the previous book confused me even more.
She has to "man up" in this book and make some choices in regards to her messed up timeline. And tho I read with a smile on my face for most of the book, I realized about 3/4 of the way through that the story wasn't really going anywhere. By the end, I di...more
I'm not really sure where to begin.... Betsy confuses me. She rambles on and on and is so self absorbed that I don't know whether she is coming or going half the time. The time-travel thing from the previous book confused me even more.
She has to "man up" in this book and make some choices in regards to her messed up timeline. And tho I read with a smile on my face for most of the book, I realized about 3/4 of the way through that the story wasn't really going anywhere. By the end, I di...more
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“Out I went into the deep November cold, searching for some meaning in all the crazy shit that had been happening since Giselle got me killed a few years ago. And I was also searching for a shovel. And after this yuk-o errand, I would be searching for a booze smoothie. Ah , the glamorous life of a vampire queen.”
In the first chapter, Betsy finds her cat, Giselle has died. The relationship between Betsy and Giselle was based on the cat hanging around because Betsy fed her. Also the first time Bet...more
In the first chapter, Betsy finds her cat, Giselle has died. The relationship between Betsy and Giselle was based on the cat hanging around because Betsy fed her. Also the first time Bet...more
I must confess that my reaction to the guilty confection known as Undead and Unstable was a bit mixed. First, the lowpoints just to get them out of the way: (1) there is a tremendous amount of inaction for much of this book (i.e., Betsy pretty much talks you to death but largely the only one who does anything is Jessica who eats her way through the story) and (2)Betsy did so much whinging in this book that there were times that I just had to put it down. That's a problem if your main character i...more
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I've been hooked on the Undead series ever since I discovered them a few years ago. They are the perfect combination of humor, vampires and a large dose of sexy romance.
Since there is such a long wait between each book (usually 12 months) I tend to forget what happens between each book. Thankfully MaryJanice Davidson gives a recap at the beginning of Undead and Unstable, helping me get caught up.
In Undead and Unstable Betsy is back from Hell, where she was recovering a family member and has fou...more
Since there is such a long wait between each book (usually 12 months) I tend to forget what happens between each book. Thankfully MaryJanice Davidson gives a recap at the beginning of Undead and Unstable, helping me get caught up.
In Undead and Unstable Betsy is back from Hell, where she was recovering a family member and has fou...more
Today's review is on Undead and Unstable
I have read all of Davidson's Undead books, and though I was in love with the series in the beginning, it made a downward plunge that ended in a big belly flop at book #10. I wasn't sure I even wanted to read book #11, but I thought I would give MJD a chance to redeem herself and so I made the decision to dive back in.
Unfortunately, the Betsy of the books gone past is still gone and we are still left with the spineless, self absorbed, cry baby Betsy of boo...more
I have read all of Davidson's Undead books, and though I was in love with the series in the beginning, it made a downward plunge that ended in a big belly flop at book #10. I wasn't sure I even wanted to read book #11, but I thought I would give MJD a chance to redeem herself and so I made the decision to dive back in.
Unfortunately, the Betsy of the books gone past is still gone and we are still left with the spineless, self absorbed, cry baby Betsy of boo...more
Why oh why oh why do I torture myself by continuing to read this series? It lost its luster many books ago. Sure, Betsy still has funny lines and witicisms, but it's so disjointed and confusing -- the sentences go and on and on, there are so many people talking without identification one page, and she jumps around like someone with ADD on crack -- it's almost impossible to easily understand WTH she's talking about, much less find it funny. Also -- NOTHING HAPPENED in the book until the last four...more
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Another good read from MaryJanice Davidson. I’ve been so unsure of how MJD was taking the story line over the past few books but I kept hearing that if I stuck with it, I’d be happy. I’d have to say I am happy with the direction she went. Maybe not 100% happy but I still liked how some things were resolved. I also enjoyed that there was a great cliff hanger for where MJD can go next. It will be interesting to see where the storyline will go from here. For maybe the first third to half of the boo...more
2.5 stars
More of the same chaotic, hard-to-read and harder-to-understand style as the former book. Where the flighty, ditzy Betsy style used to be fun, now it's just kinda a mess. It's SO over the top it makes it hard to even follow what's going on.
It also feels very repetitive. How many times in this book and the last can they all truly stand around the kitchen making smoothies??
There was at least some plot action in this one. But it felt like, "wha...?" because I literally had no idea what was...more
More of the same chaotic, hard-to-read and harder-to-understand style as the former book. Where the flighty, ditzy Betsy style used to be fun, now it's just kinda a mess. It's SO over the top it makes it hard to even follow what's going on.
It also feels very repetitive. How many times in this book and the last can they all truly stand around the kitchen making smoothies??
There was at least some plot action in this one. But it felt like, "wha...?" because I literally had no idea what was...more
Awful, disjointed mess. A whole lot of nothing goes on for about 63% of the book. Betsy is so incoherent it's hard to even know what is happening. I really, really hope this is the end of the series. Took me forever to plow through this mess because I just didn't care.
Recap: Betsy insults Jessica about a billion times. It gets old, boring and repetitive. Not funny. I've never had children, and don't plan to have children, but I found the constant insults about Jessica's giant belly to be insulti...more
Recap: Betsy insults Jessica about a billion times. It gets old, boring and repetitive. Not funny. I've never had children, and don't plan to have children, but I found the constant insults about Jessica's giant belly to be insulti...more
I really don't even know WTS I just read. It was like NOTHING HAPPENED for the first 80% of the book (and what little did happen made zero sense) and the end happened too fast.
Most of the time I had no idea who was speaking, no descriptors were used during dialogue.
Something happened, someone spoke, someone else spoke, I assume the first person spoke again, something interrupted the dialogue, then ONE OF THE TWO spoke again, but we never found out who'd been first to speak.
Way to unnecessaril...more
Most of the time I had no idea who was speaking, no descriptors were used during dialogue.
Something happened, someone spoke, someone else spoke, I assume the first person spoke again, something interrupted the dialogue, then ONE OF THE TWO spoke again, but we never found out who'd been first to speak.
Way to unnecessaril...more
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In UNDEAD AND UNSTABLE, I'm glad that we have the old sweet but abrasive Betsy back, her comebacks still burns but you can once again feel the "care" behind them. Here MJD tries to set things right after shuffling it around with Ancient Elizabeth and the future. I don't want to reveal too much but Ancient Elizabeth went back in Infant Betsy's timeline hoping she can reshape the future by manipulating Infant Betsy's choices a little bit, just a little nudge in the...more
In UNDEAD AND UNSTABLE, I'm glad that we have the old sweet but abrasive Betsy back, her comebacks still burns but you can once again feel the "care" behind them. Here MJD tries to set things right after shuffling it around with Ancient Elizabeth and the future. I don't want to reveal too much but Ancient Elizabeth went back in Infant Betsy's timeline hoping she can reshape the future by manipulating Infant Betsy's choices a little bit, just a little nudge in the...more
I'm sad to say this. I've tried to get through this. I have been reading this series for some time and I did enjoy it. These last few books though... Jesus. Betsy has always been vain, materialistic, stupid, narcissistic and a general all-around pain in the ass. But this all worked because it was funny. The first book was hilarious. The start of this series set a high-bar but each one after slowly failed to reach it. Till we come to this one. Not even a contender. Betsy isn't funny anymore, she'...more
Well I must say that the whole series has been with me through thick and thin. The ending was very, well, it completed me. But I will admit it got one star taken off because during the readings in this book I got somewhat lost as to who was saying what on some parts. I had to keep re-reading the paragraph. (Maybe it was just me??) I will say read the book since it answers some questions you might have had from the previous one. :)
I also admit it's not as detailed, and there are some repeated sto...more
I also admit it's not as detailed, and there are some repeated sto...more
This one wasn't as annoying to read, but boy has this series lost its luster. Barely anything happened in this book. It was mostly just conversations. And when something important happened (near the end of the book uh-huh), I didn't understand what was going on. I don't even like any of the characters anymore.
I'm assuming this is the end to the time travel arc. Ugh. Honestly, this brought the series down. It felt like an easy way out for the author to retool the series so she could bring back c...more
I'm assuming this is the end to the time travel arc. Ugh. Honestly, this brought the series down. It felt like an easy way out for the author to retool the series so she could bring back c...more
One of the better Betsy books of late. I believe the series was originally supposed to come to an end around book 7 or 9, I mostly had continued reading just to read. It wasn't until book 11 where I got interested once again. Betsy, for me, can be some what annoying when she is being completely illogical. However, I can't fault her too much for that since that is who she is. I really had no idea what to expect from Undead and Unstable especially with the ending of book 11. I was quite pleased ho...more
Och yay, she finally did it, Betsy I mean, she restored my believes in a romantic relationship and although she is as annoying as she always has been she gives up something she really likes to save hubby Sink Lair. Their love-hate-adore relationship is what keeps me reading this series and of cause the hope that she will eventually grow up (30 year old vampire queen that she is!!!). I really enjoyed this read, even when I am yelling at her stupidity all the time and I sometimes wish MJ wouldn't...more
It was ok. Betsy did fix everything, I guess. You don't really know, exactly. I mean she changed the time, line again so who really knows. It is almost too convienient. Yeah, happy ending...que the music. Don't get me wrong, I like a happy ending as much as the next girl, but I don't know that I understood the journey. We go from all is dark and lost to "oh, while you were out, I fixed it all". Huh? I made me feel like I totally missed something and I should go back to read the last book....
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When this series first started I was instantly hooked-the books were funny, sexy, clever, and even more words I can't even think of right now. There were times I was laughing like a lunatic and other times when I was crying over an unfortunate turn of events, and this has kept on even after 11 books. While I will admit that there are some parts of the story I have started to find relatively predictable or not as well played out as I would have liked, the overall story of Undead and Unstable was...more
After reading all of the installments, and being extremely sceptical after the last book, i have to say that i enjoyed this installment much more than any of the other books since the first few came out. Even though Betsy is still self-centered, and there were way to many asides (which is really distracting from the action), I found that in this novel there was actual character growth. I felt like that was missing from the earlier ones in this group dealing with the changing timeline. I'm not su...more
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MaryJanice Davidson is an American author who writes mostly paranormal romance, but also young adult and non-fiction. She is the creator of the popular Undead series. She is both a New York Times and USA Today bestseller. She won a 2004 Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award and was nominated for the same award in 2005.
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