The Undead in My Bed

By: Jessica Sims, Molly Harper, Katie MacAlister

Narrated by: Leah Mallach, Abby Craden, Sophie Eastlake

Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

In "Shades of Gray" by Katie MacAlister, Noelle is a Guardian: a demon-wrangler, imp-banisher, and all-round secret protector of humans from the Otherworld. While working on the set of a ghost-busting reality show in a haunted castle, she meets a sexy vampire, and together they prevent a Master Demon from killing everyone in the castle.

In "Undead Sublet" by Molly Harper, executive chef Tess Maitland is banned from her five-star kitchen in Chicago to recover from "exhaustion". Choosing a random rental house in Half-Moon Hollow to spend time in, she's unaware that the house comes with a strange man. Even though Sam Masden's ex-wife has rented the house out from under him, the divorce settlement allows him access to it for another ninety days. With Tess unable to go anywhere else, and Sam unwilling, a war of epic proportions is declared - and romantic sparks and heavy pots fly.

Jessica Sims's "Out With a Fang" features Ruby Sommers, a lonely were-jaguar who signs up for a blind date through the paranormal dating agency Midnight Liaisons. When she arrives, she finds out that her date, a vampire, was the human she'd been in love with four years ago but was forced to dump.

©2012 Katie MacAlister, Molly Harper, and Jessica Sims (P)2012 Tantor

3 stories to enjoy!

Unlike some reviewers, I thoroughly enjoyed the first story by Jessica Simms. Leah Mallach did an awesome job of narrating the tale with the proper accents and clear character delineation. Her vocal animation was delightful. A thoroughly entertaining tale. 5 stars across the board for this story. The second story by Molly Harper was another one of her many entertaining tales and once again Abby Craden did an excellent job. Another 5 star story, even though it was by far a simpler tale than the first one. The third story, by Katie MacAlister, was okay, if rather predictable, and told with moderate enthusiasm by Sophie Eastlake. It was a solid 4 stars. Overall this audio book of three stories is definitely worth the listen.

3 in 1 book

I liked the 2nd book the best the 3rd book was ok... the first was not good.

Loved the last 2 books

I didn't care for the narrator in the first book and couldn't get into the story so I skipped to the 2nd, which I really enjoyed it and the 3rd. I haven't read anything by the 3rd author, Katie McAllister, before but now I'm going to look her up!

great love

book was amazing I enjoyed it very much I would like to hear more like it

Misleading and out of order

I bought this because it was listed as part of Molly Harper's Half Moon Hollow series which is misleading. And it was listed way out of order.

Meh

What did you like best about The Undead in My Bed? What did you like least?

The novella by Molly Harper was the best. I love her. I really disliked the first story - I skipped it after 3 chapters.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Jessica Sims & Katie MacAlister's stories need different narrators.

Did the narrators do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

None are as good as Amanda Ronconi, who usually does Molly Harper's books. Abby was best of the three, with different voices for each character. But as I've heard Amanda's versions of voices for the same characters they still bugged me.Leah had a terrible time doing men's voices. And Sophie has these long pauses between words during some of the more... intimate scenes and it just bugged me. The pauses were too long to really fit, they hurt the flow.

Was The Undead in My Bed worth the listening time?

Not all of it. After 3 chapters I skipped the first novella. All of the Molly Harper story was great. And the last story was okay, not amazing, but okay. Honestly I only listened to it because I was tiling my kitchen and didn't have anything else to listen to. But I did finish it when I had other options.

Any additional comments?

As I wanted to hear the tory about Sam and Tess, it was worth the credit. But if I weren't a Molly Harper fan I wouldn't have gotten it and I wouldn't have missed much.

Good collection of stories

I really enjoyed the last two stories. If you like vampires and super natural things it's will be right up your alley.

Entertaining and engrossing

This kept coming up as a recommendation so I gunshot have it a try. I really enjoyed it. All 3 stories were fun and romantic. I'm a Molly Harper fan and bought it for her story, but it's the weakest of the three and very reflective of a tired formula she's fallen into. If you like fun vampire stories with happy endings and lots of great characters give this collection a listen.

Two thirds of a great listen!

Would you consider the audio edition of The Undead in My Bed to be better than the print version?

I would consider the second and third stories to be better, because the narrators do an excellent job. The first one was horrible. or maybe it was the writing. Probably mostly the writing, but the narrator didn't help.

What did you like best about this story?

The Story by Jessica Sims (3rd Story), with the Molly Harper's (2nd Story) a close second.

Which scene was your favorite?

The third story in it's entirety.

If you could rename The Undead in My Bed, what would you call it?

Hot Vamps.

Any additional comments?

Don't give up on the book because the first story/narration sucks. The other two stories are worth a credit on thier own!

Mostly Fantastic!

Would you consider the audio edition of The Undead in My Bed to be better than the print version?

I didn't read the print version.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I love Molly Harper and her female heroine is funny, witty, and a little exaperating!

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I missed Amanda Ronconi for Molly Harper's story, she is the best!

If you could take any character from The Undead in My Bed out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Not sure.

Any additional comments?

All in all, I thought the stories were fun, especially Molly Harper.