Undead and Unappreciated

Queen Betsy, Book 3

By: MaryJanice Davidson

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 6 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

New York Times best-selling author Mary Janice Davidson has made listeners jump from their seats with her thrilling tales and roll on the floor with her biting humor. Her Undead books, starring sassy, fashion-conscious vampire queen Betsy Taylor, are a unique treat worth sinking your fangs into.

In between running her vampire nightclub and hunting down the perfect pair of shoes, Betsy learns her long-lost half-sister Laura is actually the spawn of Satan. Complicating matters, prophesy states that the devil's offspring and the queen of the vampires are destined to rule the world together. Breaking the news of world domination to her newly discovered sibling might be a bit more difficult than Betsy imagined.

Dying for more? Don't miss the other titles in the Undead series.

©2005 MaryJanice Davidson Alongi (P)2005 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"They've just been around a little longer, can only go out at night, but nevertheless manage to have hot vampire sex." (Publishers Weekly)
"Readers who love the sassy, foul-mouthed Queen of the Undead will enjoy this latest installment." (Booklist)

Laugh out sequel for the Queen of the Undead!

This is a fun series. I enjoyed it very much.

love

Loved it, sure I will enjoy the next one too. Already downloading it. plan to listen to them all.

Great start to a great series

This story was really original. The author's take on the main character's transition to becoming a vampire was splendid. It's modern, funny, and a great listen.

you must read this series

the characters are great and the story is funny. a nice twist on a vampire story.

outstanding

everything about wvery one of these books is outstanding. the writing, story, performance. I've listened to them all and ill leave this review on each one. I would listen to all these books if there were 100 of them! love it!! funny and witty and so entertaining. 100/10

Another good one

The narrator does an excellent job of pulling you into the light-hearted story. Yes, you can talk about vampires and keep it funny.

Still love it!

While I could have gone "sitcom" longer with the "Betsy hates Sinc-lair" storyline, I am totally enjoying this series. FUNNY!!

Not sure how Title fits the Story

I may have missed something while listening to this book. But I am not sure where or when Betsy was actually unappreciated in the book. Well, she does mess up with her friends at one point and reaps the cold shoulder consequences of those actions. "Unappreciated" doesn't seem to be the right word to describe that, though. The alliteration in the title is catchy ...

The short summary of the book tells us that Betsy has a half-sister that she didn't know about and there is a prophecy about them both.

Betsy wants to know more and reads from The Books of The Dead for too long with bad consequences. She wants to meet her sister and goes looking for her. Finds her and, well, ... talk about "Minnesota Nice" ... Laura is the walking embodiment of it. Betsy isn't sure she can tell Laura about the prophecy. To make matters even worse, the nightclub is on the verge of bankruptcy. The worst thing, though, is not Betsy's stepmother's pregnancy -- no, it is Betsy's reaction to Sinclair. Her "life," she feels, is really complicated.

Some reviewers here didn't like this addition to the Queen Betsy series. Everyone has their own tastes and is entitled to them. This book is a little bit different. Yet it moves along the overall plot and adds new characters and twists. It is a decent addition to the series.

I was most surprised that the reader/narrator is the same for this third book of the series as for the first two -- I don't remember her voicing of Sinclair being so stilted and "off" in the first two. She does a good job except for Sinclair.

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Would you listen to Undead and Unappreciated again? Why?

I've worn out my discs, and borrowed the originals so I had to buy the book to replace it. I LOVE this series!

What did you like best about this story?

What's not to love? There's Betsy's sass and acerbic attitude. The fact that she lisps when her fangs come in. Her lust/hate relationship with Sinclair... "Oof-dah!"

Which character – as performed by Nancy Wu – was your favorite?

Betsy, of course.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

The Reluctant Queen of the Vampires.

Any additional comments?

Ya gotta listen to these books!

Fun series.

Another cute story of this series. Lots of laughs! Betsy finds out she has a sister. She then reads an evil book to find out more, and then she starts to act evil too! Lol. Narration is good.