Undead and Unreturnable

Queen Betsy, Book 4

By: MaryJanice Davidson

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins

Publisher's summary

Though she's the vampire queen, Betsy Taylor is much more like a princess. In MaryJanice Davidson's novels, this high-maintenance monarch is finally coming to terms with her new status.

They say Christmas is a time for friends and family. But with a half-sister who's the devil's daughter, an evil stepmother, a fiend living in her basement, assorted spirits and killers running amok, and a spring wedding to plan with the former bane of her existence, Eric Sinclair, Betsy is not sure she'll survive the holidays.

Oh, right. She's already dead.

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

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

Critic reviews

"Sexy, steamy, and laugh-out-loud funny, Davidson's chick-lit foray into the paranormal is delightful." (Booklist)

Undead and Unreturnable

I really love the books in this series, but the recording of this particular book should be noted as abridged not unabridged. I read along with the audio and more than just the last three chapters are missing. There are two to three paragraphs or one to two pages missing in the middle of some chapters.

Much Better

This is a good book. I like the development of the characters and the direction the story is going. This is a great series.

highly entertaining!

What a great way to get away from the stresses of the day. Loveable and entertaining characters. The book isn't dark, which is such a nice change. And the story line isn't heavy.

Fast and funny

Overall I enjoyed it, but I felt like I was listening to pages 300-500 of a 700 page novel. The author plunges right into the story (takes a while to figure how everyone is related) and then the story ends abruply. This is like listening to an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a story.

Short & Sweet

Good continuation of the series. A few other storylines seem to get started here. Kind of like this was just a link between stories.

Funny- but where's the rest of the series?

I kept getting this author and her "Undead" series recommended to me by shopping programs so I thought I'd check it out. It is pretty funny to me -a non-vampire romance aficiondo- though kind of hard to jump into the middle of book 4. I hope audible makes the other 3 on audio available soon.
The narrator is is pretty good but slightly overdoes the "snarkiness" of the delivery. Hint for future recordings- tone it down just a notch (especially for 20 year old Johnny of the B's who is made to sound 12) and it would be even better

Fun

Lots of fun, snappy writing, and loaded with laughs. However, I was SO unprepared for the ending. Yes, ok, the plot lines were tied up, but still, it came so FAST that when the "Audible hopes you have enjoyed etc." came on, I sat there in disbelief.
Great entertainment, though!

can't get enough of queen Betsey

loving it. so glad I started the series. such a great author. characters are the best

fairly anticlimatic

I feel like the murder mystery aspect of the story was more of an afterthought, it was very anticlimactic how it was resolved. I always do enjoy seeing what antics Betsy's getting up to with all the others. I also think it's pretty funny to see how the relationships are developing. it's like revisiting old friends almost... very irresponsible old friends.

UNREADABLE and unreturnable

Is it just me? It is just me...okay, I know it must be. This was the most boring audio I downloaded in almost two years. NOTHING HAPPENS for at least an hour except her hanging out shooting the breeze with friends and family. The worst part is because I was out of credits and in the mood for some chick lit, I actually paid extra for this...this...AAARRGGHH!! I'm losing faith in customer reviews