Jessica Rules the Dark Side

By: Beth Fantaskey

Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren, Jennifer Ikeda, Jeff Woodman

In this sequel to the breakout hit Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, Jessica Packwood finds being a newly married teenage vampire princess isn’t all that easy. She might be living in a Romanian castle with her husband Lucius Vladescu, but she’s also surrounded by undead subjects who aren’t ready to welcome her as queen. Then Lucius is accused of murdering a vampire Elder, leaving Jessica more alone than ever. Now she must race against time to clear Lucius’ name and save both their lives, even if it means enlisting the help of those she knows are keeping dark secrets.

©2012 Beth Fantaskey (P)2012 Recorded Books, LLC

Ahhh

My favorite series. I know this came out in 2012 but I still cross my fingers for a third book.

wow

I love this book so much is there gonna be a next one? hope so

I don't know why I bought it

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Was interesting listening the book. In some moments was good listening the book. Make the time gp faster;

Would you be willing to try another book from Beth Fantaskey? Why or why not?

Probably no. In my opinion, her books are too childish and very Young tens.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No, in first place because i don't like to see movies of books that I read, and second because would be (in this case) a waste of my time.

Not as Good as the First!

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

I fell in love reading the first book. I was curious about after the marriage. There were definitely some slow parts, which maybe would have allowed it to be a better movie by cutting those parts out. Also, the narration was pretty awful. That was definitely the worst part for me. It was almost like cheap dinner theater pretending to be Dracula bad.

Very Good Sequel!

Jess and Lucius won me over in the first book (Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side). I found this to be a very good sequel and came to enjoy their story and appreciate the characters even more so in this book, even though all the events were not happy or lighthearted. Yes, Jessica was quite overwhelmed and insecure at the beginning of this story, but she has reason to be. At a young age she finds herself married and living in a completely different world from all that she has known growing up. But the point of the story is how she grows and overcomes that, rising to the occasion when times get tough. (Yes, with a bit of help from friends). I enjoyed Mindy and Ronero also, and felt they added quite a lot to the story. I find the writing is excellent, and quite compelling. I feel it flowed along nicely and I was able to follow the alternating points of view with the characters without any problem. I enjoy this author and her unique style. She takes a different approach and I find it interesting (and refreshing) how she chooses to potray the relationship between two young people with no real "love" scenes, scarcely including even a couple of "kissing" scenes or even mentions of kissing...The one closest to a "love" scene is only Jessica remembering their wedding night...for me the author made this a very poignant scene while including virtually no physical detail. (And I don't mean explicit detail, but only the kind of detail one usually finds in most YA or mainstream books). Yet she manages to make it touching and convincing. She relies on the characters themselves and the narrative of all the other events to really carry the story. It seems to me that is a true talent. I thinks the narration was good, and some of the accents were even just a bit more natural sounding than in the first book.