Undead and Unwelcome (Queen Betsy, Book 8)
by MaryJanice Davidson
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Book Reviews of Undead and Unwelcome (Queen Betsy, Book 8)
Book Review: Thank God I didn't buy it
Summary: 1 Stars
I borrowed this from my library, it was so short I finished it in under an hour, MJD really needs to wrap up the series because she 'jumped the shark', a couple of books back,the plot or what laughably tries to pass for one has been discussed in several earlier posts,so I won't repeat it, all I can say is, I am glad I stopped buying the Betsy books after the third one, now for the sake of all the trees that will be sacrificed for the next cruddy book in the series.I hope it will be the last.Betsy comes across as vapid and boring, there are now so many characters that MJD doesnt seem to have the energy to flesh out the interactions between them, and so there is an unfinished feel to the book as if it was a rough draft, this would have been better as a comic book.Book Review: Tiresome
Summary: 1 Stars
I've struggled through this series, feeling myself losing IQ points with each installment. The author's insistence she only wants to write dialogue not only leaves gaping holes in the story - we only get to know what the characters say, not where they are and what is going on - it also makes her books very difficult to read. On top of that, the dialogue reads as if written by a whiny twelve-year old, which becomes very tiresome, very quickly.
I do not understand why Davidson just doesn't retire this one-trick pony before she's alienated all of her fans.
Stick to Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series for paranormal stories with intelligence, excitement, romance and a whole lot of heart.
Book Review: Quirky and fun!
Summary: 4 Stars
As the 8th enstallment in Betsy's world I thought it rocked! MJD gives enough background from the other books to keep you current, but not so much that you don't want to read the previous books. Eric & Betsy's trip to New England is for a very sad reason and a delicate diplomatic one. Betsy, of course, is well...Betsy and does her usual clueless bumbling around. I absolutely loved it when she threw a tantrum and told everyone off. Of course things get fixed in the end, at least on the werewolf side of things. Meanwhile her step-sister Laura goes completely off the deep end and more chaos abounds. My only wish was that the story was longer. A very quick and funny read.Book Review: Time to call it a day
Summary: 1 Stars
Sorry, but this was a very disappointing read. It wasn't entertaining, it wasn't humorous and it was very badly written.
I truly enjoyed the first books but with the change in cover art came an equally changed caliber of writing - now it's just silly and all the characters, from Betsy on down, are not only stupid, they are actually irritating and ultimately unlikeable.
Had this been the first book of the Betsy series that I picked up, it would also have been the last.
I think the author has exhausted her creativity where this series is concerned.
Sometimes, it's just time to call it a day and move on.
Book Review: disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
I have loved and kept all of the Queen Betsy series and was really looking forward to this one. I am SOOO disappointed. It was boring up until page 230 and it was a short book of only 282 pages. It was also double spaged and the pages were exceptionally narrow. Sad. I think that she was just trying to get a book out on time for her publicist. It was just a narrative of what already happened in all the other books. The only thing different is you saw a little more of her "devil spawn" sister going crazy and coming out. It took me about 2 hours to read this entire book so I would wait and buy it used or check it out at the library!