What do You think about Undead And Unwed (2004)?
“Just because I’m dead doesn’t mean I can’t have a life.” Based on the cover, I thought it would be a light story and it was. I hadn’t really read the blurb before I started reading. The narration is smart, as the story is told by Betsy’s viewpoint, so you can comprehend and experience things with her.I love Betsy, there is much potential in her character. She is a newbie vampire, with distinguishing abilities. She has to learn much about her vampire nature, but also has to rise to the challenge of her new position in the vampire society. Betsy’s haphazard attitude, her independence, and her cheerful, cool behavior result in a lot of funny situations.I enjoyed the situational comedy elements, the witty, laugh-out-loud dialogues, Betsy’s playful ripostes, and her sarcastic tendency to rename people.The world-building has shortcomings, but it doesn’t lessen the entertainment value of the story. Anyway, I don’t expect a complex vampire mythology from such a light, funny book.The sex scenes are surprising, light, and intensely erotic without some sickly sweet romantic bullshit.As for the romance, I’m satisfied that there is no remarkable romance here. Nevertheless, I hope it won’t be over-elongated either. Undead and Unwed is a great starter book of the Undead series, and it is highly different from the paranormal romances I’ve read before. I enjoyed every single line of it! Originally posted on my blog on April 10, 2013.My favorite quotes.
—Exina
Elizabeth Taylor. Betsy for short.Life's been tough on her. Betsy got laid off. It's her birthday and she's too depressed to even celebrate. Then she gets hit by a car and dies. Well, not exactly, for she wakes up a few days later and she's in a freaking coffin.While life has been cruel on her, her death hasn't been easy on her either. She's an odd freak of nature. It's not exactly normal to be walking after you shattered your skull into pieces. She tries killing herself, but to no avail, nothing really works.After talking to a priest, she manages to think of herself, not as an abomination. She could hold crosses, so it could mean that God forgives her, right?Well, things begin to become great. Betsy's friend, Jessica will handle her finances. She manages to save a man, named Mark from attempting suicide. Then there's this vampire Eric Sinclair, who's tall, dark and sinister, on her heels. I should also mention that the guy in mention is 6'4", with thick inky black hair swept at the back, strong nose, good chin and broad shoulders, its ever a wonder how he fits through doors. And she's Queen of the Vampires.Scratch that. Aside from her inability to burn in sunlight, no pain when touched with holy water, not needing to feed as often as normal vampires do, could stand holding crosses, could say and recite the Lord's name and prayer without burning to the ground, and her impeccable fashion sense, she's not fit to be a vampire queen. She couldn't even remember names. Nostro, nostril. Sinclair, Sink Lair. What's the difference? To her it all sounds like the same mumbo jumbo. And should I mention that Betsy lisps when her fangs are out? How unglamorous it would be, to give speeches to her minions and lisp.But I should warn you, this vampire could be bribed to become queen. Just choose the right Prada heels and so.Hmm, I should warn you about this book though. The cover looks decent and harmless, I actually thought this book was like chick-lit. But no, there are sex scenes in vivid detail, I felt like I was watching pornography.BTW, Eric Sinclair for me is dreamy. Aside from the good looks that comes with the package, not to mention his package itself which is also described in vivid detail, he's willing to bribe his girl with Manalo Blahnik shoes until forgiven. What more could a girl ask for?
—Jasmin
I think I'm still shell-shocked from reading this book. I belong to a "fascinating" book club where we only try and pick horrendous and/or fun/lights reads to make fun of when we get together. I actually had higher hopes when I started this one. I found out it was based in the Twin Cities where we all live, it had some witty and entertaining writing and it had been compared to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", which is my favorite television show of all time.No - just no. I was really sickened by this book. The writing was dribble. No respectable woman in her thirties talks this way to others. She writes Minneapolis as if it's The Bronx at 2 a.m. every night. The character can't even walk on one of the streets in Minneapolis in the evening without getting mugged continuously. But above all, this book is so unnecessarily graphic that it wasn't even a dark comedy. My husband actually asked me if I was feeling well when I was reading the last chapter because my face looked so concerned.Yes, I knew what I was getting myself into, but I had no idea it would be THIS bad.
—Amy
