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    Undead and Unpopular
    Undead and Unpopular
    Undead and Unpopular
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    Undead and Unpopular

    Written by MaryJanice Davidson

    Narrated by Nancy Wu

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    As Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor approaches the big 3-1 (in human years, that is), she has a lot on her plate. There are wedding plans to finalize, with no help from her fiancé Eric. And Betsy’s decided to stop drinking blood, something Eric, the vampire king, may not understand …

    So when some guests show up uninvited, and they happen to be the powerful European vampires who have finally come to pay their respects the week before her birthday, Betsy gets really cranky …
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 11, 2006
    ISBN9781440780912
    Undead and Unpopular
    Author

    MaryJanice Davidson

    MaryJanice is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of several novels and is published across multiple genres, including the UNDEAD series and the Tropes Trilogy. Her books have been published in over a dozen languages and have been on best-seller lists all over the world. She has published books, novellas, articles, short stories, recipes, reviews, and rants, and writes a bi-weekly column for USA Today. A former model and medical test subject (two jobs that aren’t as far apart as you’d think), she has been sentenced to live in St. Paul, MN, with her husband, children, and dogs.

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    • 4/5
      Very enjoyable.

      Betsy is, again, at her most infuriating and best. The Vampire Queen you love to cringe at.
      That comical temper tantrum and self centered attitude can get a little grating at times. But those things are what make her seem so real, so enticing.

      The story was a bit confusing at first, I must admit. I even wondered if I had missed a book in between because things started off all smooth and pretty. Not at all meshing with how the last book ended.

      But I powered on, and was given the answers to those bothersome questions looming later on in the story.

      So, rest assured, they do get addressed.

      On to the next in the wacky ride of Queen Betsy and her betrothed SinkLair (Erik Sinclair). *lol*
    • 2/5
      Cute and kinda funny. I did not enjoy the female narrator voice. I enjoyed the parts when she is babysitting.
    • 5/5
      These books just kinda makes me feel better when I read them. It's nothing particularly brilliant, it's more the fact that you don't have to think much when you're reding these books so there are an excellent way to relax. Also they are very quick to read which is good because I can't but them down whenever I start a new one. The only negative side in this book is the fact that it continues on from a book that is part of another series so if you haven't (like me) read the other series you're kind of lost at the beginning of this book.
    • 4/5
      As always, Nancy Wu's narration makes listening to MaryJanice Davidson's already funny Undead/Queen Betsy' even more enjoyable, Undead and Unpopular is the fifth book. This is the one where Betsy is eventually sorry that she ignored warnings about a zombie being in the attic. There's also the problem of a snooty bunch of European vampires making a belated visit to meet their new queen and king. A forgotten incident in one vampire's past turned out to have more importance to a vampire Betsy calls her friend. A secret best friend Jessica has been keeping is revealed, and I don't mean whether or not a surprise party has been arranged for Betsy's 31st birthday.The handsome young former Blade Warrior who has a crush on Betsy makes an appearance, as does Marjorie the vampire librarian. Betsy's half-sister, Laura Goodman the Anti-Christ, has a less deadly role this time.It's good to reread these books after reading further in the series. One gets to pick up on clues that will be important to running subplots. Events that are worrisome in this book will already to be known to be worth worrying or not.
    • 4/5
      Not my favorite one, I could put it down, the first three books I could not stop reading.
    • 4/5
      This one has Betsy's birthday coming up and she doesn't want a surprise party. That is pretty much the start and end to this book. There's a delegation of European vampires that come to visit and we learn that one of Betsy's pals was actually turned into a vampire by one of them which is one of the big plot points in this book. There's also a zombie in the attic which comes up repeatedly but is really not a major plot point.
    • 4/5
      These books are great light reading. There's never much in the way of plot, but the heaping helping of character and humor makes up for it. Very raunchy, and a lot of fun.
    • 4/5
      I think this is my favorite Queen Betsy book so far. The mysterious European vampires – are they friend or foe? What’s wrong with Jessica? Is there really a Zombie in the attic? And if so, what’s he doing there? Along with appearances from some of our favorite guest stars, Sophie and Liam and Garrett and Antonia (the werewolf, not the stepmom…although, the stepmom makes an appearance as well). Betsy herself actually seemed a little bit brighter, as well, which is nice, because the one thing I lament about her is her dim superficiality. She does state it rather eloquently though when she mentions that Eric is regal and commanding, Tina is smart, Jessica is a gazillionnaire, Antonia is a psychic werewolf, Marc is a doctor, Laura is the devil’s daughter, Cathie can walk through walls and she, Betsy, has the least to offer of all her friends even though she is, nominally, the Queen. When looked at from that perspective, Betsy becomes a more sympathetic character, and her foibles can be overlooked. She didn’t ask to be the queen, she just is. And apparently, vampire queens aren’t chosen for their I.Q. Okay. I can live with that, as long as there are enough other fascinating characters surrounding her. That number continues to grow, so I am optimistic.
    • 3/5
      full review on talksupe.blogspot.comAlthough there weren't very many LOL moments that stood out for me this time around I did appreciate Mary Janice Davidson's correlation between life and death in this installment.
    • 4/5
      I am guaranteed of a giggle when reading this series and its been a few months since I read the last. Betsy is unashamedly narcassitic and shallow but Davidson manages to make that amusing rather than wearing. I enjoy the snark and silliness. Just pure entertainment.
    • 2/5
      Queen Betsy is having a birthday, but of course first she has to deal with vampire business. Being Queen, she has a lot on her plate, the whole blood fasting she is doing for her birthday, the visitors from Europe, the ghost claiming there’s a zombie in the attic, and something is up with Jess too. All while planning her wedding.Book 5 ….. Miss Congeniality uh?, well Dictionary lookup says - agreeable: pleasant and suited to somebody's character or tastes, friendly: having an outgoing pleasant character - Nope, none of them fit the Queen Betsy of this book. She is conceited, selfish, self involved, basically a royal pain. Normally Eric Sinclair is enough to pull me through, but in this one his stupidity in consistently backing and believing in Betsy is glaring and annoying. The only saving grace is Jess, but I am not sure even Jess and Mark are enough. Not sure if I will make the time for the next one (Undead and Uneasy) after this one was so disappointing.
    • 4/5
      A delegation of European vampires have arrived to pay respects to Betsy and Sinclair. In politics though they have left it very late to do this. When they arrive one of Betsy's friends is with her for a meeting about changing her human lover into a vampire so they can always be together. A shock is in store though as it turns out one of the European's was the one who sired her against her wishes. She demands his death which puts Betsy in the middle of a political struggle.
    • 5/5
      I just love this series from MaryJanice Davidson. Well, as the last book ended Betsy was trying to plan her wedding to Eric. This time around she's up to her usual antics. She's decided to jump on the wagon and not drink blood. She finds out some horrible news about her best friend, Jessica. The Euro vamps show up and then one gets attacked by one of her friends - as he is the one who changed her. Oh, jeez, does it not ever end?Poor Betsy is up to her ears with everyone else's problems - and her own. I'm sure that she just wishes that being the Queen would have been so much easier. But she's got people popping in her house all the time with news about some book that was being written about her (nonfiction - trying to be fiction) and then one of the Euro's turns up dead and everyone just wants her approval to do things. Betsy is as snarky as usual, but now with her not drinking blood, she's a little cranky.I love this series, because it's fun! Queen Betsy's world is fascinating and hilarious due to the fact that in this vampire world, the Queen of Vampires is also the biggest shoe fanatic! I can't wait to read the next few books in this series. I hope it never ends!
    • 2/5
      I am getting more and more disenchanted with this series. The soap-opera style is dominating once again. Whilst that might make for popular TV it makes for crap TV, and it's worse in a book.There are multiple threads, as before, but rather than exploring them in an interesting fashion they're all filtered through an increasingly vapid and irritating filter of how they affect Betsy.She might be destined to rule for 1,000 years but I'm left wondering how the hell Sinclair can stand her, let alone apparently love her and want to live with her for the next millennium. I've already got one more book in the series, but trust me, after that, unless it's brilliant, I'm out of here.
    • 2/5
      Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor is busy planning her wedding to Eric Sinclair, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t want people to fuss over her upcoming 31st birthday. She also has other things on her mind – she’s decided to stop drinking blood (which is making her really really cranky), she has both a ghost and a zombie living in the house, unexpected vampire guests keep dropping by, one vampire seeks revenge against another, and worst of all – one of her friends is acting oddly.“Undead and Unpopular” is a lightweight book in an increasingly lightweight series, a series that is long on laughs and short on plot development. Betsy is stagnating as a character – even when she tries to be mature about not drinking blood, she remains immature with her focus on fashionable shoes and wanting a surprise party for her 31st birthday (a stretch of a plot device if there ever was one). Each book recycles the same plots; for example, you know at some point there’s going to be a fight between vampires. There are some funny moments – notably a book within the book – but other plot developments that sound promising, like the zombie in the attic, fizzle out or are underdeveloped. Other plot lines, like the visiting vampires, seem thrown into the book just to set up events like the aforementioned vampire fight. Halfway through the book, I almost gave up reading it, wondering why I was continuing to read a series that rehashed the same old plots in each book. However, author Mary Janice Davidson threw in a potentially devastating plot twist involving one of the main characters that kept me reading. This twist shows some promise and may even help Betsy mature as a character, although in this book it only served to show how selfish she is. If Davidson uses this twist in the right way, it could turn the series into a much more interesting read.“Undead and Unpopular” is a very light read.
    • 5/5
      A fun, fast read, as expected. And I liked it a smidgen better than Undead and Unappreciated. Betsy has a couple of real dilemmas in this one--a friend has a serious illness, and a foreign vampire dignitary turns out to have killed another of Betsy's friends.
    • 4/5
      It had been quite a while since I read the previous Betsy books, and I'd forgotten that our heroine can tend towards a bit whiny and self-centred... especially as the book opens with her planning the guest list for her surprise birthday party. However, even though she sounds like the chick lit heroines I love to hate, there's something really endearing about Betsy. I don't think it's just the chick-lit-heroine-stuck-as-vampire-queen variant that makes her appealing -- she really is a lovable character despite it all. Anyhow, this book is another fun romp through her world of shoes, friends, and undead.
    • 3/5
      Cute, but unremarkable, addition to the series. Betsy is turning 30 and "doesn't" want a party . There's also a European vampire delegation. The usual antics ensue.
    • 3/5
      I am addicted and not ashamed to admit it.2007If you took Anita Blake, mixed in Buffy, added Prada pumps, horniness, a gay roommate, a psychic werewolf, a lot of airheadedness, sarcasm, materialism, and hilarity... then you might have a sense of Davidson's creation. It has the least content of this 8 part semi-series, yet still ranked high enough to inspire chuckles, head shaking, and outright laughter.
    • 4/5
      With her 31st birthday right around the corner, and plans for her upcoming nuptials chewing up so much of her time, Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor really doesn't have the time or patience to deal with the faction of European vampires that have decided to finally come and pay their respects to the Vampire Queen and King. Not only are they snotty and stuck-up, but one of them is also responsible for the death of fellow vampire and friend Dr. Sophie Trudeau. And Sophie's definitely holding a grudge since Alonzo simply drained her blood and left her for dead in a dark alley in Paris back in 1892. So now, on top of everything else, she's expected to decide the fate of this arrogant ass too?! With her brother BabyJon pooping up a storm, Betsy's definitely got her hands full!It's been nearly a year since I visited Betsy because I wanted to catch up on her Wyndham Werewolves, who start to make appearances (as minor characters) in some of the Betsy books now. So I read the 2 short stories in the Secrets 6 and Secrets 8 anthologies, the short stories in Dead and Loving It, and the full-length novel Derik's Bane, all within the previous year before picking up Undead and Unpopular.Like the previous books in the series, Undead and Unpopular was a quick, light read. You feel as if the whole novel could have happened in a single day or two, and in fact, I think it probably did, or a week at most. *grin* If you're looking for a wonderful story and intricate plot line, don't look here; this series is pure fluff! But the characters are likable and funny—not quite hilarious, but certainly chuckle-worthy—and the action is never dull. I'll be looking forward to Undead and Uneasy, the next in the series, which I hope to squeeze in soon so I can be fully caught up on this series. :)
    • 2/5
      I was disappointed by this entry in Mary Janice Davidson's Undead series. Undead and Unpopular lacks any real tension. It suffers from too much exposition and dialog. They are talking in the kitchen. They are talking in the parlor. They are talking in the bedroom. There really didn't seem to be much actual action at all. The menace implied by the European vampires never really seemed all that menacing. When I got to the end of the book I had to go back and check. I couldn't find a real climax to any of the action. I think that's the point. The action in this book was sorely missing. Betsy's self-centered whining is starting to get old, and there seemed to be a chapter I missed somewhere along the line. Probably some short story in an anthology. I dislike when authors assume you'll read every anthology they contribute to. I like to read anthologies to check out new authors, not to keep up with all the series I'm reading. I expect series to be self-contained in the books, or at least given some explanation in the text if there has been a significant change that was in a short story.
    • 4/5
      Hmmm, I don't seem to agree with many of the reviewers. I see this as the turnaround in a series that was sinking fast. I enjoyed this much more than book 3 or 4. I thought the plot was stronger and there was more action in this one than we have seen in a long time.
    • 4/5
      Betsy's 31st birthday is approaching and she's decided to give up blood. Add to this a group of vampires coming to test her and Sinklair and their resolve to keep power in the area. She's also protesting that she doesn't want a party (yeah right) finding out what's wrong with her friend and keep her mother from driving her insane.She's still an incredible ditz and I have issues with her sometimes. Not a series I'd rush to buy but I enjoy delving in occasionally.
    • 3/5
      Still quite fun and light. Love the characters and some of the wacky stuff they get up too. What I hate is that the publisher is cutting the books in half and publishing one story as two. They also come out in HC first and take a year to go into paper. Not only is the delay terrible, the books aren't worth hardcover price. Especially with the way the plots are wrapped up, to the point of phoning in the answers. Threads that are part of the plot are dropped or never really developed, and that makes the book, already light, feel incomplete.Its a shame that such bad handling is ruining a good series.
    • 4/5
      I'm really enjoying this series!!..Now that I've read all the full length books I'm going to have to wait till the next release for more LOL think I can hold out that long? Good thing there are a couple of short stories that I didn't realize I missed! That ought to tide me over lol
    • 3/5
      Not as good as previous books in the series but still a fun enjoyable read.
    • 2/5
      Cute, but not particularly endearing anymore. Somewhat humorous, but Betsy tends to grate on nerves with her whiny and shallow attitude.
    • 5/5
      It's Betsy's birthday, she's planning her surprise party, there is a zombie in the attic, and a bunch of European vamps in town to pay "homage" to the new queen, and not ONE of them brought her a new pair of shoes!
    • 3/5
      The bottom line with this book is I just didn't enjoy it as much as the others. It felt rushed somehow and various strands of plot seemed to be left dangling at the end. I did enjoy it tpo a point but I think it could have been much better. I sincerely hope that any other books she writes about Betsy are an improvement on this one.
    • 2/5
      This is the fifth book in the Undead and Unwed series and although this has been a cute and quirky series this latest installment didn't thrill me. The story revolved around Betsy being unpopular with the European vampires but the story doesn't revolve around that enough, it’s as if she had to have a plot so it’s centered around that but there is this whole babysitting baby Jon that is just there for possibly comic relief? It also seemed a little disjointed, bouncing around from one thing to the next. Hopefully Davidson can resurrect Betsy (pun intended) in a future novel or maybe start a new series. I'd like to see her tackle the issue with Jess in more depth in the next book.