It felt as if power had shifted from the author/creator to the reader, as if MJD were apologizing to me for her writing decisions. The letter also claimed that the book was “going to be big!”, that everything in the Undead universe had been leading to this moment, that everything was going to change. So from the beginning, I was a little hesitant going in. I’ve never seen an author try and justify her choices before I’d even read the book. We as readers have the choice of either buying into that author or not. It’s just part of the experience of reading. I mean, we’ve all had authors do things or kill off characters that we didn’t want to die. Which, as a reader, I thought was a little weird. In it she thanks us for reading her novels (you’re welcome!) but then justifies and apologizes for her choices for the plotline of this book. Even before the prologue, there’s a letter from MJD to the readers. Scout’s honor.īut it’s how this book starts that really surprised me. Because we’ve all read series that keep pushing the inevitable back just one more book to really milk the readers. And, if you’re like me, you probably wanted to know that before starting MaryJanice Davidson’s sixth book in her Betsy Taylor, Vampire Queen series. I don’t think that counts as a spoiler as the last five books in this series have been building up to this point. (Sorry, not with each other.Betsy and Sinclair get married at the end of this book. They've just been around a little longer, can only go out at night, but nevertheless manage to have hot vampire sex. Turns out sibs will be sibs, dead or undead. Davidson's Undead series has gained a loyal group of fans who will be eager for all the dish from the queen herself. This monotonous tone makes it difficult for the uninitiated to follow without serious concentration. Betsy tells the story, which poses a problem for narrator Wu, who describes events and filters other characters' dialog through her own flat, terminally hip, and world-weary delivery.
Her satanic sibling turns out to be a sweet, unaware college girl with a clergyman father.
When she learns that she has a long-lost half sister, alleged to have been fathered by Satan, she remembers a prophecy predicting she and this person will rule the world together. What's a vampire queen to do? Betsy Taylor has a lot on her plate-operating a nightclub for vampires and searching for essential fashion items consume her and allow little time for socializing.
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