MaryJanice Davidson is the bestselling author of several books, most recently Undead and Unstable, Undead and Undermined, Undead and Unfinished, Undead and Unwelcome, Undead and Unworthy, and Dead Over Heels. With her husband, Anthony Alongi, she also writes a series featuring a teen weredragon named Jennifer Scales. MaryJanice lives in Minneapolis with her husband and two children and is currently working on her next book.
The 12th in Davidson's Undead series (after Undead and Unstable) lives down to its wishy-washy title, crossing snarky pop-culture references with solemn religion. Betsy, queen of the vampires, has killed Satan, the mother of Betsy's half-sister, Laura (yes, that makes Laura the Antichrist). Now Betsy wants to mend fences with a belated Thanksgiving. With his newfound tolerance for sunlight, Betsy's handsome and dangerous husband, Eric, is giddy with happiness. Less joy-inspiring is Betsy's best friend's pregnancy; in fact, Betsy feels nothing about it at all, which only registers as strange after Laura kidnaps Betsy and abandons her in Hell. Davidson's writing remains zippy and fun, but it almost entirely lacks substance, and the religiosity that seeps in toward the ending (" 'Come along,' I told the Antichrist. 'Come pray with me' ") is as jarring as reading that the commanding, soulful, and hunky king of the vampires baby-talks to puppies. Even diehard fans will struggle to love this episode. Agent: Ethan Ellenberg, Ethan Ellenberg Agency. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Praise for the Undead series... "Delightful, wicked fun!"--Christine Feehan, #1 New York Times bestselling author"Think Sex and the City...filled with demons and vampires."--Publishers Weekly"Sexy, steamy, and laugh-out-loud funny."--Booklist "Be prepared to fall in love with the undead all over again...!"--Romance Reviews Today For Betsy Taylor, Vampire Queen... "[Her] adventures are laugh-out-loud entertainment."--Fresh Fiction"What can you say about a vampire whose loyalty can be bought by designer shoes? Can we say, outrageous?"--The Best Reviews And for MaryJanice Davidson... "[Her] prose zings from wisecrack to wisecrack."--Detroit Free Press"No one does humorous romantic fantasy better."--The Best Reviews "[She] has her own brand of wit and shocking surprises."--Darque Reviews
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