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    Undead and Unstable
    Undead and Unstable
    Undead and Unstable
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    Undead and Unstable

    Written by MaryJanice Davidson

    Narrated by Nancy Wu

    3.5/5

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    A death and life situation …

    Betsy’s heartbroken over her friend Marc’s death, but at least his sacrifice should change the future—her future—for the better. But Betsy’s next few hundred years will still be far from perfect. After all, her half sister Laura is the Antichrist and Laura’s mother is Satan, which means that family gatherings will always be more than a little awkward.

    What’s really bothering Betsy is that ever since she and Laura returned from visiting their mom in hell, Laura’s been acting increasingly peculiar. Maybe it’s Laura’s new job offer as Satan’s replacement down under. Unfortunately, the position comes at a damnable price: her soul. Now a war has been waged—one that’s going to take sibling rivalry to a whole new level and a dimension where only one sister can survive.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 5, 2012
    ISBN9781464038419
    Undead and Unstable
    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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    • 3/5
      I loved this series longer than most, but I think I've finally reached the limit of my acceptance. I was happy with this series up until book eight. Book nine was somewhat of a letdown, but I was okay with hanging in there. Once I got that far, it was hard to stop reading even though the books were getting progressively less interesting. But finally, after a very disappointing eleventh book, I have decided to stop reading. If you've gotten through book 10, congratulations! The worst is behind you. And yet, surprisingly, I will recommend reading this eleventh book because it resolves the latest plot lines. Essentially, my advice is to read this book because it's pretty bad, but if you're like me you just can't leave when a plot line is unfinished. But here's a small ray of hope: the ending of Undead and Unstable offers a great stopping point for readers who have disliked the last few books. Almost all major plot lines are resolved and the story ends on a fairly happy note. So I'd say read it, but I warn you, it's mostly a chore.

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    • 5/5
      I hated Undead and Unfinished so much that I figured I was through with this series. Luckily, Undead and Undermined and Undead and Unstable have changed my mind.Marc Spangler is no longer one of the normal human inhabitants of the Vampire Central mansion. He's back from the dead, but he's not a vampire. Betsy and her best friend, Jessica, are more than a little freaked out by the change. So is Dick (formerly 'Nick,' love of Jessica's life and father of her unborn baby). Betsy's husband, Eric Sinclair, and his right-hand vamp, Tina, are taking it better. So are Antonia Wolfton and her lover, vampire fiend Garrett. Yes, we're still in the changed timeline where Ms. Davidson has undone the Jess/Nick breakup and the even less welcome deaths of Antonia & Garrett.The ghost of the Ant [Antonia Taylor, Betsy's unpleasant stepmother] isn't annoying Betsy this book. The vampire queen has her future self, Ancient Betsy, and Satan for that. Laura Goodman, the Antichrist and Betsy's half-sister, is spending time with mama Satan, which has Betsy worried.Betsy's stress level goes way up when she learns the dread truth about the Book of the Dead. I didn't see the solution coming. I'm also wondering what changes that might bring.Many snippets of conversation and situations made me laugh aloud. I'm glad that Ms. Davidson didn't destroy this amusing series after all.Notes: Chapters 14 & 33: for George Romero zombies, watch Night of the Living Dead (decide for yourself whether you prefer the original or the remake -- the original scared me and the remake made me glad I was living in a second floor apartment at the time.) and Dawn of the Dead (the original), and Day of the Dead. Chapter 36: Betsy's snark about a lake and sexy teens reminds me of Friday the 13th.Chapter 45: There's a spoiler for the remake of The Thing, if you haven't seen that Kurt Russell movie.Cat lovers: Giselle has a brief appearance.Dog lovers: Not only are there plenty of dogs to enjoy more than Betsy does, there are two delightful black Lab puppies, Fur and Burr.
    • 2/5
      I'm not sure why I am still reading these books. I think because I know the main story arc is drawing to a close and I want to see how she wraps it up but for the most part I keep thinking it has jumped the shark. The book is over a very short period of time and lots of the talking as usual gets done in the kitchen. At this point I'm not even sure if I will read the next one or just wait until someone posts an entire plot synopsis on the web instead.
    • 4/5
      Enjoyable. Ties us the time travel storyline. Satan is dead, long live the new Satan, even if Laura did not really want the job. Antonia is alive, Sinclair can sunbathe. Now if only Betsy weren't so darned annoying --a drama queen with ADHD.
    • 3/5
      The third book in a trilogy within the Betsy series where Betsy must deal with the changed timeline—due to her going back in time with her sister in Undead and Unfinished—and trying to prevent the horrible future she’s responsible for, which she saw when going forward in time—same book.Marc committed suicide in the last book after learning what he becomes from his future self. Betsy is determined to bring him back from the dead; after all she’d already brought Antoine back from Hell. Adding to her stress are the frequent appearances of both Satan, and to Betsy’s horror, her future self. Neither will tell her what she’d done to trigger such a horrid future, but she should get off her butt and fix it so it doesn’t happen. She’s urged by them to stop whining over a role she doesn’t want and use—again, very cryptic-- an ability she’s capable of but doesn’t know she has.The author’s considerable wit is in full swing, as is Betsy’s inability to stay focused on a topic without her mind going in multiple directions with each thought. That aspect was both unique and charming at the beginning of the series. And while still humorous, it’s also getting somewhat worn out and even confusing at times. There were some conversations in scenes that I couldn’t figure out who said what.We, not Current Day Betsy, do finally learn after the disaster from the old timeline has been averted, just what Betsy had done to cause it. Nothing truly sinister; she’d had the best intentions. And the answer to diverting the disaster? I didn’t see that one coming.I expect this will be the last Betsy book I’ll be purchasing. I don’t know if it’s me getting older that’s causing my difficulty in keeping track of the original thought or conversation that Betsy’s apparent ADD hijacks, or if Betsy’s lack of focus has gotten worse as the series progresses. But it’s been a problem for me in the last two or three books.I did enjoy the characters and much of the humor, but I found too much of the story distracting.