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    Undead and Unfinished
    Undead and Unfinished
    Undead and Unfinished
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    Undead and Unfinished

    Written by MaryJanice Davidson

    Narrated by Nancy Wu

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Vampire queen Betsy Taylor makes a deal with the devil in order to discover the secrets of the Book of the Dead. Just one catch: she and her sister must go to hell to do it. Just long enough to make nice with her mother, aka Lucifer, and take a detour through time …
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJul 30, 2010
    ISBN9781449821364
    Undead and Unfinished
    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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    • 1/5
      I would've given this book zero stars, if Goodreads had allowed it. Bleak, depressing, disturbing, and not one laugh-out-loud moment.

      I'm not sure what MJD was going through in her life when she wrote "Undead and Unfinished", but I think it would've been better dealt with at a therapist's office than foisted on her poor readers. I've definitely had it with this series and won't be reading the next book (if there is one).

      I'll stick to the first six books and pretend this one, and the past two, never happened.
    • 3/5
      I recall reading, in the preface to one of MaryJanice Davidson's Queen Betsy novels (one or two back, I can't remember), that she was taking the series in a new, darker direction. You can certainly see that in Undead and Unfinished.One of the most striking things about this novel is the absence of the usual cast of characters. Sinclair, Tina, Mark, Jessica . . . they just aren't there, for the most part. If you're looking for comfort and familiarity of a series cast, you won't find it. Instead, Betsy is paired with her half-sister, Laura, the Antichrist, throughout. That in itself is a new direction for the series. Just last installment, Laura was trying to kill off all the vampires, and in this one, they're time-traveling buddies? It's a bit of a leap.So is the time-traveling. Throughout most of the time-traveling, I felt that things were very episodic, almost strung together. The overall plot structure linking the time-traveling theme is very loose. The main idea is that they're (re)visiting crucial points in Betsy's life course and doing things that some how will-or-won't alter the path of destiny. The overall reason that they're time-traveling in the first place is that Laura's mother, Satan, wants her to learn how to time-travel so that she can take over ruling hell one day, and learning how to time-travel is a crucial part of that (apparently), and she needs a blood relative in order to do the time-traveling, hence Betsy, but Betsy being there plays a determining role in what events they will visit . . . was that sentence long and confusing enough? Yes? Well, that's the plot logic, like it or not. You could say it's a bit contrived.The time-traveling episodes were funny enough, at least the visits to the past. They were fairly fluffy, but I wasn't exactly expecting great depth from this particular series, so I don't see that as a flaw. Betsy gets a little tedious (continual complaints about her unwashed state, for example), but the book reads so quickly that it doesn't really have time to grate.Then, all of a sudden, at the end, when they visit the future, things take a turn for the dark, very quickly, and all humor is abruptly, and I mean very abruptly, gone. It's like the ending of a different book was tacked on to the beginning of another one. You really see what MJD said about taking the series in another direction. I'll be interested to see where she's going from here; I can't quite picture what's up next, but I hope it involves more of the cast of characters I've grown so fond of, more spontaneous humor, and less disjointedness. I hope this book was kind of a "growing pains" transitional piece.If MJD really does want to turn the series in a new direction, some book like this one was probably necessary, but it could have been better written, less contrived, and plotted better. It could have also made better use of the characters that we all know and love. As I said, I hope this is just a transitional work and that better things lie ahead.
    • 2/5
      Most. Frustrating. Storyline. Ever.

      I did not like the ninth Queen Betsy book at all.
      It drug on and on and then when you think it's over it takes a Stephen King'esc turn at the end. WTH?
      Sure, it had time travel, altering time lines, the origin of the Book of the Dead (*eeew*) and such.
      But what they DID to Betsy. I cannot forgive.
      Absolutely awful.

      I'm actually considering taking 'Undead and Undermined' off my pre-order list after reading this disaster.



    • 2/5
      I found that this was a frustrating book to get into -- and I like the characters and want to know what's going to happen next. I'd say the first half of the book was recapping action, which is not only uneccesary, but really quite painful after a while. Too bad, it was a funny series while it lasted.
    • 4/5
      Generally I love these but that wasn't the case with this one. It gets bogged down. It's all about Laura learning a new skill.
    • 4/5
      I absolutely loathed Undead and Unfinished by its end the first time I listened to it. Fortunately, I went ahead with book 10 in MaryJanice Davidson's 'Undead'/'Queen Betsy' series. This time I listened to Nancy Wu's effective narration with appreciation for what happened later. I could detect the foreshadowing for Undead and Unwary that had completely slipped past me before.This is the book where Betsy is given the task for helping her half-sister Laura, the Anti-Christ, learn to use one of her inherited powers: time travel. I did thoroughly enjoy Betsy telling off those self-righteous Puritans during one of the Salem witch trials. The other visits to the past helped illuminate questions from earlier books. I'm entirely in agreement with younger Betsy about the future they visited. This book also allowed the author to start meddling with previous decisions. (Hallelujah!)So if you're reading/listening to this books in order, don't give up in disgust. There's better things to come.
    • 2/5
      Wow what a shocker! I did not expect this book to be this way. I was very upset by the ending but cannot wait until the next one is out to get some sort of resolution! I'll repeat this was SHOCKING! That's all I will say, no spoilers.
    • 3/5
      I have been put off this series as it seems to be drawn out, and was dreading reading this but found it was better than the the last two. I probably would have enjoyed it more two books ago. It feels as if Betsy is finally getting herself straightened out, but it seems that that a quick fix is used rather than allowing her character to develop through experience. Still, an enjoyable read.
    • 2/5
      2.1 stars-Well, what can I say about this one ? The ending left me with a general feeling of nausea. The first 1/4 of the book was a recap, what a waste of pages, I found it hard to stay awake through it. Then Betsy, who has been Queen for three years starts acting even more immature then in previous books, grating on my last nerve. Everything was a stupid joke ?!?!? Then her and her sister go through a hell induced time travel, where they fidget with lives, and the future. Some parts of the travels are interesting but Betsy keeps acting so utterly idiotic. What happened to her character ? She was funny without being so stupid. I know the author is better than this. I will read the next one but it will be the last if it follows this books style.
    • 2/5
      Picked this up for humor. It spent a lot of time going over previous books. Would suggest borrowing from library or purchasing second hand. Not worth full price.
    • 1/5
      This was not fun or even a great addition to the series. From what I understand, the next book is about her waking up in the past, in her old body, right when she dies. I really hope that means none of this every happens. So here it is, with a bunch of spoilers. Like, a bunch. So be forewarned.

      Ok, what the freaking heck??? This is all about the really unlikable Betsy traveling down to hell for a vacation with her sister, the antichrist. Just, you know, because. Then they travel around in Betsy's timeline so she can be her usual selfish self and interfere everywhere in her own past. And the pasts of her vampire friends. What was the point? And really, really getting tired of her focus on herself, and shoes. Really. Also, she is supposed to be the vampire queen, but we don't see many other vampires in this series. I don't get it.

      Also, and this is really just out of left field, future Betsy has her evil sister (who is ruling hell) skin Sinclair so she can turn him into the Book of the Dead and then deliver the book to her past self. What???? I just didn't get his at all. What was the point of this epilogue? Why would I want to read any more of this series at all if this is where it's going to end up? It's just not fun any more.
    • 4/5
      I truly love this series. Loved the book, but could do without the epilouge.
    • 3/5
      I was expecting this book to be pure crud. The reviews are bad, loyal fans are twisted over the shocking revelation at the end and to be honest, I have been underwhelemed by the several previous books in the series. Imagine my surpise when I didn't really hate this book. I thought after several stagnant books, Davidson really jumped into a new, unique, and daring idea. I am sure that Davidson will not leave things the way they are at the end of this book. The plot is dealing with time travel and leaves off with Betsy wanting to change the timeline. I have no reason to believe that what happens at the end of the book will really indeed end up having happened. (Boy that sentence doesn't make a lot of sense). I liked the parts where the traveled to the past via hell...except Betsy is really, really dumb. I would like to see her wise up a little bit. Sure this part worked out a little in the end but everyone knows you don't mess with the past because you can change everything! So why three stars? I apologize, but the book is still lazy. Betsy as I menetioned before, is dumber than a doornail. She makes the same mistakes and never seems to learn from them. She has a hard time facing the fact that she can make a mistake. When things are serious, she regresses and plays them off. Betsy was cute and funny in the first several books but she has shown abolutely no character growth. Also the writing was bad. There were times in "Undead and Unfinished" where the characters suddenly seem to figure something out but its never made clear to the readers what the characters seem to know. This is beyond frusterating and I personally went back and re-read way too many parts of this story hoping for a clue as to what had happened. As much as I enjoyed the new direction here, I have to say that I am one of those who believes that perhaps Betsy has outlived her stay in the paranormal romance genre. Its time for something fresh and fabulous, which Betsy once way, but is no longer. I trust MJD and I am sure she has some great ideas in store for other books.
    • 4/5
      This time out Betsy and her sister, Laura, aka The Antichrist, are on an adventure. A time-travelling adventure in Hell to be specific. As they travel, they encounter people and events that are related to Betsy. Will Betsy be able to travel through time without warping the future? I am so glad I have stuck with the series. There was I time when I was almost giving up on it, but the last 2 or so books have been so good. In this one we see Betsy finally relizing how completely self-centered she is and actually beginning to think this is a bad thing. I loved the whole story line in this book. It was different yet it is advancing the story to places I never would have guessed. Some readers seem to think this is the last book in the series. Say it ain't so. I NEED to find out what happens.
    • 1/5
      Undead and Unfinished In what I am assuming is the last of the Queen Betsy series I was not happy at all. There were over 70 chapters that were short and unsatisfying. The end of the book in where Betsy and Laura turned Sinclair into the book of the dead was by far a completely unexpected and unwelcome ending. In fact from someone who works in a book store having this book of the series listed as romance is so far off the mark that I was tempted to move it (not that I would). The sad part is I would recommend all Mary Janice Davidson’s other books. I am hoping that this is the exception and not the rule for any of her new endeavors. One Star
    • 5/5
      The newest Queen Betsy book which sees the series back on form. Betsy and her sister Laura go to hell to learn more about the Book of the Dead and Laura's heritage. Lots of secrets are revealed when they meet their future selves and it ends with an excellent twist.
    • 3/5
      MaryJanice Davidson has such a great imagination, I don't know why she feels such a strong need to repeat Queen Betsy's shortcomings so incessantly. This Queen of the Vampires loves shoes more than life itself and never fails to remind us that she got only a C- in biology. It's very important we realize that she's not smart nor introspective, so important that Davidson grinds our face into the information for 9 books. Enough already. When she writes about Queen Betsy's powers, when Betsy and her sister Laura, who is the antichrist, laugh hysterically about the whooping they're about to give to some would-be rapists, when she plots just how she's going to get into and out of various difficulties I don't want to stop reading, then when the airhead comments start up again I wonder why I've plodded through 9 of these books. Let's hope she's got it out of her system and that Queen Betsy can mature a little in the next book, which I know I'll read but I'll never buy.
    • 3/5
      This book was a burst of fresh air when compared with the previous two books in the series. However, this is supposed to be the third book of the "trilogy within a series" and it really didn't tie into the other two at all.Still, I was very entertained by Laura and Betsy's time traveling escapades. I loved learning more about Sinclair's history. Most importantly, Betsy seems to actually be maturing. (Although she couldn't really get less mature.)
    • 4/5
      I am a HUGE Queen Betsy fan and I love this series...but I was really disappointed with this one. It is the 9th installment of the Undead series and I am a little confused. It is so different than the rest of the series... and I didn't really like the change. In the previous books, Betsy Taylor, ruler of the undead, is witty, funny and sometimes annoying (like when she wouldn't marry the sexy undead boyfriend Sinclair) but I loved her! I don't know what happened, but she really got on my nerves this time around. Aagghhh..I can't believe I just said that! I feel like I'm talking about my BFF behind her back. I was so distracted by the annoying (supposed to be) humorous lines that kept interrupting the flow of the book. I found myself scanning the pages, jumping over what USED to be the best part of Betsy's character (her snarky attitude), but now it seemed desperate.The absence of Sinclair (King of the undead, but seriously hot and sexy husband) was hard on me, even though I understand it was part of the story line, I still missed him. The part that I really did enjoy though, was the crazy time travel and how it involved Sinclair's past life. It was neat to see how Betsy has always been present in his life. Who doesn't like a little time travel though? Now, I must address (without giving away too much) the ending. WTF?? I can't really say any more than that without screwing up the whole book, but again...WTF?? It was totally unexpected...and I just sat there - staring at the book in shock. I guess that was what the author was obviously trying to do. Mission accomplished.It seems like this is the end, but read the title again (I will just tell you it's Undead and Unfinished so you won't have to scroll back up) and you realize that there has to be another one. Get it...Unfinished? Okay, I had to read the authors Facebook page to get it, but still, I'm hoping she redeems herself with the next one.Overall, I still recommend this book. It may not be my favorite in the series, but it still left me wanting more, and I stayed up until 2 am reading it, so it must be good, right? Right. Definitely read this book..better yet, read the whole series if you haven't already -- it still kicks ass. I am giving it 4 STARS
    • 3/5
      I recall reading, in the preface to one of MaryJanice Davidson's Queen Betsy novels (one or two back, I can't remember), that she was taking the series in a new, darker direction. You can certainly see that in Undead and Unfinished.One of the most striking things about this novel is the absence of the usual cast of characters. Sinclair, Tina, Mark, Jessica . . . they just aren't there, for the most part. If you're looking for comfort and familiarity of a series cast, you won't find it. Instead, Betsy is paired with her half-sister, Laura, the Antichrist, throughout. That in itself is a new direction for the series. Just last installment, Laura was trying to kill off all the vampires, and in this one, they're time-traveling buddies? It's a bit of a leap.So is the time-traveling. Throughout most of the time-traveling, I felt that things were very episodic, almost strung together. The overall plot structure linking the time-traveling theme is very loose. The main idea is that they're (re)visiting crucial points in Betsy's life course and doing things that some how will-or-won't alter the path of destiny. The overall reason that they're time-traveling in the first place is that Laura's mother, Satan, wants her to learn how to time-travel so that she can take over ruling hell one day, and learning how to time-travel is a crucial part of that (apparently), and she needs a blood relative in order to do the time-traveling, hence Betsy, but Betsy being there plays a determining role in what events they will visit . . . was that sentence long and confusing enough? Yes? Well, that's the plot logic, like it or not. You could say it's a bit contrived.The time-traveling episodes were funny enough, at least the visits to the past. They were fairly fluffy, but I wasn't exactly expecting great depth from this particular series, so I don't see that as a flaw. Betsy gets a little tedious (continual complaints about her unwashed state, for example), but the book reads so quickly that it doesn't really have time to grate.Then, all of a sudden, at the end, when they visit the future, things take a turn for the dark, very quickly, and all humor is abruptly, and I mean very abruptly, gone. It's like the ending of a different book was tacked on to the beginning of another one. You really see what MJD said about taking the series in another direction. I'll be interested to see where she's going from here; I can't quite picture what's up next, but I hope it involves more of the cast of characters I've grown so fond of, more spontaneous humor, and less disjointedness. I hope this book was kind of a "growing pains" transitional piece.If MJD really does want to turn the series in a new direction, some book like this one was probably necessary, but it could have been better written, less contrived, and plotted better. It could have also made better use of the characters that we all know and love. As I said, I hope this is just a transitional work and that better things lie ahead.
    • 2/5
      This book has Betsy going back in time to discover Eric's past. It parts it seems like she's altering history. I was very disappointed in this book, particularly the ending. It was hard to follow and I got real tired of Betsy's attitude.
    • 4/5
      This latest book in the Betsy, Queen of the Vampires series, is the second book to come out of that household that I wanted to put down, but by the end, was glad I hadn’t. The other book was Seraph of Sorrow co-written by MJD and her husband, Anthony Alongi.Betsy’s half-sister, Laura, is the antichrist, but purposely grew up to be a very nice person with occasional temper issues. Having been adopted into a minister’s family helped. But when she begins experiencing pain and constant dreams about Hell, she and Betsy determine it’s time to talk to Laura’s mom, Satan. Laura and Betsy have to travel through time so that Laura can learn to pop up anywhere at anytime; mom is tired and wants to step aside and turn over the reins of the business of Hell to Laura.Popping through time is important for what Betsy needs to do to make certain things become a reality in current time, as well as change something she regrets. But one of the places they end up in is one thousand years in the future; and it doesn’t look too good.I wanted to give up before Betsy and Laura even traveled to Hell to meet with Satan. Betsy’s snarky thoughts and comments were all over the place and the book felt choppy and erratic. I knew about the time travel because I’d read the blurb on the jacket cover. But at about the time I was ready to give up, I checked out other reviews and found that there will be two more books in the series and this book is the catalyst for a new direction. That helped a great deal and things began to make sense. It makes even more sense in the last couple of chapters. I can’t wait to see what Betsy will need to do to alter the grim-looking future.