Review: Undead and Unappreciated by MaryJanice Davidson

Title: Undead and Unappreciated
Author: MaryJanice Davidson
Genre: paranormal chick lit
Summary: Betsy, everyone’s favorite queen of the undead, learns that she has a sister, who just happens to be the daughter of the devil.

The Good: This is a fun, seriously light bit of reading. Betsy is her usual self–a bit shallow and selfish and not the brightest crayon in the box. Not a lot of stuff happens, but then, reading these books for the plots will just leave you disappointed. There are moments of sweetness here, though, which makes me wonder what MJD could do if she weren’t trying so hard to go for the laughs.

The Bad: As I’ve mentioned before, by this point in the series, it’s a bit hard to find things to relate to about Betsy. Sure, she’s got problems, but she also lives in a mansion, is universally (for the most part) adored, and has a hot vampire consort. Excuse me while I sigh and wish I had the problems she does. This lack of my own ability to relate to Betsy will probably be what causes me not to read the rest of the series.

Overall: Not a bad book, though there’s not much of substance in it at all. Still, I’ll give it a B- for being mostly entertaining.