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The Undead-Betsy: Book 5

Undead and Unpopular (2006) (edit title/settings)

by MaryJanice Davidson (Author) (edit contributors)

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This New York Times bestselling author's Undead series is more popular than ever! With her birthday coming up, Betsy isn't in the best frame of mind to face the powerful European vampires who have finally come to pay their respects. Playing politics is not her strong suit, especially... read more

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I tapped my pencil on the pad, trying to come up with a plan to tell my fiancé, Eric Sinclair, that I had decided to completely give up the blood-drinking thing. I figured being the vampire queen had a few advantages—as it was, every vampire I'd ever known had to drink every day, even Eric.... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

I tapped my pencil on the pad, trying to come up with a plan to tell my fiancé, Eric Sinclair, that I had decided to completely give up the blood-drinking thing. I figured being the vampire queen had a few advantages—as it was, every vampire I'd ever known had to drink every day, even Eric. But I could go up to a week without so much as a drop of O-neg. So, in honor of my birthday, and being in this job for a year, I figured I'd give it up completely. I would be in a blood-free zone!


Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor already has plenty on her plate. For one thing, next week is her birthday—the big 3-1 in human years, and one in undead years. (Yes, she bit the dust on her birthday last year.) On top of that, she still has wedding plans to finalize—and it's not helping that the prospective groom is avoiding anything to do with it. And then there's her decision to stop drinking blood—something she has yet to share with Eric Sinclair, her fiancé—who also happens to be the vampire king.


The last thing she wants to deal with is uninvited guests, even if they happen to be the powerful European vampires who have finally come to pay their respects the week before her birthday. Some of them don't want Betsy as their queen and will do anything to get ride of her. As if turning 30 last year (not to mention dying) hadn't been traumatic enough. And trying to give up blood is making her really cranky.

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  • Elizabeth "Betsy" Taylor: Betsy is a shoe-addict who loves shopping. She has a big mouth, which often gets her into trouble. She likes to complain about her life (death).
  • Eric Sinclair: He is Betsy's fiance who is described as a very handsome man with broad shoulders and dark hair and eyes.
  • Jessica Watkins: Betsy Best Friend. Billionaire and human.
  • Jon Delks: Ex-Vampire Slayer (The blade Warriors). Has a thing for Betsy.
  • Antonia Taylor: Betsy's Stepmother. Also know as the Ant.
  • Laura Goodman: Daughter of the Devil, Betsy's sister, born to Antonia.
  • Tina: Eric's creator, majordomo. But she's little (in size), so she could also be minor domo.
  • Marc Spangler: Betsy's roommate.
  • Garrett: A fiend (feral vampire) that Betsy took in. Used to be called George.
  • Marjorie: The librarian who is very good with organizing lives of vampires. She has started a vampire newspaper. She is the oldest vampire both royals know.
  • Cathie Robinson: A ghost of a woman who has been killed in the previous book. She refuses to move on, claiming that following Betsy around is a lot more fun.
  • BabyJon: The only baby in the story. Betsy's half brother. Son of her father and the Ant.
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  • “"They're all like something out of the Boogie Nights prop drawer. I mean, what year is this? I'd pay two hundred bucks not to wear them." / "No need for that," Eric Sinclair said, ignoring my yelp and Jessica's flinch. He was worse than Tina. Where she slithered silently, he teleported like an alien. A tall, broadshouldered, dark-haired, dark-eyed, yummilicious alien.”
    Elizabeth Betsy Taylor
  • “One night I'd have to get his whole life story out of him. It wouldn't be easy. When there wasn't a crisis at hand, he was about as chatty as a brick.”
    Elizabeth Betsy Taylor
  • “Are you trying to pick me up?" I asked irritably, "or overthrow me?”
    Elizabeth Betsy Taylor
  • “"I'm glad it's your problem and not mine," my sister said cheerfully, because she'd taken Unhelpful Pills this week.”
    Laura Goodman
  • “Darling, you are my soul and my life, but this is not even remotely about you.”
    Eric Sinclair
  • “It never failed—I'd buy a new journal, write like a madwoman for ten pages, then lose total interest in the process. Three months later, I'd start the whole process all over again. I think I just liked buying new notebooks.”
    Elizabeth Betsy Taylor
  • “Whatever sustains your fragile young male ego.”
    Elizabeth Betsy Taylor
  • “Anything sounds bad when you put 'mindless' and 'sucking' in front of it.”
    Elizabeth Betsy Taylor
  • “"He's pretty dead," I observed.”
    Elizabeth Betsy Taylor
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  • The dead man’s pants are ringing,” Tina said, somewhat needlessly.
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  • Our magical, culturally meaningless evening looms before me like a sweet hippopotamus of joy.”
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  • “Our heir,” Sinclair observed, “is a hairless, incontinent monkey. With frog legs.”
    Highlighted by 6 Kindle customers
  • The phone, the fucking phone! People used it the way they used to use the cat-o’-nine-tails. You had to drop everything and answer the fucking thing. And God help you if you were home and, for whatever reason, didn’t answer.
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  • No! Hull integrity would not hold! She’s losing it, Captain, she’s losing it!
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  • Nothing triggers Maslowian self-actualization like getting body-slammed by a Pontiac Aztek.
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  • made a mental note to get her alone and find out just what had made the incredible upward journey deep into her large intestine.
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  • Sophie pointed a trembling finger at Alonzo. “He killed me. He murdered me.”
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First Sentence edit see section history

There's a zombie in the attic," George the Fiend informed me over breakfast.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 5 of 13 in The Undead-Betsy. (standard series)

Preceded by Undead and Unreturnable, and followed by Undead and Uneasy.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. MaryJanice Davidson (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0425210294
Page Count: 272

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PS3604.A949 U5257 2006
  • Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Some sexually explicit material, profanity

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
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Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
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  • Undead and Unemployed
  • Undead and Uneasy

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