“A Queen shall ryse, who has power beyond that of the vampire. He believes she is different and that she is their prophesized queen! From the old vampire’s Tabla Morto: To everyone’s astonishment especially to one Eric Sinclair. She refuses to live like this and just walks off. This is one of the best parts of the book: Betsy is completely amused by the whole thing and just makes fun of it all, taking the mickey out of Nostro (and his stupid name), his acolytes and the stereotypes around vampires. Apparently any new vampires must swear allegiance to the Vampire master Nostro, (short for Nostradamus) and live with the community underground. Is that only her? Was everything she ever knew about vampires a bunch a bull? Answer: it is only her and she figures it out when she is taken to a mausoleum to be greeted by the vampire community.

Even the thight of it.”īut it is soon clear that she is no mere vampire : she can walk into churches, she can speak holy names, she has no problems with holy water and she can go long periods without feeding. “A vampire? How ith that pothible? I died in a car ackthident, for god’th thake!īlood maketh me throw up. Realising what she is, she speaks, or rather, she lisps: But then she comes across someone that is bleeding and her fangs come out immediately. At first she thinks she is a zombie and tries to kill herself (“God, it’s me Betsy. Only that she isn’t really dead: she wakes up in the funeral home convinced that she should be dead but is so surprised that she isn’t. Ergo, I love it.īetsy Taylor is an improbable combo of Bridget Jones/Carrie Bradshaw/ Scarlet O’Hara: a single, trendy, not – the – smartest – cookie – in – the – jar, with an inability to focus on the conversations that she is having, obsessed – with – designer – shoes woman who is having the shittiest 30th birthday ever: she is fired from her job as a secretary, her celebration party has to be cancelled and to top things up, she is hit by a car whilst trying to save her cat and she dies.

This has got to be one of the silliest books I have ever read. If only he wasn’t so tall, dark, gorgeous…and undead But she’s not having any of it – she’s got shoes to buy! And now the undead world is being turned upside-down by a Bela Lugosi throwback and her subjects expect her to take care of it! Why didn’t she read the handbook? But her would-be consort, Eric Sinclair, is (annoyingly) ever-present. The vampire community is convinced she’s their prophesied Queen. Summary: Betsy Taylor turns 30, gets laid off, is killed by an SUV and wakes up dead all in the same week. Stand Alone/Series: Book 1 of Queen Betsy books. Genre: Paranormal Comedy (Para-Comedy?) /Vampires

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