BOOK REVIEW : Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson

It's often rare to find a chick-lit novel that doesn't circle around a fashionable, single City chick with a high-flying career (or, well, dreams of one). However, MaryJanice Davidson has brought forth a whole new concept to the genre with her Undead series; a chatty, knowledgeable and good-looking heroine who just so happens to be a vampire.

Okay, I was surprised to see this as I wandered through my local bookstore. 'Vampire chick-lit? Eh?' It's a novel idea. And to be completely honest…it works very well indeed.

After a fatal car accident, Shoe-addicted secretary Betsy Taylor wakes up to find herself in the city morgue. Yep, she's dead. Undead, for that matter. And regardless of her many failed suicide attempts in order to check out if she really IS dead, she's staying that way.

After discovering her brand new powers; superhuman strength and the ability to seduce any man in the vicinity, Betsy soon realises that something is very, very amiss. It doesn't take her long to find out what's happened; she's a vampire. Not only that, but she's the foretold vampire Queen.

As if being dead and the leader of the world's most peculiar bunch of after-dark folk isn't enough, Betsy runs into more trouble when she meets the wonderfully handsome yet seemingly sinister Eric Sinclair. Apparently, the Queen's evil rival Nostro is planning an uprising, which isn't all that great seeing as she also has to deal with the shoe-swiping stepmother from Hell (well, not literally, but you know…)

Unwed is the first of MaryJanice Davidson's witty, popular series. With a fast-paced plot, a hilarious host of characters and some amusing parodies of the usual vampire clichés, this book is guaranteed to entertain the vampire fans and paranormal newcomers alike.   

A must-read? Definitely.

At whatever time of the night! [Danielle Symonds-Yemm]

Rating : 4 out of 5

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