Another great installment in the Queen Betsy series. ( )

Seventh of Mary Janice Davidson's series about Betsy Taylor, a fashion-conscious vampire who, now that she is Queen of the Vampires, can indulge her taste for shoes. Too bad all the people who want to hurt or kill her for one reason or another don't respect the shoes. In this book, feral vampires blame her for their decades of miserable existence and try to wipe out her and her family. Meanwhile she tries to solve murder cases with a human police detective who hates her but dates her best friend.

This chick lit paranormal series is generally amusing, with decent plots, but it's like Chinese food, you're hungry for something else an hour after reading it. ( )

This series has become so bad, I'm embarrassed I still buy it. Stop releasing the books in hard cover and I won't feel like such an idiot! ( )

I'm at the point where I'm about to give up on Mary Janice Davidson. Her Betsy the queen of the vampires books keep getting thinner and thinner and thinner in terms of plot and character development. If the print and the white space got any larger they could be sold as large print books for the visually impaired. I got this one from the library and I may cheeck out the next one or I may not. Most of the books in this series after the first two or three could be encapsulated in a chapter or two in a a book that demonstrated some real thought and effort. ( )

The new cover apparently marks her continued change in feel for the story. Betsy is growing up, and you'll see more thinking and less whining about her shoes in this novel. I worry every time the author writes a long note about how everything's becoming dark, but she's managed to balance the dark in a way that makes it still feel like a light and fun read. Definitely still a series I enjoy! ( )