MaryJanice Davidson
Berkley
October 4th, 2016
Betsy Taylor’s life is pretty complicated; not only is she the Vampire Queen, she’s the ruler of Hell. She’s re-vamped Hell to look like a Mall of America that never quite manages to be happy, and she’s started a parole program for those souls she thinks don’t really belong there.
Her former Antichrist sister Laura has stirred up more trouble, and outed the vampires to the world. So Betsy goes on live TV to say…ok, yeah. Here we are. The results are predictably less than ideal. She gets a PR team to launch a vampire-friendly campaign, and with the devil out running loose and mermaids just waiting to see who falls, the end has arrived. If anyone can make it spectacular, it’s Betsy.
This is book 15 in the Queen Betsy series, and like all the rest, it’s quirky, fun, and funny. The idea of the Queen of the Vampires being a slightly self absorbed, ditzy shoe addict is one that continues to amuse. The idea that one can make a hell out of a Mall of America where nothing is quite right is one that sounds silly at first, but then Davidson adds in all the little details–in the shops, nothing ever fits. The food in the food court is never any good. Everything that could be disappointing, uncomfortable and inconvenient happens. It had me amused. The Queen Betsy series is fun, light hearted reading with a little bit of vampire sexytimes added in for spice. Nice ending to the series.
JL Jamieson is a strange book nerd who writes technical documents by day, and book news, reviews, and other assorted opinions for you by night. She is working on her own fiction, and spends time making jewelry to sell at local conventions, as well as stalking the social media accounts of all your favorite writers.