Undead and Unsure- ♥♥♥♥

The opening of this book was pretty reminiscent of the fun lightheartedness this series started with. All the weird apologies Betsy sent to Laura were amusing. I think that was a good way to go. It helped to remind us of where it all started, which is something I think a lot of readers will need seeing how the story turned.

Marc is still one of my favorites. I’m hoping he will stick around, although I don’t like him as a zombie so much. I don’t like how he was to be so worried about staying busy all the time. I think he is pretty amazing though. While I can understand where the reservation of Jess and Nick came from… it made me really sad. Zombies can be bad, but this is Marc!

Jess’s pregnancy has been bothering me for several book. She has always been really pregnant. At least here we figure out why. I have to say though… the explanation doesn’t make any sense. No one else is combating other realities, so why is her pregnancy? I mean Ancient Betsy showed up, but it wasn’t Betsy warring inside herself. I gotta say… this is just another dose of the crazy some of us are getting tired of. Her having the babies (finally) did a little to ease my feelings on the subject, but how this plays out remains to be seen. Nick wasn’t as big of a thing here as Jess. I include him because they are kind of a two for one deal now. It makes sense that he is always around his pregnant girlfriend. It would be nice to see a bit more of him.

Sinclair was full of surprises here. I actually liked seeing him as an awestruck kid. He is usually so cold that it’s hard to really like him. Seeing his past in Unfinished heled, but it wasn’t really enough. How much he loves the dogs and how much he loves being in the sun made me warm up to him a bit more. I also think the perspective switches did a lot to help that too. He isn’t as cold and unfeeling as he seems. I think he is a little to hung up on Betsy, though they both seem to be that way. I not one for all the romance. I mean, it’s good as a side thing, but there is just too much “he/she isn’t here! What do I do with my life!” for me.

I like Laura less and less with every book. I can’t tell if that is Davidson’s intention or not. Laura acts like she wants to be the good guy, but she is so conniving that you just can’t see her that way. It makes it worse because of how easily righteous indignation comes to the forefront. Sinclair and Tina can be sneaky and conniving, but they are pretty open about it. They don’t deny it, they don’t argue, they don’t justify, they pretty much just put it out there as “this is how I am.” Laura… she throws fits when called on it. She makes so many excuses. She just irritates me. The more I read about her, the less I like her. At this point, I kind of want her to get killed off and be done with it.

And that brings us to Betsy. I like how she is developing. She has maintained her sarcasm and wittiness, but is still starting to step up into her role. While she still bitches about it a lot, she is a lot more focused on getting shit done. I think she is a lot smarter than what she lets on, and I think she uses the ditz vibe because she is too afraid of people taking her seriously. I’ve thought that for a while now, but it’s hard to be sure. She does ditz well. Sometimes it seems like she keeps herself off track on purpose because she doesn’t want to face the horrors of real life. I do this too. Adulting sucks ass. I just don’t have an entire species counting on me to stay focused.

The story here was needed. We needed to see how Laura would react to her mother’s death. We needed to see what the landscape of hell would be with the devil gone. We needed to see what was up with Jess’s pregnancy. I just feel like the plot was too light. It wasn’t as exciting. That’s not really a bad thing if done right, the problem is there has been so much that has been fucked up or abused, or changed, that it felt like we needed more aggressive books. Once that set the world to rights. One that could satisfy the burning anger over some of the shit that happened. I am a writer… I have killed off characters to the chagrin if my friends, but there was a purpose. So much of the crazy here doesn’t seem to have a purpose, and that bothers me.

Since there are three books left there is a chance this series will ark back to a place I love. That would be ideal, because as of now I can’t recommend it in good conscious.