This is the latest series that I have been listening to on audio cd. Let me say that this series has quite a bit of profanity and is very graphic with its descriptions of the heroines "sexual escapades". This wouldn't bother me too much except that I listen to these at work! The heroine is kind of annoying, this is especially true of the audio cds. She is suppose to be snarky, wise cracking, and dare I say witty but mostly it just comes across as immature. It is very hard to take her seriously and therefore hard to really care what happens to her. She agrees at one point to help overthrow one of her areas current vampire leaders in exchange for the latest line of designer shoes.
She befriends a gay doctor (one of her first victims?!?), has a best friend that basically supports her financially and who the author makes spout off the most ignorant anti racist remarks that even though they are often in jest, become grating after awhile.
This series is meant more as a humorous take on modern day vampires with the heroine making fun of the stereotypes and vampire cliches. I find it kind of annoying that Betsy has none of the traditional vampire weaknesses however. Yes, I know that she is suppose to be the vampire queen but even royalty has weaknesses! What fun (and how interesting or relate able) is it when the heroine has little if any threat to her and seems to have almost everyone (including dogs) fawning at her feet. I personally find it hard to feel any connection with someone who's biggest worry is possibly scuffing her newest pair of designer shoes!
I also am getting really tired of vampire love interests named Eric! Especially when they continually spout off sexist, "no woman of mine is going to", lines.
Okay, to be fair, it is an easy listen and the story isn't hard to follow at all but die hard (no pun intended) vampire fans will probably want to pass this series up. If you are looking for something to pass the time, that isn't too deep, then you might enjoy this series.
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