MaryJanice Davidson is my go-to author for a good fun read (we all need that sometimes, especially during times likes these). Her Alaskan Royal Family series is one of my favorites and I really enjoy the humor and sass and ridiculousness in her books.
I had started the Undead series way back in 2013 but had stopped after book 3 for reasons that I can't remember anymore. Anyway, when I saw that my library had the audiobook for the whole series I decided this was the perfect time to get back into the series. And while I still enjoyed the earlier books in this series, reading book 4 and 5 was just a huge letdown. And my lack of enjoyment with book 4 and 5 boils down to one particular thing: the stupidity of our main character.
Okay, few distinctions. Having ridiculous situations in the story is very different from stupid characters. And while both Undead and Unreturnable, and Undead and Unpopular both have Davidson's trademark humor and comical scenarios, they also feature a drop down in IQ for our main character Betsy. She can really be too thick sometimes, not willing at all to listen to reason and common sense until it's too late. After a while, it just becomes a little too much to have to read about her doing stupid things even after being told repeatedly not to do so by people (or vampires) around her, Betsy doing it anyway and later realizing how royally she fucked up. Once or twice of this formula is fine and all but when it just keep happening again and again. And again. Well, that's when you've lost me.
Apparently, the sixth book in this series is where things actually pick up and take a new direction for a change. I might give it a listen since the narrator is pretty good. Let's see how it goes.