Although Betsy knows about some of the changes she wrought, she learns about some new ones in this book. Two basic plot lines run through the book, and both reach back to the changes Betsy made in the time line when she and Laura went back to the past during novels 9-11. The book includes one more trip to hell for Betsy and Laura, where Betsy learns that Satan doesn't want her dead and that Laura doesn't always tell the truth. In addition to working on her memory problems, Betsy is obsessed with the fear that she will become the horrible person that she saw in the future, so she needs to figure out how to prevent that. The whole book is like that, with some events and characters undergoing big changes and other events and characters essentially remaining the same.
Now, he is a friend, which he never could have been in the earlier time line.
Here's an example of a change that shows up early in the story: Nick does not hate Betsy for biting him, because on this new time line, she never bit him. Authors use retcons when they want to move a story (or series) in a direction that would not be possible if earlier history remained unchanged. She includes the definition for retroactive continuity (aka retcon), a literary device in which the author alters previously established facts in a fictional work. (Sorry, not with each other.Davidson reveals her reason for Betsy's reality shift on a page of quotations at the beginning of this book. They've just been around a little longer, can only go out at night, but nevertheless manage to have hot vampire sex. Turns out sibs will be sibs, dead or undead. Davidson's Undead series has gained a loyal group of fans who will be eager for all the dish from the queen herself. This monotonous tone makes it difficult for the uninitiated to follow without serious concentration. Betsy tells the story, which poses a problem for narrator Wu, who describes events and filters other characters' dialog through her own flat, terminally hip, and world-weary delivery.
Her satanic sibling turns out to be a sweet, unaware college girl with a clergyman father. When she learns that she has a long-lost half sister, alleged to have been fathered by Satan, she remembers a prophecy predicting she and this person will rule the world together. What's a vampire queen to do? Betsy Taylor has a lot on her plate-operating a nightclub for vampires and searching for essential fashion items consume her and allow little time for socializing.
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