Title: Fashionably Dead Down Under

Author: Robyn Peterman

Series: Hot Damned

Date published: March 27, 2014

Genres: Humor and Paranormal

Book Length: 334 pages

Steam Rating: Steamy

Main Characters: Astrid & Ethan

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 “The love between Astrid and Ethan is epic and classic, while hilarious and risque all at the same time! I’m honestly not sure how Robyn Peterman pulled it off!!” ~Becca

Welcome to Hell.

Literally.

The Hell where the Prince of Darkness is hotter than Hades, Hell Hounds smell like brownies and the Seven Deadly Sins are addicted to Facebook… Not to mention the soundtrack in the Underworld is Journey. For real.

I should have known no good could come from offing my parents in the space of twenty minutes no matter how psychotic and evil they were…

Now I find out my family tree includes almost every deity and mythological being alive while Ethan, the one and only love of my undead life has a limited time down under before he turns to dust. In the land of Sin, you’d think I’d get some nookie time with my man, but no. Baby Demons, cousins and grandparents put the kibosh on that. Blue balls are the new normal. What the hell does a half-Vampyre Half-Demon have to do to catch a break?

Apparently find a freakin’ sword, calm Mother Nature’s unmedicated mood swings and make sure Mister Rogers keeps his sticky fingers to himself during weekly poker with the Devil.

And I have three days to do it.

By all that’s unholy, I thought Ethan’s Vampyre family was crazy…Trust me, they have nothing on the Demons.

You may remember that I didn’t care for Fashionably Dead in the beginning…actually it was like nails on a chalk board! But I kept reading…got past the first few chapters and fell in love! Yes, it was still flawed and had some issues, but the story line was unique and hilarious!

Now, on to this book! Astrid and Ethan are still our main characters, but we get to meet quite a few newbies and don’t hear from our old favorites AT ALL! (Seriously…not even a thought about all of your friends and family back on Earth?) Anyways, Astrid is in Hell, literally, and is meeting some family that she kind of wishes she didn’t have to meet. Let me try and break this down a bit (I promise no major spoilers): Satan and God are her uncles, the seven sins and Jesus (can’t forget that one!) are her cousins (+1 extra awesome cousin), and you will never guess her her grandparents are!

Hell is not what she expected, while she is surrounded by demons and Hell hounds…and people from heaven that just like to play poker! (Umm..wait what?) There are soooo many things about this book that just left me giggling, shaking my head and thinking WTF?

So what about our love scenes, our chemistry…our steamy moments? Well, they are few and far between for our poor, poor Ethan and Astrid. (Did I mention that Ethan’s walk into Hell probably didn’t go as planned?) Thanks to her busy body family in Hell, Astrid and Ethan both end up with quite a case of blue balls! The chemistry is still there at least! These two are explosive and so well developed that you can relate to them easily. I often found myself cursing and yelling when they would get interrupted yet again.

The love between Astrid and Ethan is epic and classic, while hilarious and risque all at the same time! I’m honestly not sure how Robyn Peterman pulled it off! This is definitely a steamy romance! Let’s just say when they finally get the chance to be together it is just as amazing and explicit as the first book! The fact that this love is now growing to encompass that of their unborn child just makes it even sweeter! There are a few moments where Ethan is kissing on Astrid’s belly and speaking with the baby that just make the reader go “aaawwweee”!

The story line…hmm..well the story line is definitely what I would call unique! At times it is even what I would call crazy, insane and just plain weird! It kept me laughing and wondering what was going to happen next, that is for sure! The ending…just wow! I so didn’t see that one coming! I was almost in tears…almost!

There was one part of the book that I’m a little confused by and pretty sure contradicts itself…I don’t want to give anything away but let’s just say that General George is apparently in two places at once when he goes to the basement to “save” Astrid, or at least this is how it came across to me when I got to the big reveal near the end.

Even with the issues that I know are in the book, I still loved it! The characters are well developed, easy to love and have a depth that keep them real. The story line, while pretty out there, is unique, hilarious, and somehow really romantic all at the same time! I can’t fully explain why I recommend this book…but I do! It was totally worth the time and the money! 

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Robyn writes because the people inside her head won’t leave her alone until she gives them life on paper. Her addictions include shoes (the expensive kind), Coke with extra ice in a styrofoam cup, and bejeweled reading glasses. 

A former professional actress, she now lives in the south with her family and too many animals to count. Writing gives her a chance to have a job where working in her P.J.’s is acceptable. You can follow Robyn on her website and Facebook.

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Robyn Peterman is giving away an e-copy of Fashionably Dead Down Under, book 2 in the Hot Damned series!

What is your favorite thing about a paranormal romance?

Title: Fashionably Dead

Author: Robyn Peterman

Series: (if it’s not a series delete this, if it is link to the series page)

Date published: September 2, 2013

Genres: Humor and Paranormal

Book Length: 322 pages

Steam Rating: Steamy

Main Characters: Astrid & Ethan

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 “This author is a genius! The way the book is written is witty, fun to read, and captivating! There are so many twists and turns that the reader honestly has no clue what is coming next, at least I know I didn’t!” ~Becca

Vampyres don’t exist. They absolutely do not exist.

At least I didn’t think they did ‘til I tried to quit smoking and ended up Undead. Who in the hell did I screw over in a former life that my getting healthy equates with dead?

Now I’m a Vampyre. Yes, we exist whether we want to or not. However, I have to admit, the perks aren’t bad. My girls no longer jiggle, my ass is higher than a kite and the latest Prada keeps finding its way to my wardrobe. On the downside, I’m stuck with an obscenely profane Guardian Angel who looks like Oprah and a Fairy Fighting Coach who’s teaching me to annihilate like the Terminator.

To complicate matters, my libido has increased to Vampyric proportions and my attraction to a hotter than Satan’s underpants killer rogue Vampyre is not only dangerous . . . it’s possibly deadly. For real dead. Permanent death isn’t on my agenda. Avoiding him is my only option. Of course, since he thinks I’m his, it’s easier said than done. Like THAT’S not enough to deal with, all the other Vampyres think I’m some sort of Chosen One.

Holy Hell, if I’m in charge of saving an entire race of blood suckers, the Undead are in for one hell of a ride

If I’m being perfectly honest, this book started out as a 1 or 2 star book for me. I just couldn’t get over how similar a lot of things were to other popular books and tv series. When I first saw the book I was really excited by it, it just seemed so hilarious and awesome. I’m glad that I kept reading because after the first few chapters the book truly took off on a plot line I never saw coming and made all of the wish-wash in the beginning totally worth it!

Fashionably Dead is absolutely hilarious, romantic, erotic and over all awesome to read. By the end I was begging for book two and dying to know what happens!

Basically, the book is focused on Astrid, a 29 year old woman just trying to live her life as she see’s fit and not let her mother get her down. I have to say as a main character she just didn’t hook me to start off with. Heck if it hadn’t told me how old she was…I totally would have assumed she was some snarky, foul mouthed Prada loving teenager! She just didn’t come across as a woman my age! Over time things improved a bit and I did find myself quite attached to Astrid and actually caring what happened to her…hey, she even started to sound a little bit more like an adult!

When Astrid goes to a hypnotist to stop smoking all hell breaks loose and her life will never be the same!

Not too long after we have Pam, the Oprah doppelganger angel that curses worse than most sailors, The Kev, the horribly dressed (sometimes naked) Arnold doppelganger fairy and Gemma, Astrid’s long time best friend that apparently isn’t human either! Did I mention things are a bit complicated and just plain out WEIRD in a huge chunk of this book? Once Astrid has had a few days to adjust to being a Vampyre (yep spelled with a y…I’ve never fully understood the difference there…but whatever lol) all these random vampyres start showing up with gift baskets asking her to join their house…like it’s some sorority thing! SERIOUSLY?!? So far this book is just so strange and out there that I have to keep reading, if for no other reason than to see where in the hell it’s going!

In comes Ethan…I will admit that I had a feeling of his true identity before it was revealed, but it didn’t ruin anything for me. Ethan is a sexy as sin vampyre with a massive asshole complex (well sometimes…other times he is just super sweet). Ethan has his secrets in the beginning and in order for me not to do spoilers I kind of can’t say much more about what happens in the book!

At this point the book has become a 3 star book for me…still about half of the book to go though…so let’s see what happens!

So anyways…this book is a major roller coaster of emotions and revelations! By the end of the book I was laughing, crying and begging for more! Seriously…I didn’t see this one coming! I picked up the book because the cover made me giggle and some how a book that I started out not caring for all that much has me wanting to go buy book two right away?!? How awesome!

The story line is definitely unique, trust me on this one…I know the beginning is a bit similar to others but just give it time! This author is a genius! The way the book is written is witty, fun to read, and captivating! There are so many twists and turns that the reader honestly has no clue what is coming next, at least I know I didn’t!

The book ends with one massive cliff-hanger that has me jumping to Amazon as quick as I can…I have to know dang it! So, even though it’s only rated a 3 star (which still totally means it’s WORTH READING) the story is great and makes me want the next one!

Now…if I can just get my hands on book two!! 

Check out the other books in the series

Robyn writes because the people inside her head won’t leave her alone until she gives them life on paper. Her addictions include shoes (the expensive kind), Coke with extra ice in a styrofoam cup, and bejeweled reading glasses. 

A former professional actress, she now lives in the south with her family and too many animals to count. Writing gives her a chance to have a job where working in her P.J.’s is acceptable. You can follow Robyn on her website and Facebook.

Robyn Peterman is giving away an e-copy of Fashionably Dead Down Under, book 2 in the Hot Damned series!

What is your favorite thing about a paranormal romance?