Fashionable Dead Down Under by Robyn Peterman
2nd book in the Hot Damned series. Paranormal romantic comedy.
Astrid is in Hell. Literally. But it’s unlike anything expected. She’s tasked with finding a sword but interfering relatives make it almost impossible. Watch out for Mother Nature’s fury and the Seven Deadly Sins and, of course, those Baby Demons. Astrid just wants to get back to Ethan buts she’s a little busy at the moment.

Hilariously crazy and wonderfully zany. Expect the unexpected. And watch your back for those baby Demons. They can pop up anywhere and love to watch the action. ( )

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Genres; Adult, Fantasy, Humor-Comedy, Paranormal, Romance
2 Stars

I DNF'ed at 25%. I just couldn't take the following problems anymore.
Missing word's on every page.
Typo's a'plenty.
Then the clencher ⬇
Way to many overly worded descriptions on EVERYTHING!
All this by 19%
I put it away and tried again later.
Nope, not gonna happen.
I was very disappointed and refused to subject myself to any more abuse.
I gave up and
It is now buried in my Dnf graveyard.
I will not try reading this one again. However, I have not given up on Ms. Peterman.
When her books work, they really are good adult reads with plenty of humor. ( )

Pet Peeve, overused words. I have read the most recent work from this author and loved it. This series is a challange so far, it seems so immature for what I know of her work. The main character acts and thinks like a preteen most of the time and damn it she giggles all the time ! Many of the characters find themselves giggling at really weird moments. The giggles didn't fit with characters, were so overused it distracted from the story.
The story, the MC is this all powerful all connected Mary Sue of epic proportions, I mean epic, over the top, are you kidding me level. With a future character in the pot that is supposed to be another amazing all powerful one.
I don't know if I want to continue, I wanted to read her early series to watch her develop her skills but, yes there is a big but, GIGGLES. I've read 2 books and still don't really care what happens to the characters or their world ( )

I want to visit he’ll

Well, Astrid went to hell and turns out it’s not that bad. It smells good and there’s an unlimited selection of high brand fashion available. Satan is actually really handsome and not really evil and the seven deadly sins are his daughters.
The plot in this book was quite similar as the first book’s but still different. I wish there was more Ethan in this book but he got there in the middle so I’ll get what I can. Additionally, all the other new characters like Mother Nature, Satan’s father Bill and God obviously were absolutely marvelous additions to the book.
I don’t think I’ve ever read anything quite as bizarre but this series just makes me laugh. I mean it’s lovely how the author makes Satan and God brothers who fight like any other siblings and who are deadly scared of they mother. I really can’t wait to read the next books. ( )

The second book I’ve completed written by Peterman. Though not the second one I’ve tried. I read the first book in this series in the beginning of this year, then, because the second book was supposedly going to take place in hell, and I kind of vaguely tired of reading books with characters visiting hell, I put off reading the second book in the series. Still, I enjoyed the first book I’d read by this author so tried another first in a series book. ‘Ready to Were’. My records appear to be wrong, since they mention a start date of December 28th, an earlier date than what I know was my first book. I just know I started it twice and just couldn’t continue.

So, 1 success, 1 failure on my part. Naturally it took me, then, two months to try the author again. And I ended up liking this book so much that I looked into buying the third book in the series before I’d even completed book 2. Sadly there’s a main character change. On the one hand I dislike when series involve character changes. On the other hand, I haven’t had much success with this author when someone other than Astrid is in control. She kind of gets on my nerves at times, Astrid that is, but clicks just right to have enabled me to get through two books with her in the lead. Well, ‘get through’, is wrong. Since I enjoyed both books I've read with Astrid.

I found the first book in the series quite enjoyable and hilarious. I found this one to be a good way to pass the time, though I do not actually recall laughing at any point.

I’m going on about this specific set of topics because 1) they matter to me personally; 2) I’m uncertain what I can and can’t get myself to say about this book that might not be spoiler-y or something like that.

So, 2 months after I finished the first book in the series, I started the second. Which I mention only to point out that the second book begins immediately after the first. And I didn’t exactly reread the first or even glance at the description for it, so I was slightly ‘out of it’ at the very beginning. I caught on rather quickly, though.

Astrid is in pain. Manages to open her eyes and look around. She finds herself in a relatively rich looking, though vaguely tacky, bedroom. Specifically on a bed. Eventually, what she’s kind of tired, she finds out that she isn’t restrained or anything like that, and has her clothing on. Then she notices that there’s music floating in the air and it’s . . . Journey. Last thing she recalled she was being dragged to hell. Hell, so far, doesn’t exactly look like it’s been advertised.

Eventually she makes it out of the bed, has a wall talk to her, and meets the owner of the fine establishment she found herself in. Well, first she hid and watched an attractive young woman being verbally assaulted for her goody-goody ways, and her straight A report card. One thing leads to another and Astrid realizes that she’s witnessing a fella named Satan. And his daughter, Dixie.

Satan, it turns out, is the brother of the guy she just killed (you know, her father). So, you know, that means that her uncle is Satan. And, she later learns, Dixie has 7 sisters – otherwise known as the 7 deadly sins (basically they are the personification of those sins – wrath, lust, pride, sloth, etc.). So, awkward and complicated. Oh, and to top things off – doesn’t appear to have her vampyre powers (which she found out when she attempted to fly), for some odd reason can breath, but not all is different – she’s still pregnant, and she can’t eat or drink anything because everything tastes like ass.

The book is mostly Astrid visiting hell, and her relatives. Though there’s something of a quest in there. Kind of. Involving a sword. Mostly, though, it’s about meeting her uncles, cousins, and grandparents.

As I closed the review for the prior book in this series – yes, there’s graphic sex in this book. Which I found interesting. Despite it involving a male and a female.

Right. The above is kind of crap, but hey, there are already 229 reviews so . . . I don’t feel too bad.

March 9 2016
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