Review: Hard to decide on this one
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 3, 2014
Fashionably Dead is the first in a series of fantasy books called Hot Damned series by Robin Peterman.Astrid wakes up to find she has been turned into a vampire. Her world is suddenly manic and completely off the wall. She finds herself in the hands of an angel called Pam who is the image of Oprah but with a propensity for profanity and a fighting coach fairy called The Kev who is a ringer for Arnold Schwartzenegger, speedos and all. Along with her best friend Gemma, these characters support and guide Astrid through the tumultuous times after her change.I really can't make my mind up about this book. At times it was laugh out loud funny, particularly any dialogue including Pam, the angel who has the filthiest turn of phrase, and then other times I found myself skipping through mystifyingly boring bits! The basis of the story is very amusing and the style in which Robyn Peterman writes is in equal measure funny and quirky but something just didn't click for me so I cannot say I really loved it. Having said that, I can see how it has a wide appeal and has received such high ratings.