Fashionably Dead in Diapers by Robyn Peterman

Fashionably Dead in Diapers
by Robyn Peterman
Pages: 232
Date: February 17 2015
Publisher: Self
Series: Hot Damned (4th in series)

Review
Rating: 4.0 out of 5.0
Read: March 18 2016
In this fourth book in the series (and fourth book I've read by this author), the series returns to following Astrid (you may or may not recall that the previous book involved following Dixie, Satan's daughter).

Astrid's baby's been born and its aging/growing in experience much more rapidly than expected. As in, I think the kid was talking by two months old or something like that. Well, the book involves several 'dangers of having a child with power - being watched by babysitter' type moments. Plus 'new mothers are very horny' type moments. Then one evening (day? night? whenever), things kick up a notch when invaders do something weird like, you know, invade. The house I mean. There's yelling, screaming, death. Man, these invaders are really easy to kill . . . two are left. They flee the room. Screams from the nursery. Astrid hurries and . . . one dead invader, one missing invader . . . and no baby (nor, for that matter, are the two vampires that Astrid sent in currently in the room). The vampire prince dude . . um . . whatever the fuck his name is, he's the father of Astrid's child and her boyfriend, well he's in the room as well and he notes that one of the evil dudes who had invaded made off with both the baby and the vampires. Though he didn't specifically want to bring the vampires with him; they latched on while he was fleeing with the baby.

So. That happened. Mother on a rage. Baby's been taken. I've been vague, but the identity of the invaders actually was known more or less immediately - they are evil fairies. No not evil gay men (I make this 'joke' because it's made both in this book and series a lot; like in - haha, fairy = gay dude, or something), fairy as in the kind that's magical (not to imply that gay men can't be magical). The fairy's were there to kill Gemma, who is the newly returned (arrived/discovered/whatever the fuck) rightful queen of fairyland. The current leader of fairyland, queen bitch, wants Gemma dead.

It immediately becomes clear that (1) the fairy dudes took the baby to fairyland; (2) they think the baby is Gemma's. Naturally that means that Gemma's significant other, that guy who likes to wear a tutu and was in the first book . . . why can't I remember anyone's names? Well, he, Ethan (that's the vampire dude, right?, and Astrid head off to Fairyland to retrieve the baby.

Things are going great on their quest to save the baby, until they come to a bridge. They all attempt to cross. Winds pick up. The next thing Astrid knows she’s waking up in some kind of cabin. Listening to strangers talking. She listens to them. Gets the idea that there’s some ‘stuff’ going on. And that there’s this baby. And stuff. Eventually everyone realizes that she’s awake. They call her Astrid. She replies that she’s fairly certain that that is not her name. They mention things like vampires and fairy’s, and Astrid is confused. See, she’s lost her memory.

Overall the book was actually quite interesting. A new ‘plane’ was visited – that of the faerie folk that apparently live in an amusement park like setting, and really love reality television. There’s a certain amount of humor, a certain amount of fun/excitement/etc. had by the reader. I’d have said had by all, but considering that a baby’s been taken, as well as someone’s memories – that same someone imagining they have 24 children with a human husband (or possibly a human wife) while at the same time lusting after that vampire guy; who, it appears, has two concubines (the two vampires who had gone and gotten themselves latched onto the kidnapper) – well, not fun for them. But fun for me. The reader.

(Please note: yes I know they spell vampire as vampyre in this book, but I'm too lazy to remember that and spell it that way in my review).

March 21 2016