RELEASE DAY REVIEW AND EXCERPT: Fire Down Below by Debra Anastasia

 

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Dove Glitch is embarrassed about everything above her knees and below her belly button. When she has to fill a delicate, embarrassing prescription the last thing she needs is a sexy-as-hell (and brand spanking new) pharmacist behind the counter.

Johnson Fitzwell’s first day of his dream career also happens to coincide with the exact moment Dove needs her feminine meds filled. His glorious voice is way too loud–as in, he should be counting down the hits with Ryan Seacrest kind of loud. Thanks to Johnson’s handsome face and gorgeous jaw line, Dove dives headlong into her waking nightmare and asks for a vagina-scented cream.

How could she not fall for him? Dove’s only active goal now is to get Johnson to kiss her right on the lips. Either set. However, his horrible girlfriend is one of many obstacles preventing her from making that fantasy a reality. When Dove defends Johnson in the most unhygienic, unconventionally gross way in the middle of a crowded restaurant, their tender, slightly tantric relationship is off to a galloping, farting start.

Each print copy of this book will be dipped in holy water by my mom, and glared at by my father as he purses his lips. Neither will help. So, drop your pants and turn to the left and cough. I hope you’re not allergic to latex, because it’s time to fill your prescription. Anally.

Review

I can’t even begin to explain or wrap my brain around what I just finished reading. I tried to explain some of the events in the text to my husband, and he just looked at me cross-eyed and then ignored me! As I read, all I kept thinking was it felt like I was watching a raunchy sitcom with a plethora of rude and crude comments; you know the one where you keep asking yourself why you’re still watching it, but you can’t seem to change the channel or stop focusing on the events as they play out in front of you because it’s as if you are enchanted by the crazies, and with a book it’s even better because you get to decide what all of the characters look like and envision exactly what goes down when Dove and her crew of misfits find themselves in their precarious positions.

I have to say that my reactions while reading Dove’s story ranged from red hot cheeks from feeling Dove’s embarrassment to aghast noises as every awkward and inappropriate moment you can possibly imagine plays out in deliberate vividness. I wanted to grab Dove and hide her away, hoping that just maybe her foot in mouth disease would be cured and her internal monologue would no longer be what actually comes out of her mouth to those around her. But, of course, I couldn’t do that, so I found myself entranced by Dove’s disturbing attempts to sexify herself for Johnson in real life as well as THE Twitter and the play by play of the train wreck that is Duke as well as the strangely entertaining, in a rather scary kind of way, antics of Mr. and Mrs. Anastasia.

I would so love to meet all of these characters in person. I would grab a bowl of popcorn and a pen and paper to write down their running commentary because it’s all of the things you would never expect to be spoken aloud, but it’s right there, and you can’t help but blush and duck your head as it’s delivered.

I can only imagine what Ms. Anastasia has in store for her readers in Book 2. I hope there’s more from Duke’s perspective because as inappropriate that he is, I find myself rooting for the guy because at least he’s honest and real!

A complimentary copy was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

4 poison apples

Oh God. We’re talking about me being naked, in the shower with cooter cream. Please world, end. Kill me.

“I know it’s not soap. I just… if it’s scented… I can’t do scented. Flowers and stuff like that. Fruit-flavored soaps make… things… burnish.” She could tell from the peeks at his face Mr. Fitzwell had never stepped foot in bath and lotion store, wanting to try the array of fun fragrances. Nor had he purchased Peppermint Candy shower gel, foamed up his nether regions, and felt like he had dipped them in lava. Dove crossed and uncrossed her legs at the memory.

Mr. Fitzwell seemed concerned. “Okay, just a heads-up. It’s definitely not good to put any fruits or plant life near your genitals.” He made a V with his hands and formed his own pretend vagina in front of his pants.

Dove covered her eyes and tried to defend herself because now she could hear the sickly older woman beating her supporters with a purse.

Dove’s mumbling got louder with her embarrassment. “I don’t put weird things down… there. Just make sure that the cream’s vagina-scented. Just plain. For vaginas.” She kept her eyes on the counter.

 

There are a lot of eyes in Debra Anastasia’s house in Maryland. First, her own creepy peepers are there, staring at her computer screen. She’s made two more sets of eyes with her body, and the kids they belong to are amazing. The poor husband is still looking at her after 17 years of marriage. At least he likes to laugh. Then the freaking dogs are looking at her—six eyeballs altogether, though the old dog is blind. And the cat watches her too, mostly while knocking stuff off the counter and doing that internal kitty laugh when Deb can’t catch the items fast enough.
In between taking care of everything those eyes involve, Debra creates pretend people in her head and paints them on the giant, beautiful canvas of your imagination. What an amazing job that is. The stories hit her hard while driving the minivan or shaving her legs, especially when there’s no paper and pen around. In all of the lies she writes hides her heart, so thank you for letting it play in your mind.
Debra is eternally grateful to Omnific Publishing, which has now published five of her books: two in the Seraphim Series and three in the Poughkeepsie Brotherhood Series, as well as her novella, Late Night with Andres. That one is special because 100% of the proceeds go to breast cancer research. (So go get it right now, please!)
You can find her at DebraAnastasia.com and on Twitter @Debra_Anastasia. But be prepared…

 

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    Thank you!

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