{"id":28117,"date":"2022-04-19T10:37:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T14:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=28117"},"modified":"2022-10-16T11:59:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T11:59:14","slug":"review-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f-drop-dead-gorgeous-by-rachel-gibson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/19\/review-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f-drop-dead-gorgeous-by-rachel-gibson\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Drop Dead Gorgeous by Rachel Gibson"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-28117\" data-postid=\"28117\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-28117 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/drop-dead-gorgeous-rachel-gibson.jpg?resize=322%2C500\" width=\"322\" height=\"500\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Drop Dead Gorgeous by Rachel Gibson\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Drop Dead Gorgeous by Rachel Gibson\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">On her way from singing in church to hooking up with a Tinder date, Brittany Lynn Snider crashes her momma\u2019s minivan, and her life is changed forever. One moment she\u2019s texting HotGuyNate, and in the next she\u2019s at a hospital in El Paso watching doctors operate on her near-lifeless body. If that wasn\u2019t bad enough, she finds herself trapped in the Limbo Lounge where patients await their fate, playing cards and watching reruns of\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">7th Heaven<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Heaven Help Us<\/span>.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">When a shimmering portal appears, it pulls Brittany upward toward heaven\u2014until the lounge\u2019s resident bully, a wealthy socialite named Edie, leaps through first and steals Brittany\u2019s place. Brittany now has a second chance at life on Earth, but with a catch: she must inhabit Edie\u2019s body.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Waking up as Edie in a mental facility where doctors try to cure her alleged retrograde amnesia, Brittany resumes a life of privilege in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Yet even as she basks in luxury and reconnects with Edie\u2019s old flame, Brittany plans to return to her old life in Texas. But when things don\u2019t go according to her plan, she must ask herself:\u00a0<span class=\"a-text-italic\">Who is Brittany Lynn Snider, and what does she want now?<\/span><\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">And where\u2019s Edie? Did she manage to make it past the pearly gates?<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28954 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dnf.png?resize=82%2C82&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dnf.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dnf.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dnf.png?resize=45%2C45&amp;ssl=1 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 82px) 100vw, 82px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Apr 19, 2022<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> DNF<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Simon &amp; Schuster<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Gallery Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $11.99<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I gave this book three chapters, but my first Gibson novel was a disappointment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I\u2019d hoped it was something I could read past and in some cases I can, but in this instance the heroine was a trial. Add in a confusing afterlife aspect and I had to put this story down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">There\u2019s not more more to say as the story was long-winded and by chapter three I was no closer to figuring out if there was a hero to this story or what the point of this story was. The heroine\u2019s main problem being she died&#8230; which in most cases would put a stop to a story altogether. In this case, it prolonged the event. The book also reads more women\u2019s fiction than a romance with a heroine who\u2019s got a lot of growing up to do.\\<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I will give Gibson one thing, she\u2019s adept at visual descriptors and creating fascinating characters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3uRwIcC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/36x3kz6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/drop-dead-gorgeous-rachel-gibson\/1139747050?ean=9781982118174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/drop-dead-gorgeous-40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=9Fg1EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On her way from singing in church to hooking up with a Tinder date, Brittany Lynn Snider crashes her momma\u2019s minivan, and her life is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,112,48,55],"tags":[216,240,317,516],"class_list":["post-28117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gallery-books","category-landra","category-reviews","category-simon-schuster","tag-contemporary","tag-dnf","tag-humor","tag-womens-fiction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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One moment she\u2019s texting HotGuyNate, and in the next she\u2019s at a hospital in El Paso watching doctors operate on her near-lifeless body. If that wasn\u2019t bad enough, she finds herself trapped in the Limbo Lounge where patients await their fate, playing cards and watching reruns of\u00a07th Heaven\u00a0and\u00a0Heaven Help Us.<br \/><br \/>When a shimmering portal appears, it pulls Brittany upward toward heaven\u2014until the lounge\u2019s resident bully, a wealthy socialite named Edie, leaps through first and steals Brittany\u2019s place. Brittany now has a second chance at life on Earth, but with a catch: she must inhabit Edie\u2019s body.<br \/><br \/>Waking up as Edie in a mental facility where doctors try to cure her alleged retrograde amnesia, Brittany resumes a life of privilege in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Yet even as she basks in luxury and reconnects with Edie\u2019s old flame, Brittany plans to return to her old life in Texas. But when things don\u2019t go according to her plan, she must ask herself:\u00a0Who is Brittany Lynn Snider, and what does she want now?<br \/><br \/>And where\u2019s Edie? Did she manage to make it past the pearly gates?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dnf-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"82\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dnf.png?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dnf.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/dnf.png?resize=45%2C45&amp;ssl=1 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 82px) 100vw, 82px\" \/><\/p> <hr \/> <p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Apr 19, 2022<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> DNF<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Simon &amp; Schuster<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Gallery Books<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $11.99<\/p> <hr \/> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I gave this book three chapters, but my first Gibson novel was a disappointment.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I\u2019d hoped it was something I could read past and in some cases I can, but in this instance the heroine was a trial. Add in a confusing afterlife aspect and I had to put this story down.<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">There\u2019s not more more to say as the story was long-winded and by chapter three I was no closer to figuring out if there was a hero to this story or what the point of this story was. The heroine\u2019s main problem being she died... which in most cases would put a stop to a story altogether. In this case, it prolonged the event. The book also reads more women\u2019s fiction than a romance with a heroine who\u2019s got a lot of growing up to do.\\<\/p> <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">I will give Gibson one thing, she\u2019s adept at visual descriptors and creating fascinating characters.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Landra<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3uRwIcC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/36x3kz6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/drop-dead-gorgeous-rachel-gibson\/1139747050?ean=9781982118174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/drop-dead-gorgeous-40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details?id=9Fg1EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29230,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28117\/revisions\/29230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}