Drop Dead Gorgeous

By: Rachel Gibson

Narrated by: Stephanie Einstein, Rachanee Lumayno

This “funny and touching” (Lauren Layne, New York Times bestselling author) fish-out-of-water tale from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gibson explores what happens when a small-town Texas girl swaps bodies with a filthy rich socialite.

On her way from singing in church to hooking up with a Tinder date, Brittany Lynn Snider crashes her momma’s minivan, and her life is changed forever. One moment she’s texting HotGuyNate, and the next she’s at a hospital in El Paso watching doctors operate on her near-lifeless body. If that wasn’t bad enough, she finds herself trapped in the Limbo Lounge where patients await their fate, playing cards and watching reruns of 7th Heaven and Heaven Help Us.

When a shimmering portal appears, it pulls Brittany upward toward heaven—until the lounge’s resident bully, a wealthy socialite named Edie, leaps through first and steals Brittany’s place. Brittany now has a second chance at life on Earth, but with a catch: she must inhabit Edie’s body.

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’s old flame, Brittany plans to return to her old life in Texas. But when things don’t go according to her plan, she must ask herself: Who is Brittany Lynn Snider, and what does she want now?

And where’s Edie? Did she manage to make it past the pearly gates?

“Laugh-out-loud funny with quirky characters and heartfelt moments, Drop Dead Gorgeous is a little slice of heaven” (Elizabeth Thompson, author of Lost in Paris).

A fun twist on the road to the afterlife.

This book is fun, lovely, crazy, and full of twists. the narrator does an awesome job.
A book about refunding your purpose with unexpected life/death changes.
The book implies romantic scenes but does not go into detail.

Meh

Not the worst but not her best Too bogged down in details. Wait until they put it on sale. Not worth a whole credit.

Oh man. Nope.

The story was fine. But as a girl from Oklahoma, I could not handle the accents, the dumb Texas style references. Was this written in the 80s or just trying to be kitschy? It’s likely much better not hearing it, and letting your imagination calibrate the accents. Also- it’s not really a romance- just a story with a promising premise.

Handled difficult issues with humor.

I initially thought it was going in a Bible-bashing, laughing at the crazies direction. It wasn’t. The narrator did a great job of voicing the characters! All in all a fun read!!!

Funny

As usual, Rachel Gibson delivers a funny story with wacky characters and I love it.