Immortal Divorce Court Volume 1: My Ex-Wife Said Go to Hell
Paranormal, Urban Fantasy Romantic Comedy
Daddy Issues Publishing
April 7, 2020
345
Sirius Sinister keeps sleeping with the wrong women. And this time, it’s led to his imprisonment in Hell. Literal Hell.
Immortal vampire assassin Sirius Sinister has a healthy libido that constantly results in bad relationship decisions. But when he’s served divorce papers by Bloodsucker Number One—a shady woman from his past—he realizes there’s a major problem: he was never even married to her, or so he thought. Regardless of the truth, Sirius is put under the jurisdiction of Immortal Divorce Court.
You would think by now he’d know having sex can lead to horrific consequences like marriage, children, and ex-wives—but some habits just won’t die. Leaving his faithful vampire Maltese, Garlic, behind, Sirius travels to court to defend himself with the help of his demon attorney, Maximillian Justice. Unfortunately, the trial quickly spirals out of control, and Sirius is banished to hell for a hundred years.
When Sirius finally escapes, he ends up in the Caribbean where he meets his next paramour: the Howler. After a wild romp with his new werewolf lover under the lure of a full blood moon, he finds himself becoming the father of a litter of pups—but, the Howler and her Pack want to put the dead in deadbeat dad. Luckily, Sirius is saved by the Queen of the Merfolk, who comes with a hidden agenda even as they fall in love. Can he make it work with the Queen, or will he have to head to Immortal Divorce Court once again as yet another relationship flounders?
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Reviewed by Aethena Drake
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
If you have heard horror stories about divorce court, you will not be terribly surprised by how proceedings are handled in Immortal Divorce Court. Ending a relationship in the mortal world is challenging enough. When you are immortal, it can be absolute hell.
This book is definitely a page turner. Sirius Sinister is a young and inexperienced vampire assassin who fluidly moves from one personal disaster to the next. His relationships with women are equally disastrous. I found myself flipping the pages with trepidation. I could not decide whether I wanted to sit Sinister down for a long talk about constructive relationships, or whether I wanted to call his mom and tattle on him.
Sirius’ romantic adventures just do not seem to end, and he does not seem to learn much from his previous encounters. I enjoyed reading about the comedy of errors he incurred as he tried to escape the many situations within which he finds himself trapped. The action sequences are frequent and constructed well. The combination of comedy and action was nicely done.
This author certainly has potential. He has managed to create comedy from situations that are frequently rife with unpleasant emotions. Sirius’ adventures through time as an immortal add an interesting perspective to certain moments in history and certain mythological stories. I would have liked a more cohesive plot, but this book was labeled volume one so I suspect loose ends will be tied up in another book. The author has woven in a plot thread that suggests Sirius will be getting that education he desperately needs.
I recommend this book if you are looking for a historical, comedic, romance, adventure that has a vampire assassin as a main character. Be prepared to laugh at some very improbable situations involving the Boogeyman, a boil, and wine.