My name is Madison Avery, and I'm here to tell you that there's more out there than you can see, hear, or touch. Because I'm there. Seeing it. Touching it. Living it.
Madison's prom was killer—literally. For some reason she's been targeted by a dark reaper—yeah, that kind of reaper—intent on getting rid of her, body and soul. But before the reaper could finish the job, Madison was able to snag his strange, glowing amulet and get away.
Now she's stuck on Earth—dead but not gone. Somehow the amulet gives her the illusion of a body, allowing her to toe the line between life and death. She still doesn't know why the dark reaper is after her, but she's not about to just sit around and let fate take its course.
With a little ingenuity, some light-bending, and the help of a light reaper (one of the good guys! Maybe . . . ), her cute crush, and oh yeah, her guardian angel, Madison's ready to take control of her own destiny once and for all, before it takes control of her.
Well, if she believed in that stuff.
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Rating: - First chapters are difficult if you haven't read the novella, but gets better toward the end
Madison Avery died on her seventeenth birthday, in a mini-showdown between light and dark reapers. A dark reaper killed her with his soul-scything sword and a light reaper named Barnabas tried to save her, but Madison ended up saving herself by stealing the dark reaper's amulet, an object that holds serious power. At the moment, Madison looks the same as ever because the amulet gives her the illusion of a corporeal form, but she's far from normal now that she's embroiled in angelic affairs. Caught ... Read More
Rating: - I liked it, but I wasn't on the edge of my seat...
I'm a major fan of Kim Harrison's The Hollows series. In fact, I think she is one of the top Urban Fantasy writers out there. I was very much looking forward to her new YA series about a dead girl whose afterlife turns utterly complicated. I think I might be a tad spoiled due to my love for KH's other books, that I was left a bit unsatisfied with the first book in this series. You really jumped right into Madison's afterlife without really finding out a ton about the world she now lives in. And once ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting Premise, Steady Read
Madison didn't fit in when she was alive, but once she's dead, she has real problems. Shen she hooks up with dangerously charming Kairos, a dark timekeeper intent on striking down Madison, Madison steals his amulet and gets suck up into an unique adventure and gets stuck between life and death. An interesting premise, although at times hard to follow. Excellent world-building with guardian angels, reapers, demons, vampires, and witches either helping or hindering Madison in her quest.
Rating: - Dead Like Me?
I remember when this was a show on Showtime called Dead Like Me.
What a ripoff...
Rating: - Once Dead, Twice As Great!!
Wow, what a book this was. Definitely a spooky one, I'll say. It's very well written and includes many details. Basically, it was almost impossible to put down. Madison is a weird one, but, she fits in this book like to last piece to a puzzle.
I also absoluetly adored Graces songs! They were very funny. Keep it up, Harrison. You're on a roll!
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