false 5083281 4 <blockquote>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.</blockquote> Madison's prom was killer -- literally. For some reason she's been targeted by a dark reaper -- yeah, <i>that</i> 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 <i>it</i> takes control of <i>her</i>. Well, if she believed in that stuff. 5149999 1 6 2009 Once Dead, Twice Shy (Madison Avery, Book 1) total:524|5:9|4:26|3:28|2:21|1:7| 524 1790 1399 131 4 3 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 04:45:14 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 15:28:41 -0800 2009
My review:

Kim Harrison is the author of the very popular adult paranormal fiction series known as "The Hollows" (it starts with "Dead Witch Walking" and the most recent addition...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 06:03:38 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 08:26:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Mar 06 06:54:06 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 06:56:48 -0800 2009
"Don't be so scared of said," I exclaimed at that point, and then closed the book.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 09:46:38 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 13:14:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 15:11:15 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 06:00:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 20 23:15:40 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 23:29:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Aug 15 09:51:32 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 09:52:47 -0700 2009
Kim Harrison is the author of the very popular adult paranormal fiction series known as "The Hollows" (it starts with "Dead Witch Walking" and the most recent addition is "The Outlaw Demon Wails") She's trying her funny charm and fiendish imagina...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 11:18:43 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 11:19:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:31:25 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:37:57 -0700 2009
Sadly, it's flat, predictable, formulaic, and lacks all of Harrison's great interpersonal conflict and understanding. The setting and subject are stock, the characters are ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 02:17:02 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 02:17:11 -0700 2009
Anyway, back to the review. This book became one of my favorites but it did have its share of problems. I admired Harrison's writing from start to finish. It was consistently exciting and unexpected throughout ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 17:58:19 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 18:07:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 19:48:04 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 19:57:46 -0700 2009 1 Prom Nights From Hell a whi...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 07:50:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 07:55:14 -0700 2009 Prom Nights from Hell you already know who Madison Avery is. She's the girl that left prom with some hot new guy only for him to wreck the car, pull out a sword, and kill her. But Madison didn't completely die because when he came for her soul in the morgue...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 16:13:09 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 16:15:29 -0700 2009
Madison's dead. Well, sort of.

See, there was this dark reaper who scythed her, for reasons she still hasn't figured out, and technically she should be long gone. But when he came back to destroy her soul as well as her body, she was a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 10:51:34 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 21:02:38 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 21:50:30 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 21:43:21 -0700 2009 Once Dead, Twice Shy is the first Madison Avery book, and as fun paranormal reads go, it's pretty good. The premise is that there are two groups of angels, the light reapers and the dark reapers, who are working among humanity. The dark reapers work to reinforce Fate, reaping the souls of those wh...more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 21:57:32 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 16:02:59 -0700 2009 1 Kim Harrison's short story in Prom Nights from Hell I urge you to do so before starting this book. The story in Prom Nights will give you the background you need to understand what's going. Harrison eventually doles out the necessary information, but she takes her sweet time an...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 13 15:53:14 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 17:48:55 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 15:53:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 14:20:38 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 17:31:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 07:44:31 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 18:24:41 -0700 2009 more...]]>