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They’ll never see her coming. . . .

When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue—in a stranger&... read full description

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Aug 23, 2011
Moss rated it: 1 of 5 stars
This will be the laziest review ever, but I don't feel badly about it, because really, this was the laziest book ever. Here it is:

Nothing happens.

It sure as shit looks like something's going to happen, and then.... nothing does. She wakes up from the dead and finds her friend, her friend doesn't know what's going on, so they find someone else who doesn't know, and when that guy doesn't pan out, they find someone else - who, also, doesn't know. Then they go nowhere and she More...
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Jan 08, 2012
Kelli rated it: 3 of 5 stars
This is a review of the audiobook version of Three Days to Dead, narrated by Xe Sands.

Brief storyline commentary:
Three Days to dead was an enjoyable entry in the urban fantasy genre. The story focuses on Evy Stone, who wakes to find herself in a new body and must discover the chain of events that led to her death and resurrection while preventing an inter-species war. The book has decent world-building and an intriguing concept with likeable characters and the requisite scenes More...
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Jan 23, 2010
Steph rated it: 4 of 5 stars
What a great start for debut author Kelly Meding. "I don't remember the first time I died..." Gotta love the opening line!

Evangline Stone wakes up in a morgue ... who's body is this? what am I doing in a morgue? She cannot remember the last several days, so after freaking out the morgue attendants, finding some clothes and the name to go with her "new" body, she's off to find some answers.

She's a Dreg Bounty Hunter, "they hunt rogue elements, More...
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Sep 02, 2011
Lupdilup rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Finally had a chance to finished; this summer cold really knocked me on my arse. Anyway I'm so thrill to have found a new UF series I can sink my teeth into. At first I kept going back like I was missing something, it just seemed like a lot information to digest in this first book, but what can I say, it has all the ingredients I like in UF book, very likable, kick ass heroine, a full of potential male lead, enough sexual tension, all kinds of supernatural creatures, and an intriguing plot. I ra More...
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Jul 09, 2011
Cat Russell rated it: 5 of 5 stars
* * * 4.5 Stars * * *

"My day was decidedly much worse, so I did the first sensible thing that came to mind. I stole her tennis shoes."

From the moment I read this line, I knew that Evangeline and I would get along just fine.

I was hooked from the first chapter and dreaded the moments that I had to put this book down and step back into the real world.

There were many, many things that I loved about this story, but the thing that I enjoyed mo More...
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Feb 03, 2011
Amy or "Ames" rated it: 2 of 5 stars
A brilliant first chapter and an intriguing concept but this book just didn't do it for me. The story dragged and became never-ending. The outcome was completely predictable. The body count was HUGE. If I had to read this again I'd be tallying the number of bodies.

The blame game grew tiresome. Evy and Wyatt were both victims of manipulation so none of what takes place is their fault but they keep blaming themselves and each other until I just wanted to slap them.

Untangl More...
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Feb 03, 2011
Darcy rated it: 3 of 5 stars
I can't imagine waking up like Evy did and manage not to go completely crazy, but then again with her job and life it isn't all that much out of the ordinary. Evy does lead a life out of the ordinary as a hunter to protect us normal people from all the bad things that we don't believe exist.

I liked how Evy was able to piece together what happened to her as she woke up and then investigate what got her in that place in the first place. It seemed like as she encountered those people More...
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Mar 29, 2010
Wendy marked it as to-read
One day, you're happily working as a Dreg Bounty Hunter killing supernatural rogues - trolls, vampires, goblins, etc - next thing you know you're waking up in someone else's body after being reborn again!

No, wait. That's only Evangeline - or, Evy - Stone's case.

After waking up in a cold slab on a morgue, almost giving the technician a heart attack, Evy is ready for some answers - and fast! What's going on? Why is she back in some stranger's body and why? Who did this? But More...
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Jul 19, 2011
Sara rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Plot: 5 Stars
There were so many twists and turns, and little details that you forgot about but came back to be a really big deal. All sorts of random details ended up equalling one crazy plot. I never had this story figured out. I also liked how the beginning of every chapter (except for the few flashbacks) had the time remaining at the beginning. It kept the story in perspective and helped make the timeline believable.

Pace: 4 Stars
The pace of this story never lets up, an More...
Mar 10, 2011
sabisteb rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Evangeline Stone ist Dreg Jägerin. Als Dregs bezeichnen die Jäger alle nichtmenschlichen Wesen, wie die den Menschen wohlgesinnten Gargoyles, Feen und Gestaltwandler. Gremlins und Trolle kümmern sich für gewöhnlich nicht um die Menschen und lassen sie in Ruhe. Vampire, Kobolde und Werwesen jedoch wollen die Menschen auslöschen, und da kommen die Dreg Jäger ins Spiel. Die Jäger werden jung angeworben, sind meist selber Ausgestoßene der Menschlichen Gesellschaft, die keiner vermissen würde und sie More...
Jan 12, 2011
Ithlilian rated it: 2 of 5 stars
The plot of this book could be summed up in about two sentences. There just isn't that much going on. The characters head from place to place following clues or memories and they uncover very little. Everyone they talk to tells them pretty much the same thing. Nothing is shocking and nothing is surprising. The romance is confusing, underdeveloped, and unbelievable. I can't find a redeeming quality in this book, and I really tried. I think the only reason I finished it is because it was recommend More...
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Nov 30, 2010
Carissa rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Evangeline Stone is a bounty hunter. Her quarry: vampires, goblins, fey, and the occasional werewolf---otherwise known as Dregs. A member of one of the most feared Hunter Triads to stalk the streets, Evy is exceedingly good at her job.


Or she was...until she died.


Newly resurrected in a body that does not belong to her, Evy has no idea who brought her back or why. She can't even remember how she died. What Evy does know, however, is that her mysterious resurrection is More...
Oct 19, 2010
drey rated it: 4 of 5 stars
I'm adding Kelly Meding to my list of authors to stalk. Because Three Days to Dead is good. Dang good! It grabbed me from the first few sentences:

I don't recall the first time I died, but I do remember the second time I was born. Vividly. Waking up on a cold morgue table surrounded by surgical instruments and autopsy paraphernalia, to the tune of the medical examiner's high-pitched shrieks of fright, is an unforgettable experience.

How could you not want to keep reading wi More...
Feb 24, 2010
Melissa rated it: 5 of 5 stars
The synopsis on the back of the book is a great starting discription of what the story is about. I am always a sucker for a paranormal mystery action book.


This book constantly moves forward with a lot happening. There is always some action going on or mystery detail being given, and the good guys are not always in the lead. I enjoy trying to figure out how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together - who is doing this, why are they, and what are all the connections to figure ou More...
Feb 18, 2010
Mardel rated it: 4 of 5 stars
This book is amazing. Per the blurb for the book, Evy Stone has woken up in a dead person's body, she's been resurrected and everyone wants her dead. Written in the first person, with an interesting countdown of hours left to her at different sections, you have a sense of the passing of time and opportunity. Evy has three days to figure out what is going on, and then her time is up - again. There are quite a few twists in this story. I'm amazed at everything the Kelly Meding has come up with. Th More...
Jan 03, 2010
Alice rated it: 5 of 5 stars
If I were in the heroine’s place in Kelly Meding’s Three Days to Dead, I would’ve had plenty of time to neutralize the bad guys after reading her book. That’s because I started it at 4pm on a Thursday and finished it at 5pm the next day. My family would like to point out that in those twenty-four hours they had to remind me more than once to check on the turkey in the oven and they forcibly turned off the lights after midnight.

Evy Stone, a hunter of supernatural low-lifes, wakes up More...
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Dec 28, 2009
Jess rated it: 4 of 5 stars
This is the debut novel of Kelly Meding. I thought it was great! I usually have trouble getting into the UF books that have characters that are constantly in motion from one fight to the next.. but this one was so edgy and nerve-wracking that I couldn't help but enjoy it.

It all starts off with the main character Evangeline Stone waking up in the morgue. The only problem being, other then the fact that she died, was that she woke up in a body that wasn't hers, with no memory of what h More...
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Dec 04, 2009
Review courtesy of AllThingsUrbanFantasy.blogspot.com
Have you seen the movie D.O.A starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan or the 1950 original about a man who is poisoned and has only 24 hours to solve his own murder? It’s a great premise that unfortunately didn’t make for a great movie. Three Days to Dead operates on a similar idea with a much more successful execution.

I don't recall the first time I died, but I do remember the second time I was born. Vividly. Waking up on a More...
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Jul 06, 2011
Hope rated it: 4 of 5 stars
I bought this book over a year ago and I actually did start reading it right away, but I never finished it at that time. It just set in my to be finished pile, I really can not remember why I did not continue reading the book at that time. It was not because I could not finish it because I did not like it, quite the opposite I did enjoy it quite a lot. However I think that I got distracted with all the other books that I was getting. But it’s always been at the back of my mind, and the other More...
Sep 28, 2010
Meding had me at hello. I've never come across a title so blatant. I loved how the title just tells it like it is. And thankfully the story within never swayed from this sharp-as-glass attitude.

Evy wakes up on an autopsy table naked and disoriented, but things only get worse when she looks in the mirror and sees a complete stranger staring back at her. Come to find out Evy's technically dead. She's been brought "back" into someone else's body by her handler. See Evang More...
Jan 03, 2010
Lady rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Review courtesy of: http://escapebetweenthepages.blogspot......

While strolling through the new releases in the book section at Walmart, I saw this book. The cover attracted my attention right away. Dark, mysterious, dangerous, a sexy woman on the cover, how could I resist it? After reading the back cover, I was hook by the intriguing plot and hoped, that it was as good on the inside as it was on the outside. I wasn't disappointed.

I can't imagine waking up, not knowing whe More...
Dec 17, 2011
*Mafi* rated it: 2 of 5 stars
I gave up... -.-

O livro é interessante, mas o resultado final deixa muito a desejar. Tudo começa quando Evangeline renasce no corpo de Chalice e não se recorda do que aconteceu, encontrao companheiro de casa de Chalice, Alex, que apesar de acreditar na palavra de Evy tmb não se lembra do que aconteceu. Evy encontra o seu parceiro de trabalho, Wyatt que tmb não sabe o que aconteceu que depois encontram Isleen que tmb não sabe o que se passou! Tão a ver o que acontece neste livro? Nada! More...
May 13, 2011
Sharon rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Our protagonist has to solve her own murder in three days, someone has paid a hefty magical cost to bring her back. She ends up in a recent suicide victim Chalice, suffering memory loss & being hunted by her own people & all kind of 'other'.
Evie is a bounty hunter, confused emotionally but burning with revenge to get to the bottom of the mystery of her death so she can clear her name.
Each chapter is time stamped, counting down to the inevitability of her dying again. What I loved abo More...
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Nov 04, 2009
Tez rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Evy Stone regains consciousness in a different body in the morgue. But this new life has a time limit: three days. Before the clock runs out, she has to find out to whom her new body belonged, how Evy herself died, and all the events that led up to this countdown. Extending her lifetime would be nice, too.

My attention waned whilst reading this, likely my own eejit brain's fault. Though if I could find fault with the novel...It's an awesome premise, but the execution of it isn't quite More...
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Jun 22, 2010
Christine rated it: 4 of 5 stars
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Dec 17, 2009
Joelle rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Three Days to Dead is a debut novel by brand new author Kelly Meding. I was instantly drawn in from the start "Evy" has awaken in the morgue in a body thats not her own with no memory of how she got there. As the story continues we learn that Evy is a paranormal bounty hunter, and she and Her Traid, which is her team of bounty hunters went out to do there duty but something happened that cost all three of them their lives and convinced the city's other Hunters that Ev More...
Dec 08, 2009
Robin rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Evy (Evangeline Stone) is a Bounty Hunter. One day she wakes up in the morgue on the table with an attendant standing over her. Needless to say the attendant freaks out and so does Evy. She has just woken up in another girls body and doesn't remember anything that has happened over the last few days. All she knows is that she died and now she is alive in another girls body. She does remember a couple things one of which is her handlers name and number. His name is Wyatt and he plays a very i More...
Dec 14, 2009
Donna rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Three Days to Dead is Kelly Meding's debut urban fantasy thriller and it's a book I've been looking forward to reading ever since I laid my eyes on it's gorgeous cover. Kelly Meding has taken traditional lore on vampires, gremlins, goblins, trolls, gargoyles and added her own creative twists to their legends, making them her own. Then she's built a supernatural world around these creatures known as the Dregs, planting them right under the noses of humans. I found myself emotionally investing in More...
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Oct 05, 2010
Myhotstylist rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Dark, Raw Imaginative and Gritty. Awesome Book! Sent straight to the top of my favorite books read in 2010 list.

Kelly Meding has created a hard-to-put down world that will have you on the edge of your seat, and reading into the wee hours of the morning. This is a perfect addition to the Urban fantasy genre that doesnt dissapoint. Even though the opening chapters are somewhat confusing, the more the book progreses, the easier it is to understand. I was thrilled to pieces when i opened More...
Dec 09, 2009
Mandi rated it: 5 of 5 stars
It has been awhile since I have felt this passionate about a book. I love my romances with the steamy smex, but I also am a huge fan of urban fantasy. I love the altered worlds, kick ass heroines, the sexual tension, and great action. Three Days to Dead has it all, written so well there were times I had to make myself take a deep breath so I could get through the page. I laughed out loud and at one point I had to read with one eye open because of the awful things that were being done. This book More...
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