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Aug 19, 2010

Cathy rated it:

Nonstop action, just like the first book. The girl, Evy, is a bit young for me to completely relate to (22). Plus she sometimes makes comments or has thoughts that are too sophisticated for a girl of her limited experience and education. And I don't actually care about her first love interest at all. But the new guy, as osprey shifter, was great. I hope to see more from him in the future, but a first-person narrative doesn't really suit much secondary character development. Maybe in a new series More...

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Dec 29, 2011

Kayla rated it:

(Spoiler Alert! Don’t read this review if you haven’t read the first book in the series, Three Days To Dead)

As Lie The Dead is the second book in the Dreg City series (book one titled Three Days To Dead) by the lovely Kelly Meding.

Book two finds Evy adjusting to life in her new body and getting over the few days leading up to her death and the few days after waking up in the morgue. All she wants to go sleep, nap then maybe deal with the world, but the world didn’t get that m More...

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Oct 01, 2011

Dawn rated it:

It has been awhile since I read the first book in this series so I realize I have forgotten a few things.

This books starts a few days where Three Days To Dead ends. This time a race of bird shifters called Owlkins come to Evy for help. The plot thickens because there is someone in the Triad who ordered all of the Owlkins to be slaughtered and Evy has four days to figure it out.

From my limited memory this book feels a lot like the first except in this book I did not care for E More...

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Oct 11, 2010

Myhotstylist rated it:

WOW! This is one of the best books ive read all year! This is definetly NOT a stand-alone book. Book #2 in the Dreg City series, this one picks up at the exact scene where the first one left off. It is critical to read the first book before this one, to understand the characters and events that take place in this second installment.

After a brutal and bloody battle with Tovin from book 1, we are intoduced to Phinn, one of the 4 surviving Owlkins from the massacre from the first book. More...

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Sep 29, 2010

Kt from A Book Obsession.. rated it:

This book picks up right where the last book ended. Poor Evy doesn't even get a second to breathe before she is pitted into another race against the clock. The shape shifting clans want retribution for the Olkins massicure, and they have chosen the handler that led the raid as the head they want on a stick. That handler was one of the very few people that tried to help Evy out in the last book, so she can't just sit by and allow them to murder him. She vows to find the Brass who is ultimat More...

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Sep 14, 2010

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Apr 13, 2011

Michelle rated it:

As Lie the Dead is the second book in the Dreg City series by Kelly Meding and a Fantasy from Dell.

Book Blurb:

Evangeline Stone, a rogue bounty hunter, never asked for a world divided between darkness and light . . .

. . . or the power to die and live again in someone else's borrowed body. After a murder plot meant to take her out leaves an entire race of shapeshifters nearly extinct, Evy is gnawed by guilt. So when one of the few survivors of the slaughter enlists he More...

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Sep 30, 2010

Jessica(Spinecracker) rated it:

I think this might be the very first case of a second book being better than first. As Lie the Dead reads like the second half to a much larger story. A story that is so well thought out, I'm still reeling from the plot twists and shocking reveals.

Our story starts exactly where we left it. Evy and Wyatt are quickly swept up in a new battle against "their kind" and the surviving Owlkin, who were slaughtered thanks to protecting Evy when she was a wanted criminal. Evy can' More...

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Dec 29, 2010

❀ Sharon ❀ rated it:

**4.5 stars**

This book picks up ~ literally ~ right at the end of the first book. There is NO down time. Poor Evy...her and Wyatt are thrown right back into things even though all Evy wants is a good vacation! I enjoyed all the flashbacks to Evy's and Wyatt's relationship and it gave a better understanding to the dynamics between Handlers and Hunters.

My requirements for a great book{5 star}:

*Intriguing? Yes. Even with all the background information, there wa More...

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Sep 27, 2010

Ami rated it:

To be perfectly honest, I didn't remember much about the first book in this series. I read that one in 2009. I did remember that I liked the heroine just fine and I didn't hate the 1st book (as sometimes happen with 1st book of an urban fantasy). So, I took my chance and read this 2nd book.

The story sets EXACTLY after the event in the end of book 1 ("Three Days to Dead"). There is enough information to get into the story, a quick recap to what have happened, though I still More...

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Jul 03, 2011

Kelli rated it:

This review is for the audiobook version of As Lie the Dead, narrated by Xe Sands. Since the book has been out a while, I won’t recap the plot.

The story starts at the same point book one ended and the fact that there was no gap in events allowed me to immediately immerse myself back in Evy’s story. As with the previous book, the three day time-frame for the story (with some older flashbacks to Evy’s time as a Hunter) worked well at maintaining narrative tension. Much like a complete la More...

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Aug 10, 2010

Jessica rated it:

Finished As Lie the Dead earlier today, but I immediately jumped to my next read because I am utilizing the time I have today since I'm off and tomorrow it's back to work.

As Lie the Dead was a terrific followup to Three Days to Dead. It's been awhile since I read it, so it took me a little while to catch up and remember who the players were, other than Evy and Wyatt of course. It didn't take too long for me to get caught up because basically they wrap up the aftereffects of the last More...

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Jul 22, 2011

Cat Russell rated it:

Evy is constantly in danger, has spent the majority of her life as a trained killer, but she never carries a weapon.

She is less effective during combat because she is in a body that isn't physically conditioned the way that her original one was, but she never carries a weapon.

She barges into a building full of halfies, talks shit to them, stands toe-to-toe with a guy twice her size, and only then does she realize that - Oops! - she forgot to bring a weapon.

You know More...

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Dec 02, 2010

Anita rated it:

This is the second book in this urban fantasy series, and it's very good. I was wary about such a similar set up in the first and second books - heroine must catch unknown bad guy in just a few days or something very bad will happen. The author handled it well, though. It didn't feel recycled. The outcome wasn't really what I expected, but it was satisfying, and it leaves a big obvious question for the third book to address. Again, I loved Meding's take on supernatural creatures, and the herione More...

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Jan 23, 2012

Douglas rated it:

This was a good book to read after my last disappointing endeavor. Though urban fantasy generally tends to the darker area of fiction, the archetypes of fantasy frequently remain. Meding does not challenge these archetypes too much, but writes entertainingly enough that I enjoyed this book beginning to end. She paces the book well, neither letting things slow down too much, and never allowing the pace to build too relentlessly.

Emotionally she manages to pull a few tears from my ey More...

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Dec 29, 2011

Tammy rated it:

Hmm...in a way I feel that giving this book three stars is a bit too generous. I think that you can sum up the problems with this book in one word: Evy.

<spoiler>In Urban Fantasy the heroine is usually in some life-threatening situations and has to fight the bad guy. If said heroine is able to heal unnaturally fast and can bounce back from pretty much any injury-stabbings, broken legs, falling multiple stories, the story becomes a lot less interesting. We already know she's goin More...

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Oct 19, 2011

Susan rated it:

As Lie the Dead was just as exciting and action packed as the previous book in this series Three Days to Dead. Meding does a great job at picking up the action where the other book left off and setting up another adventure for Evy. The character development of Evy is well done as Evy becomes better able to deal with her new life in a new body and by coming to terms with her past. Meding uses well placed flashbacks to show Evy's journey as a new recruit to the events leading up to her death. More...

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Sep 06, 2011

Lupdilup rated it:

Wow! Another wild ride, this book is as exhausting as entertaining, but most definitely engrossing.
Evy’s strength and resilience as well as her vulnerability are clearly the grabbing aspects of this book. This world is unpredictable as ever, the fast pace continues and the nonstop action make this book a great continuation to the series.
The romance still a gray area in this book, I still like Wyatt very much. How can you not like a guy that sacrifices everything for you? What makes m More...

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Jan 02, 2012

Diane rated it:

2.5

This started out good. It picked up EXACTLY where the 1st book left off, but as the story progressed, I lost my mojo for it. It's lags and I've no desire to work through Evangeline's issues. I find Wyatt a bit dull. I prefer the Owlkin, but I know it would take much pain and effort for her to be able to want him. I was almost at the end, but I could care less what happens.

I also feel there are too many supernatural types to keep up with. I found it hard to follow the whol More...

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Jan 11, 2012

Kasey rated it:

This was a really good follow up to Three Days Dead. There is a lot going on and at times it seems to take a while to get to the good stuff. Especially when we are in Evy's head since she is sometimes the only one out of the loop. But I was glad to see Evy's progression as a person and accepting the changes that come with her new situation. And although she can be stubborn at times she is learning to let go of long engrained prejudices. There is a natural progression to her relationship wit More...

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Oct 25, 2011

Paris rated it:

I’m so glad I tried the first book in this series again, because the second book is so great. I was really able to connect with Evy in this one and I became invested in what happened to her and Wyatt. She is one of those complex, dark, messed up characters that I love and it was great to really see her struggle throughout this book. I felt that her character was much deeper this time around and a lot of that had to do with the fallout of what happened in the first book. I was semi-surprised by t More...

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Jul 13, 2010

Larissa rated it:

-> 4 & 1/2 out of 5 Stars!

*Contain Spoilers if you haven’t read “Three Days to dead”

I really enjoyed Kelly’s previous novel, “Three Days to Dead” and have been been looking forward to the sequel ever since I finished it. I’m so happy I got the chance to read the ARC. I had high hopes for this book and was not disappointed.

“As Lie The Dead” starts right after the end of the previous book and if you thought that being tortured. dying. being resurrected in a More...

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Sep 28, 2011

Claire rated it:

As Lie The Dead is book 2 in the Dreg City series written by Kelly Meding. It follows the story of Evy Stone who used to be a hunter for the Triads which protect the city from Dregs otherwise known as vampires, halfies, weres, goblins etc. Triads are teams of three hunters and one handler. In book 1 Three Days To Dead Evy was raped and tortured to death by goblins and the other two hunters in her Triad also killed. But she was brought back from the dead and put into a new body, that of Chali More...

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Sep 22, 2011

Cheri rated it:

This book picks up immediately where Three Days to Dead leaves off. No rest for the guilt ridden. A nearly extinct race of shapeshifters, the Owlkins, that were slaughtered in an attepmt to kill Evy, a survivor asks Evy for help protecting a pregnant Owlkin. Still trying to come to terms with her new and permanent body along with the memories of her new body's old life complicate her mission to bring down the upper-echelon's of The Triad's who caused the killing of the Owlkins, her old body's de More...

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Oct 11, 2011

Kiki rated it:

“As the silence drew out, the tension became a tangible thing, wrapping cold, icy fingers around my heart and squeezing tight.” Not only is this an excellent example of Ms. Meding’s ability to show you exactly how her first-person heroine was feeling, it is a perfect description of how I felt in a quiet room reading this edge-of-your-seat novel.
I was captured by this story—from the vibrant collage on the front cover with the menacing, winged creature, to the vast detailed depictions of eac More...

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Mar 13, 2011

Cathy rated it:

You should read the first book, Three Days To Dead, before starting this one. I think you will be lost otherwise. The world portrayed here is not too complex, but definitely different enough. The second book does not supply a lot of explanations of the structure of book's society.

The book's premise is the same as for the first book--three days to achieve something seemingly impossible. I wonder if the third books does the same? Which would be boring.

I liked the first boo More...

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Oct 27, 2010

Natasja rated it:

Hunter Evy Stone has been through hell and back in the last couple of days. First discovering that you have been tortured, killed, then wakes up in another body and second hunting her killer and that of her dead team members. Evy stills struggles with her past and the memories of Chalice Frost which she inherited her new body from.

Evy and Wyatt have a new job to fulfil, because the Clan Elders wants justice for the attack on the Owlkins people. Evy blames herself for this attack beca More...

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Oct 02, 2010

Shelley rated it:

I've added this author to my to read list. I enjoyed the first book THREE DAYS TO DEAD, and the follow-up is action tense. As Lie the Dead starts right where Three Days to Dead left off. Right after the battle with Tovin. Evy is approached by Fin, a Therian (shape-shifter) of the owlkin clan that was decimated in the first book by the Triads. He demands protection for a very pregnant Aurora. The story line gets a little convoluted at times, especially when Leo, Chalice's very dead boyfriend's fa More...

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Mar 20, 2011

Alexia561 rated it:

This book was seriously awesome! Awe-some! Read it in one day, despite having a giant to-do list and a stack of TBR books glaring at me for ignoring them. Couldn't help it, because once I read the synopsis, I simply had to download it to my nook and read immediately. Did I mention that it was awesome?

The story picks up shortly after Three Days to Dead, but I think you'd be able to follow it without reading the first book. However, both books are great reads, so I recommend reading th More...

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Dec 13, 2010

Tori Benson rated it:

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