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]]> <![CDATA[new comment from CJ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79909655 Abigail [All Things Urban Fantasy]'s review of Three Days to Dead (Evangeline Stone, #1)
by Kelly Meding

I like your review but I have to disagree on the point with Wyatt. There were points when he was a bit...weak compared to her, but he is the complement and the foil for Evy's impulsiveness and 'too hardness'. They have a great repartee and I think there's more to Wyatt than we think. For example his interaction with Max. He's got something underneath him that we can't quite see. He can be a ruthless son of a bitch (I think) but each time Evy stopped him. That may make him a bit weak in terms of PR/UF but I think his strengths/her weaknesses and vice versa fit each other quite well. ]]> <![CDATA[CJ recommended the book Three Days to Dead to Clair]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book/recommendation/772388 CJ recommended the book Three Days to Dead to Clair
]]> <![CDATA[CJ added 'Three Days to Dead']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58833072 to: Three Days to Dead (Evangeline Stone, #1) by Kelly Meding
bookshelves: bump-in-the-night, fantasy, fiction-for-women, military-sci-fi, out-of-the-ordinary, women-detectives
4.75. Patricia Briggs was right about this book.

Wow. This book was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I guess, maybe due to the cover, I was expecting your average UF/PR book and you know what - I was wrong. You can't really judge a book by it's awesome cover.

Dead, resurrected and on a mission that she can't figure out, Evy Stone is not in a very good mood. Her friends are dead, her allies are enemies and the only person she can trust is the one that brought her back. Through a web of lies, through hell and back, Evy Stone will not go quietly into that good night.

The plot was abnormal and interesting and I for one didn't see how the final fight would end. Never did I think that there would be more tricks up the sleeve of Ms. Meding that would keep the action going, the emotions raw and Evy Stone interesting.

The relationships are real (if sometimes a little 'too much talky') and the monsters are definitely something to be afraid of and the alliances are shaky at best. This is definitely a mystery and with the time frame of 3 days (a magical number unto itself) the book stretches out the mystery in a plausible manner that doesn't leave the reader going 'really, has this not ended yet?".

You are rooting for Evy and Wyatt, sad for Alex, you wonder about Rufus and you can't wait to see what happens in the next book for the side characters. Is this war that was rumored to occur -real? Was something else unleashed when the "bad" was killed?

Who knows? I, like Evy, am very content with taking this one step at a time and enjoying each installment as if it were the last. ]]> <![CDATA[CJ made a comment on CJ's profile]]> http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1357098-cj CJ made a comment on CJ's profile:

Michelle M. wrote: "Queens in the house! Thanks for adding me, Forest Hills. Now to be nosy and peruse your reading list..."

LOL We gotta represent :)

We have a lot in common, so enjoy :) ]]> <![CDATA[new comment from CJ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48999094 Shannon's review of On the Edge (The Edge, #1)
by Ilona Andrews

Michelle M. wrote: "Bother! Bother! It's very good. It starts with Storm Born. The second is Thorn Queen. I'm hopelessly in love with Dorian.

The heroine is kick-butt, but lacks that sickening stubbornness that pla..."


I just realized that I've had this on my "to-read" shelf for awhile, so I will definitely buy it next time I'm at the bookstore.

My problem is that there are so many books and so little time!
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