Once Dead, Twice Shy, Kim Harrison
Once Dead, Twice Shy, Kim Harrison
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Once Dead, Twice Shy

Author: Kim Harrison

Narrator: Mandy Siegfried

Unabridged: 5 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/26/2009

Synopsis

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.

About Kim Harrison

American born author, Kim Harrison, has tried different genres, but has settled into graphic and traditional fantasy novels. Her given name is Dawn Cook, and she did publish traditional fantasy under that name. Her #1 New York Times best-selling Hollow series is Harrison's most famous and most lucrative work. Her urban fantasy is best known, but she has also written young adult, accelerated science fiction thriller, anthology, full-color world book, and two graphic novels set in the Hollows universe.

Under her pen name of Dawn Cook, Harrison wrote Decoy Princess and Truth series. The main character, Rachel Morgan, is in an urban fantasy genre where there is a worldwide pandemic caused by genetically modified tomatoes. The pandemic causes the death of much of the world's population. This novel was published in the early years of the 21st century. Harrison's newest novel is American Demon.

Harrison was born and raised in the Midwest. She considers herself a "tomboy", having been the only girl in a family of boys. She has another unusual attribute for an author......she avoided all English classes, except those required in high school. Pretty unorthodox for a very successful author. She now resides in her home state of Michigan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Niki Hawkes on September 07, 2018

[Trilogy Review - No Spoilers] If you can overlook a few flaws, the Madison Avery trilogy is a fun, light YA read. However, I had a difficult time following my own advice. I have a lot of nitpicky things to talk about in this review and unfortunately, not a lot of positive takeaways. Once Dead, Twice......more

Goodreads review by Kristy on March 26, 2015

I'm not impressed. Spoiler's ahead..... Madison dies her prom night, but she steals an amulet off her killer, which somehow keeps her halfway alive. The amulet gives her a body. The Reaper she stole the amulet off of is now after her. Throw in a semi-love interest, a guardian angel, a dark reaper, a......more

Goodreads review by Brooke on February 25, 2016

Basic Info Format: Audio Pages/Length: 6hrs and 3mins Genre: Young Adult; Fantasy At A Glance Love Triangle/Insta Love/Obsession?: no Cliff Hanger: eh. Triggers: n/a Rating: 1.5 stars Score Sheet All out of ten Cover: 7 Plot:5 Characters: 4 World Building: 3 Flow: 4 Series Congruity: n/a Writing: 5 Ending: 4 Total:......more

Goodreads review by Nina on January 11, 2010

Reading a couple of reviews about this book, I really didn’t know if I was going to enjoy this one. Almost every review begun with if you haven’t read “Prom Nights from Hell” you are seriously missing some details. They where right, but that didn’t mean I didn’t like it. I seriously LOVED it. Madison......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on July 17, 2009

It's Kim so I had to read it - the background of this story is pencilled in as we go along and it makes it a bumpy start. You can tell this book was based off of a short story and unfortunately while you get most of the story as recollections, I almost wish it was the first chapter, that would have......more

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