Summary:
Madison had a terrible prom, it was filled with boys, reapers, and her death, but somehow she is still alive, well alive to everyone around her. Madison knows she isn't alive she is lost between the worlds of life and death. A stolen dark amulet is the only thing keeping her on earth giving her the faux human appearance. She is guided by her light reaper Barnabas and Grace her guardian angel. But soon Madison finds out that her death on prom night wasn't an accident, but a dark scheme planed by a very powerful dark timekeeper. Will Madison accept her fate and join the dark ranks or choose to ignore her fate to be human again. She must decide between the worlds of light and dark and between choice and fate.
My Opinion:
I assumed "Once Dead, Twice Shy" was going to be another vampire/other-worldly creature story with love, lust, and teenage angst. But happily I assumed wrong, Harrison delivered a real and spunky character in Madison. Who's only desire is to be normal again, which is really what every teen is fighting to be. Harrison also generates a curious heavenly world of Seraphs, reapers, guardian angels, and timekeepers. Finally for a change I was really intrigued by the story she created. Keeping the story interesting by explaining the new world Madison is entering, the complications and clashes of the light and dark worlds, for which she is smack dab in the middle of. I can't wait to read the sequel "Early to Death, Early to Rise" coming out June 2010.
The Series
Once Dead Twice Shy by Kim Harrison
Early to Death, Early to Rise by Kim Harrison
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