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Three Days to Dead: Dreg City Series, Book 1 (Unabridged)
 
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Three Days to Dead: Dreg City Series, Book 1 (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by Kelly Meding (Author), Xe Sands (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 11 hours and 25 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: Tantor Audio
  • Audible Release Date: 1 Jun 2011
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0053R3JLC
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue---in a stranger's body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there---her troubles are only just beginning. Before that night, she and the other two members of her Triad were star bounty hunters---mercilessly cleansing the city of the murderous creatures living in the shadows, from vampires to shape-shifters to trolls. Then something terrible happened that not only cost all three of them their lives, but also convinced the city's other Hunters that Evy was a traitor...and she can't even remember what it was. Now she's a fugitive, piecing together her memory, trying to deal some serious justice---and discovering that she has only three days to solve her own murder before the reincarnation spell wears off. Because in three days, Evy will die again---but this time, there's no second chance.

©2009 Kelly Meding ; (P)2011 Tantor
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Claire Mill TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I love the ideas behind the book, but in practise it falls short. Evy says repeatedly that the other two members of her Triad were her family, and yet at the beginning of the book in particular, there is very little from Evy in the way of grief. And there is the potential for a good sub-plot with two personalities in one body, but there isn't nearly enough to make it work. The male leads in the book fall flat too and they're all pretty similar. There just isn't enough to really get your teeth in to personality wise with the characters. And though I wanted Evy to succeed, I wasn't really pushing for her, willing her on like many other protagonists.

There is also far too much going on. There are many, many different species of creature in this book, and it gets a bit tricky trying to keep all the different creatures and their alliances straight. The story jumps from one thing to another with little explanation and trying to keep all of it in order and remember it all isn't easy either. And whilst the world building was pretty good, the overall tone wasn't as dark and gritty as it could have been, leaving a slightly lighter tone than it really needed.

Knowing that there is a time constraint is one thing, but the pressure of it didn't really come across well in this. There were times when you felt Evy had all the time in the world to do whatever it was needed doing. There were a couple decent twists but nothing out of the blue, but the ending was reasonable anyway, even if a few things were left open ended.

However, despite all it's flaws, I liked this book. Yes it's not as good as it could be, but I still think it's a reasonable read and one I'll pass along to friends. Evy has some good moments, and there are points where things are explained enough and the characters show real emotion you can relate to, there's just not enough of it to truly bring the characters to life. But sometimes it's nice to read a reasonable book that's not going to leave you hanging for more or make you wish you hadn't bothered with it.
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By Geekius
Format:Mass Market Paperback
4 and 1/2 stars. Loved this. Loved the writing style. Meding likes to use short, punchy sentences. Just enough to tell you exactly what's happening without any flowery, over-the-top descriptions. That's one thing I really hate is overly descriptive writers. Your character walks into a room and they feel the need to describe every single item in there down to what colour the skirting board is painted. Who cares? I am so glad to find Meding does none of this. She's all about describing the essentials, a.k.a. the ACTION, which this book is completely packed with. It's almost non-stop. There was not one slow part to the story.

I also loved the world building. I like books with lots of different supes and races interacting. I think my favourite in this instance might just be Smedge, the bridge troll. Loved him. The way his dialogue was written I couldn't help but hear the voice of Ludo from the Labyrinth every time he spoke. "Sarah, fwiend". I liked the idea of the Triads of Hunters working to police the Dregs (non-humans) as well. Whilst it's obviously not the first book to ever feature a vampire hunter, it certainly felt like a new and imaginative slant on it.

The characters were very vivid and real, and even amongst the action-packed, race against time plot line, there was still time to grow really attached to some of the cast. So much so that I may have had a little something in my eye at a couple of points whilst reading it. Or it could have been a trick of the light. I'll never tell.

Overall this is a great urban fantasy debut. The only slight negative (and it is teeny tiny) is that because of the premise of girl-wakes-up-in-new-body-with-three-days-to-live, a lot of stuff had to be told to us in flashbacks which sort of caused the romantic element to fall a little bit flat as the relationship didn't develop in a linear fashion...that probably doesn't make any sense unless you've read it, but you'll see what I mean when you do. And you absolutely should!
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By Sharon Passmore TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
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 about this book after I got past a laggy, slow beginning (which is more than made up for later on) - was the world K.M depicted, her imagination regarding all type of other (Trolls, Gargoyles, Sprites, Elfs, Vampires, Goblin,),their characters, political motivations, and backstabbing machinations had me hooked.
There's some romance, a complex storyline, a dark undertone with original content, which got i immersed until the last page, I for one will be reading book two in the series, enjoy... Also just to add, loved Smedge the bridge troll, more please...
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