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arteziya's review against another edition
3.0
More like 2,5 stars in truth. On the one hand, this series are full of action, author doesn't shy from gore, her heroine is tough and can save herself from dangerous situations.
On the other hand, all elements which I disliked in previous books are present in this one too. The world is still inconsistent - author doesn't dwell on how all this magical races and the Breach came to be. Lack of explanations by itself wouldn't be a huge con in my book, but I find it hard to believe that the military, CIA and other agencies wouldn't be involved. I find the structure of Triads inefficient and their training, in all it highlander style, quite over the top. I wonder if author was inspired by old Nikita TV series.
As for the plot, it seems to me that Evie has only two ways of dealing with problems: 1) beat them to death; 2) heroic self-sacrifice (which is somewhat cheapened by her healing abilities). The story wasn't interesting enough for me, it lacked tension and mystery. Non-stop action is good and all, but I don't like how she describes it. Romance parts would have been decent, I suppose, if I'd cared about male lead.
Summary: A decent book, but not for me.
On the other hand, all elements which I disliked in previous books are present in this one too. The world is still inconsistent - author doesn't dwell on how all this magical races and the Breach came to be. Lack of explanations by itself wouldn't be a huge con in my book, but I find it hard to believe that the military, CIA and other agencies wouldn't be involved. I find the structure of Triads inefficient and their training, in all it highlander style, quite over the top. I wonder if author was inspired by old Nikita TV series.
As for the plot, it seems to me that Evie has only two ways of dealing with problems: 1) beat them to death; 2) heroic self-sacrifice (which is somewhat cheapened by her healing abilities). The story wasn't interesting enough for me, it lacked tension and mystery. Non-stop action is good and all, but I don't like how she describes it. Romance parts would have been decent, I suppose, if I'd cared about male lead.
Summary: A decent book, but not for me.
whattamess's review against another edition
5.0
I love the Dreg City books. As with the first two books this one is full of action. Major bass ass kickery.
This book finally moves Evie and Wyatt's relationship where I wanted it to be. Also, left so many unanswered questions putting book 4 at the top of my list.
mellhay's review against another edition
4.0
What a world Evy is surviving in. She is put through terrible events that she's finding a way to live on with. It's great to see Evy come into her powers, but a shame what she has to deal with to get there. She's the beginning of a change to the system.
I loved seeing how others in the story are coming into their own as well. There's a flaw to the system and they are seeing it. Along with fighting the evil doctor out to do what ever it takes to end vampirism, but also seems like there's more to it.
I'll be heading on into the next books in the series. Can't wait!
I loved seeing how others in the story are coming into their own as well. There's a flaw to the system and they are seeing it. Along with fighting the evil doctor out to do what ever it takes to end vampirism, but also seems like there's more to it.
I'll be heading on into the next books in the series. Can't wait!
git_r_read's review against another edition
5.0
What a roller coaster this book was! Even though I am listening to the series out of order, I listened to book 1 and saw that book 3 arrived in the mail. Did I want to know what happened or did I want to wait for book 2 to arrive and listen in order? I wanted to know what was happening with Evy and Wyatt.
It is a series, yes, and told in sequence. Book 3 immediately begins where book 2 must have left off, but that did not diminish the thrill ride on iota that I hadn't read that particular battle. Maybe some spoilers for when I get to book 2 (listening to it now) but the way Kelly Meding tells the story, there is backstory to before book one anyway which lets us in on why Evy ticks the way she does.
Babbling, yes...sorry....
Excellent action and storytelling. Evy just keeps on keepin' on, kickin' ass when ass needs to be kicked. Every time there looks like even a semblance of some relaxation time, some crappe hits the fan and she and the squad are back into the thick of it.
Evy seems to be the epicenter of it. Is she more special than she or anyone else realizes? Is she a key to something?
I know she takes on each challenge, sometimes getting it wrong. She is in someone else's body with someone else's memories and thought processes mixed in with hers. She's tough and resilient and wants to do the right thing for the right reasons. She just keeps pressing forward.
Definitely recommend.
It is a series, yes, and told in sequence. Book 3 immediately begins where book 2 must have left off, but that did not diminish the thrill ride on iota that I hadn't read that particular battle. Maybe some spoilers for when I get to book 2 (listening to it now) but the way Kelly Meding tells the story, there is backstory to before book one anyway which lets us in on why Evy ticks the way she does.
Babbling, yes...sorry....
Excellent action and storytelling. Evy just keeps on keepin' on, kickin' ass when ass needs to be kicked. Every time there looks like even a semblance of some relaxation time, some crappe hits the fan and she and the squad are back into the thick of it.
Evy seems to be the epicenter of it. Is she more special than she or anyone else realizes? Is she a key to something?
I know she takes on each challenge, sometimes getting it wrong. She is in someone else's body with someone else's memories and thought processes mixed in with hers. She's tough and resilient and wants to do the right thing for the right reasons. She just keeps pressing forward.
Definitely recommend.
andimontgomery's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 stars. This is one of my favorite paranormal series, and it just keeps getting better. Evy Stone reminds me very much of another of my favorite heroines, Gin Blanco, of Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assassin series. She's physically tough and frequently gets into life-or-death scrapes, but she is also kind and generous and willing to do anything for her friends. For that, I love her.
While some series become stale over time, this one most definitely has not. While it started a bit slowly, it was never boring. A third of the way into the story, it really kicked into high gear, and I had trouble putting it down after that!
The supporting characters also make this series special. They are so vividly drawn and real. Flawed but forgiving, and worth being forgiven for their OWN failings. I'm so glad Phin had a part in this book - I really like his character! And Wyatt is becoming one of my all-time favorite male leads. He loves and cherishes Evy so much, and his love often keeps her going in the worst of situations.
This book was brilliantly written. There were even a few snippets from Evy's past that were gripping. I have to warn you that it contained some disturbingly violent scenes (similar to Three Days to Dead). While they were difficult to read, they really made me see and feel what was happening, and they also made me cheer for Evy all the more for her strength and courage.
If you haven't read this series yet, I highly recommend it! This book ended with a partial resolution, and I can't wait for its conclusion!
While some series become stale over time, this one most definitely has not. While it started a bit slowly, it was never boring. A third of the way into the story, it really kicked into high gear, and I had trouble putting it down after that!
The supporting characters also make this series special. They are so vividly drawn and real. Flawed but forgiving, and worth being forgiven for their OWN failings. I'm so glad Phin had a part in this book - I really like his character! And Wyatt is becoming one of my all-time favorite male leads. He loves and cherishes Evy so much, and his love often keeps her going in the worst of situations.
This book was brilliantly written. There were even a few snippets from Evy's past that were gripping. I have to warn you that it contained some disturbingly violent scenes (similar to Three Days to Dead). While they were difficult to read, they really made me see and feel what was happening, and they also made me cheer for Evy all the more for her strength and courage.
If you haven't read this series yet, I highly recommend it! This book ended with a partial resolution, and I can't wait for its conclusion!
ac223's review against another edition
3.0
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This book has the best rating, but it just wasn't as good as the others to me. Evy of course is tortured, dies, and comes back to life. (again) Starting to see a pattern here. She and Wyatt are an all out couple now, so there goes my hope for Phin. The triads are slowly but surely crumbling, and it looks like they (Evy & her crew) will be creating their own team of Dreg fighters. That will probably be best, because this last installment screamed played out. Thackery (the mad scientist) is still out there creating dreg mutants, and manages to capture Phin. Of course the hero that she is, Evy trades her life for his. The most bizarre part of this entire book is that EVERY time she goes into battle, goes up against the mad scientist, or wherever she goes, she somehow forgets her weapons. I don't know about you but if I had already died like 6 times, half of my friends were dead, and I fought supernatural baddies daily, I don't think I would leave the house without something. Of course, Evy can take on 4 vampires with a toothpick, so I am sure she isn't worried. That part I made up, but I think it goes along nicely with the theme of the story.
This book has the best rating, but it just wasn't as good as the others to me. Evy of course is tortured, dies, and comes back to life. (again) Starting to see a pattern here. She and Wyatt are an all out couple now, so there goes my hope for Phin. The triads are slowly but surely crumbling, and it looks like they (Evy & her crew) will be creating their own team of Dreg fighters. That will probably be best, because this last installment screamed played out. Thackery (the mad scientist) is still out there creating dreg mutants, and manages to capture Phin. Of course the hero that she is, Evy trades her life for his. The most bizarre part of this entire book is that EVERY time she goes into battle, goes up against the mad scientist, or wherever she goes, she somehow forgets her weapons. I don't know about you but if I had already died like 6 times, half of my friends were dead, and I fought supernatural baddies daily, I don't think I would leave the house without something. Of course, Evy can take on 4 vampires with a toothpick, so I am sure she isn't worried. That part I made up, but I think it goes along nicely with the theme of the story.
lalabristow's review against another edition
5.0
Previously Published on my blog: Welcome to Larissa's Bookish Life
*NO Spoilers
Kelly has done it again and delivered an awesome Urban Fantasy novel in this installment of her Dreg City series. I love how she has built up her world and characters and I find it that is impossible to get emotionally involved with Evy’s plea.
I mean, three books into this series and Evy does. not. get. a. freaking. break.! Don’t get me wrong, it all makes for a heart stopping story after another, but man she goes through hell after heel in these books and from the way things keep going I don’t really see a break in sight.
In Another Kind of Dead, Evy once again is in the spotlight and NOT in a good way. People are still trying or to kill her or use her, however she has built quite a little group of friends and people she can trust, something that she didn’t really have before.
There is a lot of Wyatt goodness in this novel and I for one love it! I think Evy and Wyatt are a great couple, not an easy HEA for sure, but definitely something to hope for. Phin is also back in this novel along with a series of secondary characters that make this series that much richer.
We also get a couple flashbacks and with them we get a chance to learn more about Evy’s and Evy and Wyatt’s past. I LOVED that!
All in all Kelly Meding does a brilliant job with Another Kind of Dead. Some series might start to fizzle and lose ground by book 3, but this definitely not the case and I have the suspicion that she is just getting started and I can’t wait to go along for the ride!
*NO Spoilers
Kelly has done it again and delivered an awesome Urban Fantasy novel in this installment of her Dreg City series. I love how she has built up her world and characters and I find it that is impossible to get emotionally involved with Evy’s plea.
I mean, three books into this series and Evy does. not. get. a. freaking. break.! Don’t get me wrong, it all makes for a heart stopping story after another, but man she goes through hell after heel in these books and from the way things keep going I don’t really see a break in sight.
In Another Kind of Dead, Evy once again is in the spotlight and NOT in a good way. People are still trying or to kill her or use her, however she has built quite a little group of friends and people she can trust, something that she didn’t really have before.
There is a lot of Wyatt goodness in this novel and I for one love it! I think Evy and Wyatt are a great couple, not an easy HEA for sure, but definitely something to hope for. Phin is also back in this novel along with a series of secondary characters that make this series that much richer.
We also get a couple flashbacks and with them we get a chance to learn more about Evy’s and Evy and Wyatt’s past. I LOVED that!
All in all Kelly Meding does a brilliant job with Another Kind of Dead. Some series might start to fizzle and lose ground by book 3, but this definitely not the case and I have the suspicion that she is just getting started and I can’t wait to go along for the ride!
amyiw's review against another edition
2.0
Disappointed. This didn't really have much new and the old was redundant in spades.
So crazed bad guy makes Evy's life a living nightmare. Sound familiar, well yeah, the first two books. So, Wyatt and Evy's position or plans are tracked down and thwarted at least 4 times in this book. Thackery, the bad guy, seems to be omniscient and they play into his hands over and over. He seems to know that they will negociate with the terrorists, twice, even though he one ups them both times. He seems to be all powerful Evy's "team" just doesn't seem to have any ability to do anything.
Most of this book is the bad guy manipulating everything, torturing Evy over and over and hurting her friends. Sound familiar? First time Second time. The bad guy screws their plans again Oh now another negotiation with a terrorist or his terms. More torture, and her "team" doesn't even find her. It is just by coincidence that she is saved
And in the end, you don't get a conclusion, it is all left in the air. There is another big conflict/war scene which drags on, is very bloody violent, and actually kind of boring. We never understand why the attack happened or the purpose. More questions are left than answered.
So why the 2 stars, because I actually liked the romance and there was a little furthering of the Evy character and her abilities. I never liked the triads and think they are an evil organization. From the first book you learn how bad they are - they and they repeat it here. This organizations bottom rung is made up of criminals that will fight for their lives but in no way do I see a connection to each other. She keeps on saying how connected she was but the camaraderie is never shown, only the discord.
I keep hoping that the Triads and upper echelon will be over turned and a more just and integrated policing of the dregs starts happening. Instead each book is about Evy fighting some bad guy with the upper hand and the triads always having some bad part to play in it. Evy and her friends getting hurt and/or tortured multiple times. And then we are left thinking, this is really not a world I would like to live in.
It was OK because of the furthering of Evy and Wyatt but the redundancy of the plot and torture and violence leaves it flat. Then the non-ending... just made it so/so. This was hard for me to get through. I put it down frequently and was rolling my eyes and just out right mad, a lot of the time.
Get some new material. Fix the triads and bosses. Do something else. I'll read the next but if it is the same, I'll quit.
So crazed bad guy makes Evy's life a living nightmare. Sound familiar, well yeah, the first two books. So, Wyatt and Evy's position or plans are tracked down and thwarted at least 4 times in this book.
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surveillance at the first trade off, following the goblin hybred, the cabin's position, the capture of the changeling, the apartment (with the investigator) and then finally the tracking planSpoiler
taking down one of the most badass changeling in front of everyone.Most of this book is the bad guy manipulating everything, torturing Evy over and over and hurting her friends. Sound familiar? First time
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Evy gets attacked suffers horribly, which shouldn't have happened in the first place because she shouldn't have been the one to answer the phone. She shouldn't have been the one at the trade. She should have never become involved there.Spoiler
She gets attacked again, while been under protection, way out of any range of tracking abilities and suffers horribly and then over reacts emotionally.Spoiler
They then make a plan that again goes wrong, and Thackery ends up with a "friend". How? who knows because the shapeshifter is a badass. He tortures him terribly, more tortureSpoiler
by a dreg friend trying to save his own person.And in the end, you don't get a conclusion, it is all left in the air.
Spoiler
Thackery doesn't get caught, no spy is found and nothing is explained as how he has so much power and omniscience.So why the 2 stars, because I actually liked the romance and there was a little furthering of the Evy character and her abilities. I never liked the triads and think they are an evil organization. From the first book you learn how bad they are - they
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kill of 1/2 of the applicants by making them fight one another to the death.I keep hoping that the Triads and upper echelon will be over turned and a more just and integrated policing of the dregs starts happening. Instead each book is about Evy fighting some bad guy with the upper hand and the triads always having some bad part to play in it. Evy and her friends getting hurt and/or tortured multiple times. And then we are left thinking, this is really not a world I would like to live in.
It was OK because of the furthering of Evy and Wyatt but the redundancy of the plot and torture and violence leaves it flat. Then the non-ending... just made it so/so. This was hard for me to get through. I put it down frequently and was rolling my eyes and just out right mad, a lot of the time.
Get some new material. Fix the triads and bosses. Do something else. I'll read the next but if it is the same, I'll quit.
drey72's review against another edition
4.0
drey’s thoughts:
I don’t know how Evy does it. Seems like she’s destined to be dead (and stay that way), with as many times as she gets killed. And now, she has yet another big scary baddie to hunt down. If I were Evy, I’d curl up in a ball and hide under the bed. Forever.
Too bad for her, she’s strong. Too bad for her, she cares. And way too bad for her, her enemies know her weak spots, and exactly which buttons to push to get her to do what they want…
If you have a delicate constitution or a fragile stomach, you won’t want to read this. What Evy goes through, I wouldn’t wish on my absolute worst enemies. All I know is, I wouldn’t want to piss Kelly Meding off. Seriously.
The story is packed with plot and action, and there’s even some character development. I wish Wyatt was a bit less wishy-washy, even as I appreciated his sensitivity to Evy’s issues. And boy does she have issues. But who wouldn’t? I also liked getting to know some of the other characters better. I like Gina, and Phin. I wish someone would break Bastian’s nose. Oh wait, did they?
The ending is frenetic and at some parts downright terrifying–and grossly so. Here’s another warning if you pick this up: You won’t be able to put it down until you flip the last page, and then you’re stuck with me waiting to see what happens next. And hoping Evy gets a much much nicer treatment in that installment (Wrong Side of the Dead, coming in January!!)… But I’m not holding my breath.
drey’s rating: Excellent!!!
I don’t know how Evy does it. Seems like she’s destined to be dead (and stay that way), with as many times as she gets killed. And now, she has yet another big scary baddie to hunt down. If I were Evy, I’d curl up in a ball and hide under the bed. Forever.
Too bad for her, she’s strong. Too bad for her, she cares. And way too bad for her, her enemies know her weak spots, and exactly which buttons to push to get her to do what they want…
If you have a delicate constitution or a fragile stomach, you won’t want to read this. What Evy goes through, I wouldn’t wish on my absolute worst enemies. All I know is, I wouldn’t want to piss Kelly Meding off. Seriously.
The story is packed with plot and action, and there’s even some character development. I wish Wyatt was a bit less wishy-washy, even as I appreciated his sensitivity to Evy’s issues. And boy does she have issues. But who wouldn’t? I also liked getting to know some of the other characters better. I like Gina, and Phin. I wish someone would break Bastian’s nose. Oh wait, did they?
The ending is frenetic and at some parts downright terrifying–and grossly so. Here’s another warning if you pick this up: You won’t be able to put it down until you flip the last page, and then you’re stuck with me waiting to see what happens next. And hoping Evy gets a much much nicer treatment in that installment (Wrong Side of the Dead, coming in January!!)… But I’m not holding my breath.
drey’s rating: Excellent!!!
bbraden's review against another edition
4.0
I feel like Evy is coming into her own here. After her floundering around (mentally, emotionally, physically) in the first two books I was getting bored. But this made me intrigued again. I still like Meding's story building and her unique take on what can be a very tired trope.