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Dying for a Living Boxset: Books 1-3 of Dying for a Living Series

By: Kory M. Shrum
Narrated by: Hollie Jackson
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This box set includes the first three novels in the Jesse Sullivan series: award-winning novel, Dying for a Living, Amazon best seller, Dying by the Hour, and their companion novel, Dying for Her.

Called "smart, imaginative, and insanely addictive" by New York Times best seller Darynda Jones, this urban fantasy will thrill even the most die-hard urban fantasy fans.

On the morning before her 67th death, it is business as usual for agent Jesse Sullivan: meet with the mortician, counsel soon-to-be-dead clients, and have coffee while reading the latest regeneration theory. Jesse dies for a living, literally. Because of a neurological disorder, she is one of the population's rare 2 percent who can serve as a death surrogate, dying so others don't have to.

Although each death replacement is different, the result is the same: a life is saved, and Jesse resurrects days later with sore muscles, new scars, and another hole in her memory. But when Jesse is murdered and becomes the sole suspect in a federal investigation, more than her freedom and sanity are at stake. She must catch the killer herself - or die trying.

And that was only the beginning....

©2016 Kory M. Shrum (P)2016 Kory M. Shrum Fantasy Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Fiction
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I found the story really interesting and really liked books 1 and 2. Book 3 on the other hand was essentially the whole story again, but through the eyes of another character with a little bit of a backstory. And the story didn't progress in any way in book 3. I find these sort of books in a series extremely frustrating.

Good story

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*Not one for plugging into the speakers whilst doing the dishes (NSFW)*

Jesse feels just like a real person, despite the fact that she's technically a Zombie but you shouldn't use the Z-word unless you're one too and you're trying to reclaim it. She's truly funny, knows the right amount of information to make the plot twist and turn, and her cast of supporting characters are varied and interesting too. I was concerned about the presence of a love-triangle (even if it is a bisexual love-triangle). However, it is different from the 'young-adult love-triangle' trope as these characters seem like they are largely just getting on with things, like I've witnessed with love-triangles in real-life.

It's set in Nashville and the town feels as part of the novel as the characters. Give the first book a chance passed the first few awkward descriptions - the author gets better at integrating new characters and there is a noticeable step up in quality between books 1 and 2.

Saying that the descriptions of sex-crimes (mainly in book 2) are horrifying... I mean they are describing horrifying crimes so they shouldn't be anything else, but I decided to fast forward through the end of those minutes. I don't think I missed anything plot-wise (if you decide to do this too). I already had boundless sympathy for Jesse's vaguely described childhood horrors, without re-living them with her. The vivid descriptions of institutionalized torture are also in this category.

This is not a light-novel despite zipping through the plot in pacy and entertaining way. If anything, although I am invested in the story, I am holding back from the next novel in the series because it's hard-work in these parts. Still I think more novels should be about people like Jesse and I think the satirical elements don't seem too forced.

Good for fans of Jessica Jones (Marvel); similarly adult themes, but set in a vibrantly new world with a wildly different protagonist even if they do share a name!

Don't use the Z-Word (Jessica Jones inspired?)

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I found the actual story very interesting and tried my very best to get past the horrendous narrator but I just couldn't. Audio books are supposed to be relaxing but I just got more and more wound up by the narrator! Most male characters (and a few female ones too) spoke the same soft, irritatingly slow, sardonic voice, most female characters spoke in a nasely, whingy, whine (including the heroine, at times) and it totally ruined the story. I'm going to have to read the actual books instead because I really want to know what happens! If I were the author I'd be very upset at what's been done with my book!

Terrible narrator totally ruined the book!

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was a good intro to the series. but I suspect all the action is to follow

nice intro

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I enjoyed the first 2 books and liked the approach of different characters telling bits of the story in the first person. Frankly, I can live without the sex scenes, which bring little to the story but seem de rigueur these days. Although I will be definitely listening to books 4-7, I had to give up halfway through book 3. I found it pointless, disjointed and disappointing after the first 2 books. I’m not a great fan of American female narrators, who often sound a bit excitable and gushing to my ears. However, Hollie Jackson did a reasonable job, if a bit squeaky at times. I’m hoping that books 4-7 get back on track.

And the point of book 3 is…?

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