There’s nothing particularly complex here, but I enjoyed it. Nicki deals pretty well with her newfound “gift”, and I like her relationships, both with her best friend Evan and her new (and unlikely) boyfriend, Dr. Joe. No one really knows why or how Nicki can now see and talk to the dead, but the voodoo makes for an interesting twist. Not every dead person is looking for the light. The tone here is also good… It’s not as silly as a MaryJanice Davidson, but not as serious as a Laurell K. Hamilton. I would definitely read more in this series. ( )

I just finished my first book of the year and it was alright. Dead Girls are Easy by Terri Garey wasn’t the best novel I’ve read in awhile, but it did keep me reading. I’m also hesitate to call it a part of the paranormal genre. The idea of voodoo is border line paranormal in my opinion. It’s a religion and not really a legend or a myth. You can actually go places and find someone who still believes in it and probably still practices it. Hit New Orleans and I’m sure you’ll find a bunch of voodoo shops.

I guess when I think paranormal, I expect to see vampires or werewolves or some kind of magic. In Dead Girls are Easy, you have a goth-minded girl who almost dies and now sees dead people. It sounds a little like Sixth Sense to me, but with a romantic twist to it. Girl almost dies in the ER…sees hunky doctor…sparks fly and there is romance. It’s not really something new and it’s kind of disappointing really. Just looking at the cover you expect to see something relating to vampires. I mean, the cover has a crypt on it and the title does say dead girls. Maybe I expected too much out of the title, but the story was mediocre.

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I loved the plot of this book by Terri Garey. Nicki has a near death experience and when she awakes, lo and behold, she sees dead people. The dead people all need a little help, "tell so and so this for me", "I need to give something to someone"...but then her neighbor gets murdered. Suddenly Nicki finds out she's fighting for her home, her mind, and her life! With a fun storyline, and interesting characters this story flies right off the words on the page. This is an extremely strong entry into what looks to be a new paranormal series. Two (minor) points bothered me. The first being that the ending wasn't as strong as I feel it could've been. I think it was fairly abrupt and a little too tidy, although there was a short string or two left hanging. Surely those strings lead to some future plot lines. The other thing, is probably my own special quirk but I everytime I read her name Nicki Styx, visions of Motley Crew danced in my head. Slightly odd. Basically, great kudos to this book. Pick it up and enjoy. ( )

The last book I read was a chore to get through, so in picking this one up I was hoping for a light distraction, and that's exactly what I got. This book is filled with clichés: the sort-of-goth girl who loves the goth look and music but swears she's not goth, her flamboyantly gay best friend, his muscular but quiet boyfriend, the normal guy who's intrigued by the freaks, the wise black woman who speaks in riddles, ... I could go on. It's not deep reading at all, rather more of a bubble-gum book. The story was decent though, and it was just the light distraction I was looking for. I will probably look for further books in this series to read when my brain needs a bit of a vacation. ( )

Clearly the start of a series, this very light, very slight romp through Near Death Experiences, introduces us to Nicki Styxx, a traditional chic lit heroine, with the obligatory gay best friend Evan, and new love, could he be true love, Dr Joe, who not only saves her life, but then sleeps with her and includes her in a study he is doing. So medical eithics is not his strong point.

I actually didn't like this book, because it was too chick litlike for me. I like romances and erotica, but chick lit heroines don't actually do it for me, I usually find them annoying. And Nicki is a bit annoying. Dr Joe is a cipher and Evan the gay friend was so stereotypical, you could predict every word that came out of his mouth.

The plot was actually a strong point for once, in that there were some interesting ideas there, but they were so poorly realized, and the writing was so banal, that the book didn't sustain interest for me. I was skimming by the end.

Could have been much better, so C+, I thought. ( )