New Fantasy Book – Three Days to Dead by Kelly Meding

Imagine waking up in a morgue, not knowing how you got there, and when you see your reflection, it’s not your face! This is how Kelly Meding’s paranormal fantasy novel “Three Days to Dead” begins. It’s the story of a young warrior, Evangeline (Evy) Stone, who is one of three soldiers who make up a Triad – teams whose mission is to hunt and kill “Dregs”, nightlife creatures who live in the shadows and threaten humans.

Evy wakes up in the body of Chalice Frost, someone who is the exact opposite of Evy – she is now tall, curvy and has none of the physical training needed to battle goblins or vampires. Her top priority is to find out what happened to her body and that means she has got to find her handler, Wyatt. Not an easy task when you are a fugitive on the run. To add insult to injury, Wyatt tells her that she has three days left to live in Chalice Frost’s body – the old Evy died but he used his powers to move her soul to a new body – a body with a three day expiration date on it!

Wyatt and Evy team up to find out why she has been targeted by the other Triads as a traitor as well as figure out a way to extend Evy’s life in the new body. Finding out the details of how Evy died in her original body is a pretty gruesome description and be prepared for that if you decide to pick this book up. The story has some romantic elements – ‘old body’ Evy and Wyatt were together once, but she does not remember it – however, he remembers it quite well. And, he wants to continue that relationship with ‘new body’ Evy – this idea freaks her out. That would kind of freak me out too…

Kelly Meding delivers real characters that you sympathize with – her description of Evy waking up in the morgue is excellent and I could clearly picture the morgue attendant’s reaction that is described. The author writes a believable story and you almost despair for Evy several times, but she always comes out on top against seemingly impossible odds. Read “Three Days to Dead” if you like edgy thrillers that don’t have a slow moment – plus you get to see Evy interact with one of the largest variety of mythical characters I have seen in a while – gargoyles, vampires, goblins, fairies, elves and trolls. This is a great, fast-paced read with some romantic elements that I strongly recommend for the paranormal fantasy reader.