Read the series with 700 five-star reviews!This boxset includes the first three novels in the Jesse Sullivan series: award-winning novel, Dying for a Living, Amazon bestseller, Dying by the Hour, and their companion novel, Dying for Her.Called “smart, imaginative, and insanely addictive” by New York Times bestseller Darynda Jones, this urban fantasy will thrill even the most die-hard urban … 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% 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…
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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
Wow, this is such an incredible premise for a story! Death replacement agents! Someone who dies in the persons place. First, A person pays a special psychic and they do a study of the person they are paid to check on. Then the psychic determines how that person will die and when. They then hire a rare Death Replacement Agent and they follow them all day until the time they need to step in. All the technical issues are described in the book. This world is not quite like ours but still has the prejudices and it comes in play against anyone with this gift.
In book 1, Jesse is the main character, and she is one of these agents. She is almost killed for good when someone sets her up. The rest of the book not only gives the reader a clue about society and the Church’s view about bringing back the dead but the threats against the people with the gift. The book also lets us know what it’s like from the agents point of view. The characters are introduced, they are all very well developed and interesting. Book 1 looks for who is behind Jesse’s murder attempt. 5 star book!
Book 2, many agents go missing and some of the people the agents have saved also are missing. Jesse and friends try to find out what is going on since they are on the list to disappear. More information about the characters and Jesse’s background is exposed to the reader too. So many great characters in here and the interactions are emotional and engaging. The powers Jesse and her other friend that’s an agent is growing. 5 star book!
Book 3, this book is more about Brinkley who is Jesse’s boss. He is the one who got her into the field of being a replacement agent. It bounces back and forth from present to his past memories and back. The reason is that he knows he is going to die. It’s a touching book and painful due to what he saw and experienced. 4 star book!
The books are incredibly, a unique take on dead coming back to life, prejudices, a fun and heartwarming fantasy, lots of suspense and scary situations, friendships, and what to do with your life.
The narration was good! I never once thought about the narration. When the narrator makes a mistake, it’s obvious so no narrator wants you to remember its not real people. To me, I really got into it and they seemed like real people! 5 stars for the narrator!
These books were not want I expected, and I have never read “zombie” books, but if you like that kind of thing, then you may like these.
I’m writing this review for the first 3 Books after finishing Book 7. I’m very glad I got the Dying for a Living: The Complete Series, because the story gets even more interesting and twisted as it progresses to the Apocalyptic ending in Book 7 (as in “an unveiling or unfolding of things not previously known and which could not be known apart from the unveiling”.
Jesse died in a barn fire she set to kill her abusive stepfather and herself. When she awoke two days later, Brinkley was there to recruit her for a job in the Federal Bureau of Regenerative Death (FBRD). That is where all the lucky people with NRD work as death-replacement agents (the unlucky ones are persecuted). Now Jesse’s job is “dying for a living” to revive dead people (before their soul leaves their body) and to die in their place. After a time, she comes back to life, suffering rigor mortis and other side-effects of her death. Why would anyone object to such a valuable skill, especially in conjunction with the Analysts of necro-Magnetic Phenomenon (AMPs) who can predict someone’s death to a 24-hour period? That is, besides the military, the government, the Church, the FBRD and people fearful of zombies?
Dying for a Living Book 2, Dying by the Hour, sees the return of the characters from Book 1: Jesse, Ally, Brinkley, Lane, Gloria, Rachel and Gabriel. This book sees the characters suffer painfully from repeated attacks by Caldwell and his minions. Why is Caldwell trying to kill them? New information is revealed, but much still remains unknown. Who can be trusted? What are the various agendas of the many players?
Dying for a Living Book 3, Dying for Her, starts about a year before the big showdown in Book 2 and two months after the episode in the Church cellar in Book 1, but flashbacks to 2003 when Brinkley first starts investigating some strange cases. This book fills in a lot of the history and background of Brinkley, Jackson and Eric Sullivan/Timothy Caldwell. This is Brinkley’s first-person viewpoint after he talks with Gloria Jackson and gets his death day prediction. Then a lonely Thanksgiving as he thinks about his impending death. Flashback to working in 2003 when he first heard about Eric Sullivan and his daughter Jesse. As he investigates, we get more and more background on him and his guilt, and about Eric, Danica and Jesse Sullivan. Brinkley counts down the weeks to his death later in 2013 between flashbacks to 2003. He is mercilessly taunted by Caldwell, who will be the agent of his death in the near future. The book ends at the moment of Brinkley’s death as he “dies for her”.
Very different but also interesting concept for a book series. Enjoying the story so far. About to start the second box set. Can’t wait to see how it continues.
Loved this, very unique story
I love this sci fi twist on the undead! Really, really great story!
This is a pretty good book series based on an interesting premise. Nice character development and an interesting use of multiple point of view to tell the story from multiple angles.
It was good. Didn’t like how her boyfriend suddenly became like her and kind of faded out of the story…
Great books!
Loved it not for faint hearted
A great premise and a gun read. Totally enjoyable.
Good read.
It’s great
Being a death replacement agent is a unique occupation. I enjoy exploring the unique imagination of others.
At first I thought this book would be some boring book about some who could not die. It actually turned out to be a lot more interesting then what I originally thought. I am reading the second book now so expect and update.
One of the more entertaining series I have read in a long time. I am definitely planning to read the remainder of the series and would definitely read new material from this author.
Slow read, I didn’t always get the plot.
I enjoy this genre of books. The concept is unique. The author included views from several of the main characters depending on which book you read. I actually had difficulty putting down the book except for the 3rd one. For some reason that book was tedious and so I skimmed it.
A wild ride set in our world but the rules of death no longer apply to everyone!
Was hard to get into, and seemed so-so