Dead Again

by Lisa Andel

Werepanthers, dragons, and demon sorcerers. What's a normal red-blooded woman to do? Have sex with them, of course. Even though Lisa is mostly human, her life is anything but normal. Spending more time with the supernatural side of society than with humans might account for that. Then again, it might have to do with all the people who want to kill her for sport, since she doesn't stay dead. Whatever the reason, she's come to the painful realization that something important is missing from her life. Sex. And if she doesn't get some soon, she might just lose her mind. Her best friend Ashur decides to help her out. He starts the ball rolling by introducing her to a werepanther who's known to have a way with women. The shifter is so good that he leaves Lisa craving more. Wherever she can find it. With whoever she desires. Though she's no longer in danger of going insane, her life becomes stranger yet, as she acquires and loses lovers, and lives and dies . and lives. Where will it all end? Only God knows. And he's not talking.

Genres: Erotica, Paranormal, Shapeshifters, Paranormal Romance, Demons

217 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Lisa Andel writes unconventional, often dark, always hot, erotic romance. Her heroines are sassy and unique; her heroes, undeniably sexy.

She loves to work with all things paranormal, but has written both contemporary and futuristic stories as well.

Lisa currently lives in a small town in Ohio, though she has her eye on warmer climates where life is more relaxed and men wear fewer articles of clothing.

Reviews

[Julie (jjmachshev) · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Dead Again" is a very strange fantasy erotica story by Lisa Andel. The heroine of this story is a woman who can be killed, but doesn't stay dead. In a few minutes to hours, she's alive again with no wounds. Her only real friend is a paranormal being who looks after her. When she finally has sex, she loves it and proceeds to have sex with a dragon, a werepanther, and a demon. And inbetween with her friend who turns out to be a god. Each of the creatures she has sex with grow to care for her, but something happens in each relationship that ends it. I really didn't see the ending coming until just before it happened. But I did feel like I was 'missing' something that maybe would have helped me to understand the heroine a little better.

If you want a book with a lot of hot paranormal sex, then give this one a try. If you want a logical story to go with the sex, you may want to pass.

[Lizzy Lessard · Rating 1 out of 5]

To say Lisa is promiscuous would be like saying fish like water. Lisa wasn’t able to survive a single page of text without having some man’s parts inside her own. She fucks every male character in the book except for the bartender, and he might be “done” in the sequel. The author flirts with the idea of Lisa having sex with half-animal beings, which normally would turn off the average reader, but the scenes are written so dryly and without character thought or emotion that there’s nothing special or taboo.

Lisa, honestly, doesn’t have a personality. Her entire mission in life is to have sex. She prefers to have sex with dangerous half-beings. Luckily for her, Lisa is automatically revived if she happens to be fucked to death. The title of the book literally comes from Lisa…dying…again…after some humongous male member penetrates a little too far.

The story line is the only thing that kept me from DNFing this novel. But it’s like watching soft porn and fast forwarding the sex scenes. Well written erotica is suppose to enhance the story. I don’t read much erotica, but the sex scenes were so flat and mechanically written that I was bored reading them. And worse, they were repetitive! If I was reading Dead Again to “do it”, I think I’d have better luck “getting off” with the dictionary. (F-)

(I received a copy of this book from the publisher/Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.)

[Teresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

This is the first book by this author I have read. The writting is actually pretty good and the characters quickly draw you in.

That being said, the only thing that kept this book from getting 4 stars was there is no kind of intro, prolog or explaination for the reader. You are just dropped into a world were humans, vampires, weres of all types, demons and even gods intermingle. Magic is all around and sex between the species is commenplace.The sex itself is very unrealistic (the [human?] heroine once has 3 weeks straight sex with a demon wizard)and noone seems to want or need any foreplay.

The writting is good enough to where I would happily read other books by Ms. Andel but they will not be on my "Must Read" list.

ARC ebook given by NetGallery for review.

[StrangeBedfellows · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book had its moments, and there's quite a cast of sexy, extraordinary characters. My critique would be the monotony. After the first little bit, things just kind of blur together as more of the same without enough plot or character development. The main character, Lisa, wasn't very easy to connect to, and some of the more interesting paranormal elements weren't explored enough. These factors took away from the overall potential of this book.

[Mario Vitale]

Prolific

[Sara Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, read this in one long afternoon. What's not to love with demons, dragons, shifters, etc.