Dead Girls Are Easy (Nicki Styx, Book 1)

by Terri Garey

There's something about almost dying that makes a girl rethink her priorities. Take Nicki Styx - she was strictly goth and vintage, until a brush with the afterlife leaves her with the ability to see... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061136158
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Avon
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 1.0" x 4.2"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful read!

I really enjoyed this book. Ms Garey managed to take a serious subject, make me think differently about the whole business of death AND make me laugh out loud. Her characters were well drawn and had great depth and I'm definitely looking forward to the next book!

Dead Girls are Easy was a great read.

Loved the blend of philosophy, religion, sex and voodoo. Thanks for adding to the substance of my life with your wit and imagination. I'm eager for the next installment.

Caught up in the story

This is a great story full of fun and colorful characters. I highly recommend it.

Incredible Read!

Dead Girls are Easy has everything a good read should. There's laughter and tears, fun and drama. Add in the voodoo, cemetery trips and Nicki's attempt to 'do unto others' even when she wants to run from her gift and you're in for an entertainment event. Nickki Styxx is interesting, quirky and intelligent. Between her best friend/business partner and the new love interest in her life, she encounters intriguing "dead girls" -- thus the title. Nothing offensive here! Terri Garey is a new star on the horizon. I look forward to reading each and every one of her books!

I was enthralled. So I guess this one depends on each person's taste.

Nicki Styx thought it was just heartburn. After all, she is not even thirty-years-old. Next thing Nicki knows, she has the starring role of a TV medical drama. But it is not Nicki's time to die. As she heads for that bright light, she is sent back to the world of the living with instructions about the Golden Rule of "Do Unto Others..." These words do not make too big of an impression on Nicki until she wakes up in the hospital bed and meets her first spirit. Yes, Nicki now sees dead people. All Nicki wants to do in life (or so she keeps telling herself) is to run the vintage clothing store with her best friend and business partner, Evan Owenby, and maybe go on a date with the hot ER doctor, Joe Bascombe. Yet after her near-death experience, dead people keep showing up and asking Nicki to do them favors. Nicki DOES get to go on a date with Joe, but it falls flat when Caprice, who owns the shop next door, is murdered. It gets worse; while Joe is with the police and offering his medical assistance, Caprice comes up to Nicki and asks her to get the murdering boyfriend out of jail. But who ever said that all spirits were nice and harmless? Nicki soon finds herself being stalked and harassed by a "duppy" (A.K.A. evil spirit). And this spirit CAN harm the living. Nicki must either do what the duppy tells her to or she better find a voodoo priestess to help. Otherwise, Nicki may find those she cares about dying ... or worse, Nicki may lose her very soul! OMG! I loved this book so much that I immediately went onto the internet to see if I could find other titles by Terri Garey. If there are any previous novels out there, I could not find them. And if this is the author's debut novel, then she has knocked my socks off! Author Terri Garey breathes life into her characters, even the dead ones! From the first page until the very last I was enthralled with the tale. I lost almost an entire night of sleep because I could not stop reading. The characters are totally believable. There are a few sub-plots that make the story run even smoother (if that is possible). There are a few side items that may carry over to the next Nicki Styx adventure. (Yes, there will be another. I checked.) However, if this is the only Nicki Styx novel you read, you will not feel cheated. This is a stand-alone story. This is an author to keep an eye on. I foresee awards in the very near future. BRAVA! ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.