Early to Death, Early to Rise

Its place in Madison Avery

Early to Death, Early to Rise is book 2 in the Madison Avery series. It follows Once Dead, Twice Shy. It is followed by Something Deadly This Way Comes. See the full Madison Avery reading order.

Seventeen-year-old Madison Avery is murdered on prom night by a dark reaper named Kairos, one of the shadowy beings tasked with harvesting the souls of people about to make fate-altering decisions -- except Madison manages to steal his glowing amulet in the struggle, and it leaves her stranded somewhere between living and dead. Neither fully a ghost nor able to move on, she can still eat, sleep, and walk among the living, guided by Barnabas, a light reaper sworn to protect people like her from the dark reapers…