It was the advice Death gave to her the night before she killed her parents. In exchange for their lives, eighteen-year-old Estella Rome makes a deal with Death to take her instead, but she never expected her afterlife to consist of filling out death certificates and eating peanut butter cups.
But when her ex-boyfriend shows up with a wickedly cold shoulder and Death begins acting strangely—almost human—she finds herself trapped in the middle of a power-struggle between the entities who want Death's job, and the ones who seek to destroy it.
And she is the only person in their way of achieving it...if she doesn't kill him first.
I’m Amelia. I write books and they’re a little different each time, so I can’t guarantee you’ll like each one. I collect quotes and untranslatable words, and other little knickknacks along the way. There are only three things that I know for certain about myself:
I’m a coffee addict. I’m redheaded. And I’m still afraid of the dark. The rest is debatable, because I’m not quite sure who I am yet myself.
i didnt really like this book- its kind of confusing to start with and it tends to drag in places. I think it could have been much better had the author did a chapter to begin with about what happened and how. i just couldnt get into it the way it currently stands. I read the whole thing and was pretty disappointed with the ending. i will not be reading the next book in this series but i will read other books by Ms Amele because i think she has great talent and potential.
While the premise is good, the story just never quite takes off. The characters don't evolve into people you care about, thus by the time the story ends, you're left with a "so what" instead of a "I can't wait for the next."
Interesting...with all of the recent books with the angel of death lately, I wasn't expecting much but liked the story. I would read the next to see where it goes.