Review: Death Carries Sickles
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
***Received from author for an honest review***(This is a short story/novella. This review is not based on story length but story content as length has very little to do with how much I enjoy a book.)Laney's a Reaper. Troy's a cop. She's supernatural. He's...not.I love a kickass heroine, the kind the hero drools over. Not because she's sexy and confident and fills out a pair of jeans just right, but because she's not afraid to jump into the fray and show she doesn't need a man fighting her battles for her. That's Laney, a female Reaper with deadly sickles who collects souls from violent deaths.Then there's Troy, a detective who's seen his fair share of weird since moving to Liberty but has not seen anything, or anyone, like Laney. His recent experience with the supernatural gives him the gumption to help Laney when she faces off against a Werewolf, and that's something I had to admire. He knew she was strong, knew she could do damage, but he still stepped in to help in anyway he could.Although this is a short (Loc 601 of 789 was the end), there was a lot packed into it--information on Reapers, chemistry, romance, and action. The ending seemed more like an HFN to me, but it didn't lessen my overall enjoyment of the story or make me feel cheated. I enjoyed the characters, loved the action, reveled in the gore (description of that last fight scene was incredible!), and can't wait to find out if there's more to come involving Troy, Laney, and the tiny town of Liberty.