Review: Really nice surprise
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2014
Oh man, I love it when a book comes as a surprise.  And not just a surprise but a really, really pleasant one.I really loved the progression of not only the plot of this book but also the relationship. There were also some really nice character beats.  David was a bit hardened and a lot tortured but he wasn't a jerk and underneath some of his cynicism there was a really decent guy who was trapped in a job he really hated.  I liked him.  I liked how he interacted with his trainee reaper Adam.  In a sense the partnership was reminiscent of a veteran cop showing a rookie the ropes.  It was also a very effective mechanism to explain show the Reaper work-a-day world worked without presenting the information via tired info dumps.  We learned along with Adam as he and David go for their 'appointments'.  I also enjoyed when all the reapers got together to talk shop and tell darkly humorous war stories of particularly gruesome deaths.While this was primarily David's book, Sarah was no slouch.  I love that the author made her smart and skeptical but not stupid.  When Sarah discovers what David is she doesn't freak out.  She is shocked and takes some time to come to terms with what she's seen.  And that is the key thing.  She believes her own eyes because to her that is real evidence.  And once she takes that time, her inquisitive mind kicks in and she peppers David with intelligent questions.The relationship blossoms from there and Dave tentatively allows himself to finally open up to Sarah.  But he is an immortal and she isn't.  And that has to be resolved somehow.  Which of course it is.Just really enjoyed reading this one.