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How To Be Death (2012)

by Amber Benson(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1937007286 (ISBN13: 9781937007287)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ace

series

Calliope Reaper-Jones

review 1: This was my first book in this series and I was surprised at how easy it was to jump in. Amber Benson does a great job in filling in the back story without being cumbersome. My one trepidation was that Callie is a bit of a fashionista, which I am so not, but the story was not bogged down by fashion and girly things. What I noticed first off was how witty and intelligent Benson's writing is, although her Callie character is more of a slacker. I had to laugh when Callie described herself as not "erudite." Another surprise for me was that this was less of an urban fantasy and more of a supernatural murder mystery, and reminded me very much of the horror comedy movies of the 1970's (think "Clue" meets "Young Frankenstein") that I absolutely loved. There is a zany cast of ... morecharacters, multiple motivations, and a haunted house. One thing that struck me as a little off was that Freezay (inspector) seemed to be doing most of the sleuthing and deducing, when it would have behooved Callie to be more involved in the process. She is, after all, supposed to be the heroine. However, that was in line with her character and in no way took away from my enjoyment of the book.
review 2: This book was a little different from the previous Death's Daughter novels. It's more like a Agatha Christie murder mystery with some supernatural elements. There are a ton of new characters introduced (many more Death, Inc. employees), and I had a hard time keeping track of them all. The mystery also seemed a little too complicated. It's still a fun book, though, and I'm looking forward to the next book (which is sets up at the end). less

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