Posted 08/01/2024 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments
Always Carry Your Scythe by
Pip PaisleyStar Rating: 
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Published by Independent Publisher on 09/30/2023
Genres: Fiction,
Fantasy,
Magical RealismFormat: Kindle (230 pages)
Source: PurchasedAdd to GoodreadsBuy on AmazonTrixie D’Vita didn’t scythe. That was Mom’s gig.
Then the Angel Investigative Bureau (AIB) turned up at Aunt Harry’s bar. Seemed the hottest afterlife gameshow in the Mystical Realms was misappropriating newly-departed souls. And Death was a person of interest. When the AIB can’t find Death, they come looking for Trixie, Death’s estranged daughter.
Soon Trixie's best friend is in dire peril. An AIB trainee is traipsing towards trouble. And Trixie, armed with nothing but a pocket-scythe, is plunging headfirst into the gaping maw of a trans-dimensional vortex. So not the evening she’d planned.
Skittle-colored demons. Werewolf drag queens. Hellhound-doodle puppies. Lots of scythe. All in this rollicking, whimsical, empowering adventure.
Tags: Death/Grief, Demons, Funny, Gifted/Super Hero/Heroine, Magic, Monsters, Non-Human Hero/Heroine, Vampires, Werewolves, Witches
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Published by Berkley on 07/02/2024
Format: DRC (384 pages)
Add to GoodreadsBuy on AmazonDelphie Denise Bookham is dead. She never thought choking would lead to her demise, but here she is—done in by a cheap microwave hamburger. And to make matters worse? She’s dressed in her most atrocious pajamas—green fuzzy socks and a ratty t-shirt with a cartoon star saying, “Honey, it’s Time to Sparkle and Shine!” Things can’t get much worse, can they? Oh, they most certainly can. You see, Delphie is all alone (let’s be honest, she’s preferred it that way until this whole choking thing); she’s got The Tinder Swindler paused on her TV, and the lone browser tab she […]
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Spice Level: Published by Darwin House on 02/04/2024
Format: DRC (245 pages)
Add to GoodreadsBuy on AmazonI have to say, I was immediately attracted to the cover of this book. It is absolutely gorgeous. I would hang that sucker on my wall in a heartbeat and call it art. 10/10 cover. Then I read the synopsis, and it sucked me in further. Totally sealed the deal. Time travel, romance, mystery, fantasy & memory loss? Sign. Me. Up. I was excited to dig in. Overall, I enjoyed the characters, and the story, but as I read two things became glaringly obvious: 1) Most of the time I had no idea what was going on; and […]
