The Reluctant Reaper

by Gina X Grant

This tale is a comedy of the absurd and I so loved reading it! In Gina's world hell is absurd, wacky, weird and more than a little strange ! Kristy D'Arc is reaped by the grim reaper who in this case is not grim at all, but rather a hottie, six pack and all! It turns out that her boss has sold his soul to the Devil, just like Faust did! Good thing that Gina doesn't make any reference to Faust because her main character has no clue as to the identity of any of the denizens of hell, not to mention  any references to the myths and literature that she does include in the story ! Probably just as well, because this is what makes the story so enjoyable. For the reader who does know who Dante Alighieri is, the visuals are wonderful! I myself never thought of him as a sex symbol! Buy hey, who knows it could be! I also have never pictured Cerbes as an overly friendly dog who would slobber you to death. Gina makes you like and really care about the characters that she has developed.

There are so many funny and well written scenes in this that I am hard pressed to name just one.  I do think that the characters in the scene with the time machine are my favorite. You are just going to have to read it to find out what I mean. I read this in a few hours and thoroughly enjoyed it. Read it and laugh, I can’t wait for the second book to come out, because clever as she is has set us up for a sequel !