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myzanm's review
3.0
Cute, but extremely silly.
I think I would have liked it more if it hadn’t been soooooo silly. I love books that have some humor in them, but it gets hard when it crosses a certain point and then it is just irritating. This sometimes crossed that line. Which is a pity since, overall, it was a good unique story.
I think I would have liked it more if it hadn’t been soooooo silly. I love books that have some humor in them, but it gets hard when it crosses a certain point and then it is just irritating. This sometimes crossed that line. Which is a pity since, overall, it was a good unique story.
alisonalisonalison's review
4.0
I loved this. It's a silly farce and it's delightful frothy fun. I read it in one sitting and it was a great way to spend a couple of hours. I laughed a lot. I loved the tone of this book and all the unexplained pop culture references--Doctor Who, The Neverending Story, Firefly, Star Trek, Star Wars, etc. Do pay attention to the "warning" at the beginning--this is a very silly book that does not take itself seriously. It's short, ridiculous, and wonderful. It's not really a romance, more of an extended meet-cute and it's superbly entertaining. Carole Cummings writes both fantasy extremes so well--light and silly (like this) or dark and intense (the Wolf's Own or Aisling series)--and I love all of it. I'm always looking forward to what's next from this author.
kaje_harper's review
4.0
This author is best known for her amazing high-fantasy series full of drama and angst, but she's also the author of one of my favorite warm, light, short fantasy stories - [b:The Queen's Librarian|18168993|The Queen's Librarian|Carole Cummings|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1373260490s/18168993.jpg|25536712]. This story says up front "Farce (noun)". It's a light, frothy, funny, love-at-first-touch... (almost) story.
Emery is a college student who wakes up in the morgue in a body bag, not dead. While most young guys would've flipped out at that, Emery has been in possession of odd superpowers for his whole life. While this is more dramatic than doing real card magic instead of slight-of-hand, or animating his sister's toys, it's still not that far out of his weird experience. He's more worried about being found nude, totally embarrassed by the cliche of being hit by a bus, and curious about the gorgeous guy who touched him right before that happened. Especially the last - those green eyes and black wings were HOT.
Junior Reaper John knows how his job is supposed to go - find the person who is dying, send them to the Transition queue, rinse and repeat. Except his Administrator tracks him down to tell him the young man he Touched isn't in the queue. In fact, the guy has vanished and he doesn't seem to be dead. Administrators hate when the paperwork gets screwed up. John is sent back to Earth to fix his mistake, pronto. But it doesn't turn out to be that simple.
This was fun, cute, humorous, and a little sweet. It's pure froth, with an array of quirky side characters, and loving but off-kilter family dynamics. A good read for a brief moment when you want to end up with an amused smile on your face.
Emery is a college student who wakes up in the morgue in a body bag, not dead. While most young guys would've flipped out at that, Emery has been in possession of odd superpowers for his whole life. While this is more dramatic than doing real card magic instead of slight-of-hand, or animating his sister's toys, it's still not that far out of his weird experience. He's more worried about being found nude, totally embarrassed by the cliche of being hit by a bus, and curious about the gorgeous guy who touched him right before that happened. Especially the last - those green eyes and black wings were HOT.
Junior Reaper John knows how his job is supposed to go - find the person who is dying, send them to the Transition queue, rinse and repeat. Except his Administrator tracks him down to tell him the young man he Touched isn't in the queue. In fact, the guy has vanished and he doesn't seem to be dead. Administrators hate when the paperwork gets screwed up. John is sent back to Earth to fix his mistake, pronto. But it doesn't turn out to be that simple.
This was fun, cute, humorous, and a little sweet. It's pure froth, with an array of quirky side characters, and loving but off-kilter family dynamics. A good read for a brief moment when you want to end up with an amused smile on your face.
claudia_is_reading's review
4.0
OMG! This was sooooooooooooooo funny! Delightful and cute, but mostly, terribly funny.
I was laughing out loud during most of this story. The whole scene at Em's house? Hysterical! And all his family is just great, I just love all of them. Em's mom is a force of nature, and I wouldn't want to end on her bad side *laughs*
If you need a pick-me-up story in these times of pest, choose this not-so apocalyptic tale of a Ripper falling for... well, just read it, okay? It's fantastic :D
I was laughing out loud during most of this story. The whole scene at Em's house? Hysterical! And all his family is just great, I just love all of them. Em's mom is a force of nature, and I wouldn't want to end on her bad side *laughs*
If you need a pick-me-up story in these times of pest, choose this not-so apocalyptic tale of a Ripper falling for... well, just read it, okay? It's fantastic :D
rhodered's review
3.0
Cute, quick, humorous ya where the heroes family are more memorable (and funny) than he is. He’s not bad, it’s just he’s 20 and his parents are way more interesting than he is. Which is generally the case IRL 😏
I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed it.
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