Reviews

Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt

calloe's review

4.0

1st time: 5
2nd time: 4

icelacs's review

1.0

Someday maybe I'll get back to this. But for now I have to lay it down on my second-chance shelf and move on. The writing and characterization was just too off for me. Too much affectation and overwhelming reassurance upon reassurance that the protagonist was pure of heart that it just got on my nerves.

Maybe it's just my gut reaction and if I get back to this a year or so for now I may think differently. Let's certainly hope so.

leviroma's review

3.0

i wish keturah and death's dynamic was explored more and they had more scenes

lbarsk's review against another edition

4.0

*banging pots and pans while riding your ceiling fan* YEP DEFINITELY! YES! INDEED! HOO BUDDY! MOST CERTAINLY! HERE WE ARE!

nanlikesbooks14's review

4.0

Beautifully written. Very haunting and strongly reminiscent of many of my favorite myths and fairytales. But I have mixed feelings about that ending. It seems inevitable, and yet, depending on how you interpret it, I'm almost a little disappointed.

Still, I found the book both pleasantly familiar and unique.

robbynjreeve's review

MARTINE LEAVITT/FANTASY

Keturah follows a hart into the forest one day, becoming hopelessly lost. There she remains until the brink of death, and then she meets him. Lord Death. Winning him over with her storytelling skills, Keturah is able to persuade Lord Death to grant her another day and if she finds love then she will be free to go on living her life, otherwise she must return to him. Leavitt's novel combines fantasy and romance in a new way, that keeps you reading until the end, determined to discover what is to become of Keturah and how her story will end.

wonder_jenn's review

3.0

It was going to be a 4 stars until the ending that was too underwhelming.

The characters were interesting. Keturah knows what she wants and will do everything to get it. She loves her people deeply. Her best friends, Gretta and Beatrice, are great. They are loyal and supportive. I loved Gretta the most.

Like I said, the ending was underwhelming... Keturah's decision didn't make sense. <spoiler I never felt her love or her attraction for Lord Death. I can see why Lord Death would love a smart, good and brave mind but the opposite didn't work.

It was nice, easy tale. Almost cozy.

betharanova's review

4.0

Younger than I expected for this sort of thing, but still good! A quick, satisfying read, just what it says on the tin. Fairy tale bargains, romance, Death is hot. Death's hotness is in fact keeping the rating up beyond my two complaints, which were: we spent way too much time on the wrong man and also pies, and Keturah could be a painful POV character at times. Still worth it for that prose and mmmm tension.

starfire_rhexia's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

destobie's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0