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The Grim Reaper's Lawyer by Mea Monique

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mykindamagical's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Hilariously fun! Just enough twists and the pace is pretty decent to get you through without much effort. Romance is good but became dominating quite quickly. Like... So much sex within a short span. Can't complain though. I knew it was SPICY 🔥
WARNING: Cliff hanger ending

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kaadee's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Okay first of all, this book is okay. The representation is on point and I think that’s my favorite thing about the book.

With that said, I have a lot more problems with it than I should. Let’s start out with the general idea. Being the Grim Reaper’s lawyer. It’s a good idea but the way it was executed just took all the magic away. I didn’t enjoy the way Eden was set up or the way Reapers were set up. This is mostly just a Me problem so if you enjoyed it, good for you. I just felt like there’s so much we could’ve learned about Eden but the most we learned is the Departments and the fact they have different colors lmao.

Second, the main character! Love her, I really do, she’s the one with the most personality but dear god, the writer mentions her fixing her hair every 2 seconds. I understand that because she’s a POC that her hair is much more of an importance in her life but there’s no reason for you to mention it every chapter. I feel like we put on a fashion show for this character every second we get instead of focusing on idk.. literally everything else. I felt like I was reading a Wattpad story that I wrote in the 6th grade with the whole “She sauntered out of the shower and threw her hair in a bun”. If it’s your cup of tea, great! But not me :(

Third problem, the love story. We dramatically go from Aiden hating the shit out of Joy to absolutely head over heels. This seemed like it was supposed to be a slow burn but it really wasn’t. They quickly move from hating to love overnight. I hate that. The sex was hot asf though so I won’t completely complain.

Next problem, Aiden Kim. I was so ecstatic to have an Asian character representation but sadly his character was just not good. He was shallow and not because he was a bad character but because the Author didn’t give him any personality or fleshed out backstory. He was so flat besides his stubbornness. Was he hot? Yes, but without a personality I feel like i’m reading about a brick wall. We have very minimal backstory too which makes it worse.

The plot twist was expected and I felt the overarching villain wasn’t great. Honestly, the more I write this review the more I realize how many beginner Author mistakes are here. I believe it’s her first time writing and publishing a book so i’m cutting her some slack but MISS GIRL!! YOU GOTTA PUT SOME GOOD PLOT IN THERE.

The plot felt very slow and they didn’t even do anything. If I was in the afterlife, you’d think i’d go on so many crazy adventures but apparently in this fictional world I wouldn’t. Then at the end, every plot point is shoved in. It’s sad because this book could’ve been great.

In conclusion: Slow plot and predictable plot, shallow characters, good idea but not executed well, overall boring asf. Hot sex scenes though!!

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aislinghelen's review

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this. There was a few points that annoyed me but they resolved pretty quick.

There was so much more to this than I was expecting. I went in thinking it would just be a cute little romance between a lawyer and the grim reaper but i was so wrong. I mean it’s that too but there is really in depth world building and a complicated but really good plot. It’s not predictable, there is a couple things that are but the overall thing is not.

The ending shocked me and I need the next book now, also how could you do that to me???

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nithyuh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Ok ok ok. I love the writing style, although personally, some of it seemed way too idk cliche. But I totally saw the who dunnit part early on

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shaykay's review

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm in a few different book clubs, both on Discord and Geneva, and a lot of them pick different books to read each month, and I've always wanted to participate in them, but I've been sucking at actually following through lately, so I've decided in February that my main reading goal is to actually read some of the picks! The Sexy Book Club over on Geneva picked The Grim Reaper's Lawyer as their month's main read. I honestly could not wait to pick it up because it looked and sounded amazing! This book just came out this past December, and I haven't seen anyone talk about it yet, and it definitely needs more love because it was AMAZING! It had a unique concept because we learned about this grim reaper company thing, and I was OBSESSED with it! It was so much fun seeing how it all worked like a company and all of the different levels within it. I'm obsessed when a book has a really good world-building, and I tend to get obsessed with the world, and that's what happened in this book. There is a romance in it, but I think it kind of takes a back burner. First, it does take forever to really happen between Aiden and Joyce, and I kind of liked the slow burn for this story because we got to learn about this world and got to see the story play out. Then we saw all of the prep work for the trial and the actual trial happen, plus the crazy verdict, and I was just so obsessed with this book and how it was written. There were just so many concepts that kept going on that I didn't mind not seeing the romance happen right away. There were some really steamy moments once they finally got together. But I just loved all of the twists and turns that happened in this book, and I really cannot wait until the next book comes out. It is supposed to come out sometime this year, and I cannot wait!

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booktribe's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was so funny and cute! The main character, Joyce, was so much fun to follow! The world building was great! This book almost has me wanting to be a grim reaper! The only thing that I didn’t enjoy was the romance. Aiden was so rude to her for no good reason in the beginning of the book that I didn’t care when he started being nice, I couldn’t forget how rude he was, making it to where I didn’t root for their relationship. But I loved Joyce and the story and I can’t wait for the sequel!

TW: parental death, parental abandonment, murder, sexual assault (mentioned, but not shown on page), & spiders

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morganreadsoccasionally's review

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

This was really fun and super cute. To me, it reads more like a contemporary romance even though everyone is dead. Besides teleportation there aren't very many "otherworldly" characteristics. Joyce and Aiden were adorable though so I don't even mind that this didn't really scratch my paranormal romance itch lol

I'm looking forward to seeing what else Eden has to offer but the story stands very well on its own.

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