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A review by kaje_harper
Don't Fear the (Not Really Grim) Reaper by Carole Cummings
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.