A review by athenezadam
Year of the Reaper by Makiia Lucier

4.0

Year of the Reaper is Young Adult fantasy novel about a traumatized lord who returns home after a plague and imprisonment, only to investigate a royal assassination plot. This story has darker themes. The complex main character is immediately intriguing, and his personality differences are apparent even though the reader never sees this character's past self. The supernatural element, the protagonist's ability to see ghosts, is seamless but could be more central to the plot, and the novel's climax occurs rather quickly. But the mystery has varied elements, the characters' personalities are interesting, and the romance is nicely constructed.