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A review by offservicebookrecs
Even in Death by Randi Garner
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
slow-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
Thank you to Randi Garner for an Advanced Reader's Copy of this title!
Even in death, Finnian finds himself playing games - this time, however, it's with the God of Death and Curses himself, and it will take every bit of Finnian's luck, charm, magic, and wits to maneuver himself out of the hole he's willingly dropped himself in. While Finnian is trying to right the wrongs of his past - with his father, his beloved sister, and even his family - Cassian seems to have his own motivations for allowing his fellow High God to join him in the world beyond the veil. With the stakes below higher than ever, a prize, a past, and a future hang in the stakes, and Finnian and Cassian are far from the only players interested in their game of cat and mouse.
Randi, by god you have done it again, and somehow managed to bring forth a sophomore novel that was even more heart-strangling than the first!! "Even In Death" is the angstier, yearning-er, and more grief-soaked younger brother to "The Goddess Of" (iykyk) and manages to expand on the world and characters of the first fantastic debut in a way that is even more delicious - and while I want to scream with you about every easter egg, every plot development, every behind-the-scenes machination of the characters as their story ebbs and flows from present to past and back again (hint: it's a dual POV with flashbacks), I think you really need to experience it for yourself to appreciate every sweet-and-sour detail. For now, if you love haters getting their just desserts; long-haired MMCs; the broad-strokes flavor of dynamic in MMCs like Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens; the longest game of chase in history; men who do anything but actually confess their feelings; still mommy and daddy issues; "what is grief, if not love persevering?"; plots twisting like thorns in your side; a very specific meme of The Wind Waker Link with the text "Let Go" on it; an MMC who refuses to ever button up his shirt for plot reasons; the griefiest grief you ever did grief; redemption; and the vibe of "I know how to help you now, find me in the future", then you need to clear your calendar, have the post-book depression ice cream ready, and prepare to fall in love (and grief) with the world's longest-suffering lovers (spoiler alert: you'll love them).
Even in death, Finnian finds himself playing games - this time, however, it's with the God of Death and Curses himself, and it will take every bit of Finnian's luck, charm, magic, and wits to maneuver himself out of the hole he's willingly dropped himself in. While Finnian is trying to right the wrongs of his past - with his father, his beloved sister, and even his family - Cassian seems to have his own motivations for allowing his fellow High God to join him in the world beyond the veil. With the stakes below higher than ever, a prize, a past, and a future hang in the stakes, and Finnian and Cassian are far from the only players interested in their game of cat and mouse.
Randi, by god you have done it again, and somehow managed to bring forth a sophomore novel that was even more heart-strangling than the first!! "Even In Death" is the angstier, yearning-er, and more grief-soaked younger brother to "The Goddess Of" (iykyk) and manages to expand on the world and characters of the first fantastic debut in a way that is even more delicious - and while I want to scream with you about every easter egg, every plot development, every behind-the-scenes machination of the characters as their story ebbs and flows from present to past and back again (hint: it's a dual POV with flashbacks), I think you really need to experience it for yourself to appreciate every sweet-and-sour detail. For now, if you love haters getting their just desserts; long-haired MMCs; the broad-strokes flavor of dynamic in MMCs like Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens; the longest game of chase in history; men who do anything but actually confess their feelings; still mommy and daddy issues; "what is grief, if not love persevering?"; plots twisting like thorns in your side; a very specific meme of The Wind Waker Link with the text "Let Go" on it; an MMC who refuses to ever button up his shirt for plot reasons; the griefiest grief you ever did grief; redemption; and the vibe of "I know how to help you now, find me in the future", then you need to clear your calendar, have the post-book depression ice cream ready, and prepare to fall in love (and grief) with the world's longest-suffering lovers (spoiler alert: you'll love them).
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail