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October 19, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Death Comes Knocking (YA lit featuring the Grim Reaper and Necromancers)

Croak by Gina Damico Tired and desperate from a wide variety of behavior issues, Lex’s parent send her for some rehabilitation with dear old uncle Mort – who, it turns out, is a grim reaper.  It turns out, some of Lex’s problem behaviors may mean she is the perfect teen for the job. Something Deadly […]

October 17, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Reaper Review: Something Deadly This Way Comes by Kim Harrison

The memory of fire trucks that existed only in the future seemed to haze over my sight as I looked across the busy road to the three-story apartment complex. Having watched-no, lived- Tammy and Johnny dying in a fire had more than shaken me. It had rocked me to my core. I’d thought that I’d […]

October 15, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Reaper Review: Gina Damico’s Scorch and Croak

Lex Bartleby would be the first to admit that she has some ‘behavioral issues.’ When her violent tendencies and lack of impulse control finally push her parents over the edge, they ship this 16 year old miscreant off to spend the summer in the tiny town of Croak with her Uncle Mort. Despite the abundance […]

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I tapped the page with my fingertips. “And this is the page Mr. Davis was looking at. I remember. he’d circled a face with a -““Lorelei,” Brooklyn interrupted in a hushed whisper. Her finger slipped up to one of the photos bordering the main picture. In it, a crowd of students stood around the flagpole of the old high […]

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With new purpose, I worked the back of the frame off and took the picture into my hands. I was going to lean back against my headboard, take deep breaths, and concentrate. But the moment my fingers touched the picture, I tumbled inside. The sheer curtain drifted apart and I found myself standing in the hospital room while Mom […]

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