by Megan Bannen, book 54 of 2022
This is an enemies to lovers romantic comedy focusing on death and featuring zombies. Hart is a lonely demigod warden tasked with overseeing the safety of humans facing a growing drudge problem (drudges are essentially zombies). Mercy is the oldest daughter in a long line of undertakers struggling to keep the family business intact despite growing problems both inside her family and from her competitors. Hart and Mercy hate each other… or do they? This book has a somewhat convoluted premise but a very sweet and spicy execution. Seriously there’s a lot going on here (multiple gods, demigods, magical creatures, souls, abstract geography, etc). Despite having to do more mental work than I desire for a light romantic comedy read, I loved so much of this book. I laughed, I cried, and I loved these characters.
Thank you to the publisher, author and NetGalley for this ALC!
Content Warnings: Death, Violence, Something that’s basically a zombie, lots of death.
Categories: Fiction, LGBTQ, Multiple Narrators