Review: When I Was Death

When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers for the pre-release copy of When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson. Below is my honest review.

When I Was Death is about a lot of things. It's about a girl getting roped into a deal with Death to travel with a group of other girls who made deals and reaping souls for him. It's about a girl dealing with the death of her sister and putting her life back together. It's about a girl coming into her own. It's about forming friendships and realizing that people aren't perfect.

Where it shines though? It's a book about grief and processing loss and finding ways to move forward in a world that isn't the same any more.

Absolutely loved this book. I read it in 2 sittings, as it was very compelling and hard to put down.

Definitely recommend this to Henderson fans, but also recommended to YA-adjacent fans, horror-adjacent fans (I definitely wouldn't label this horror, but it's a little dark), and people who just like good compelling stories.

Five stars.

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