Graveyard Shift Lana Harvey Reapers Inc Book 1 eBook Angela Roquet
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The Inferno has Evolved…
Lana Harvey is a reaper, and a lousy one at that. She resides in Limbo City, the modern capital of the collective afterlives, where she likes to stick it to the man (the legendary Grim Reaper himself) by harvesting the bare minimum of souls required of her. She’d much rather be hanging out with Gabriel, her favorite archangel, at Purgatory Lounge. But when a shocking promotion falls in Lana's lap, she learns something that could unravel the very fabric of Eternity. If the job isn’t completed, there could be some real hell to pay.
Graveyard Shift Lana Harvey Reapers Inc Book 1 eBook Angela Roquet
This book has such a promising opening, and a very disappointing ending. I LOVE the world that the author has created: the entire book takes place in the afterlife, and it’s a different version of the afterlife than any I’ve seen proposed (and yet, it’s so simple, that I can’t believe I haven’t seen it before!). I like the characters and appreciate the author's sense of humor. About halfway through the book, my favorite quote appears: “Oh! Sweet Jesus! I can’t die now. I have a casserole in the oven!” Unfortunately, I should have stopped reading about two-thirds through. It seems as though anyone helping to edit the book did. The last third of the book is riddled with inconsequential characters, sentences that don’t make sense, useless information, and a plot that heads straight to nowhere. My only guess is that the author was hoping to sell a sequel by leaving the story line open, but it feels more like she fell asleep while telling a boring vacation story. The last third of the book also has a lot more spelling and grammatical errors. If you venture to read this book, do yourself a favor, and stop reading once they find the kid. (You’ll know what I mean.)Product details
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Graveyard Shift Lana Harvey Reapers Inc Book 1 eBook Angela Roquet Reviews
I picked up this book because I've never read a story with demons and reapers in it, and it was free. So I decided what the heck -- if it is too scary (I am wimp), I don't have to finish it.
Well, it isn't too scary, in fact I haven't been scared at all. It is well-written, the world created by the author is imaginative and varied, and there is lots of room to expand on it in later books. I enjoyed the story, and it seems original to me.
I am definitely not the target audience, being an old lady. I like that the main character is so much older than me! -)
So, I know that others will disagree with me, but I thought that, of all the problems this book had, the author's writing was not among them.
The first paragraph was a little awkward, but after that I really enjoyed the actual story telling. A few minor typos and missing words that did not detract anything for me personally.
That said, I was not at all impressed with the plot. Now, I love the idea of the power of belief actually CREATING a spiritual realm and I enjoyed the reapers and the idea of "spirit energy". However, beyond that this story read very much like a decently written fan-fiction.
I don't like when people turn deities into modern caricatures. Not because the gods themselves deserve any respect but because it FEELS silly. The greek goddesses are almost ALWAYS turned into fashionistas, and not even Aphrodite, which would make the most sense. Their already established lore and personalities and abilities are always thrown out and replaced by bobbleheaded figurines with familiar names and faces.
That is EXACTLY what happens to every established character in fan fiction stories.
That's basically what this book feels like to me, a self insert fanfiction. And I'm not into fanfiction. Otherwise, it's cute but just not to my tastes.
So little by little, I've been making my way through a long "to read" list; most of which is made up of books recommended to me by a librarian friend of mine. One novel that got high marks from her was this one in particular. The plot sounded fun and interesting, and after enjoying Dan Gilvezan's book "Soul", I was excited to hear another author's interpretation of the afterlife.
Sadly, this is one situation where a book, no matter how much I wanted to like it, just didn't "gel" with me. It gets points for creativity, but at many turns, it can be downright uncomfortable to get through.
Lana Harvey is an 8th generation "reaper"--not THE Grim Reaper (he's the boss), but one of many reapers tasked with collecting souls and transporting them to one of many versions of the afterlife that best suits the soul. Eternity, as it turns out, is a place where all faiths, from Christianity, to Islamic, to Chinese, to Greek, to Egyptian, all co-exist after death. A treaty has kept them peaceful and cooperative. Lana makes it no secret that she hates her job and collects the bare minimum amount of souls to stay employed, while occasionally bending the rules to give souls a better afterlife. But her normal "clock in/clock out" existence is soon rattled when Grim suddenly gives her a promotion--tasking her with finding a very special soul in particular. And when she's soon attacked by demons and dealing with gods, angels, demons, and spirits plotting and scheming behind the scenes, Lana will come to discover that she's no ordinary reaper....and that the fate of Eternity is in her hands.
This novel, I feel, is one of the best examples of a "mixed bag". For every good thing it does, there's something equally weird or cringe-worthy to go against it. Really, the best part of the book is Lana herself. She can be a bit frosty to people and will look for any excuse to get out of doing work, but she's never outright nasty to anyone and DOES care for her small circle of friends (including an angel and (later) demon boyfriend, two hellhounds, a no-nonsense fellow reaper, and her young apprentice that was unceremoniously dumped on her). And once she gets unwillingly swept up in all the political intrigue, it's easy to feel just as frustrated as she does.
As for Eternity, it's a well-thought out setting that's really interesting in how it works, with different religions having their own section of the afterlife and mingling with each other. Having prior knowledge of some of these myths and sections of faith helps, but it isn't required--they're all explained clear enough to follow along. However, with a large chunk of the book being devoted to world building, it comes at the sacrifice of having the real plot take a long time to get going. The few "action scenes" are executed well, but you'll have to sit through a ton of scenes of the characters dating, going on shopping sprees, and planning their vacation trip to Hell (literally, not figuratively).
And admittedly, this mixing of beliefs and attempts at dark comedy can make certain scenes uncomfortable, like archangel Gabriel getting a demon girlfriend, or Jesus coming to a party where Egyptian gods and the Devil himself is also in attendance, or the Holy Spirit actually being called "Holly Spirit" and chewing out a confused soul with lines like, "I'll talk to my brother [God] however I damn want." Though it also leads to some admittedly funny moments, like Lana dealing with the recently deceased and their endless questions, and dialogue like, "I can't die yet! I got a casserole in the oven!" I'm all for equality and religious freedom....just....be prepared to have a REALLY open mind going into this.
While there was enough to keep me going until the end, I've found this book (and series) just isn't for me. It's definitely for certain tastes. If you like weird and quirky settings, dark comedy, and don't mind seeing virtually every religion turned on its head, then by all means, give it a go.
This book has such a promising opening, and a very disappointing ending. I LOVE the world that the author has created the entire book takes place in the afterlife, and it’s a different version of the afterlife than any I’ve seen proposed (and yet, it’s so simple, that I can’t believe I haven’t seen it before!). I like the characters and appreciate the author's sense of humor. About halfway through the book, my favorite quote appears “Oh! Sweet Jesus! I can’t die now. I have a casserole in the oven!” Unfortunately, I should have stopped reading about two-thirds through. It seems as though anyone helping to edit the book did. The last third of the book is riddled with inconsequential characters, sentences that don’t make sense, useless information, and a plot that heads straight to nowhere. My only guess is that the author was hoping to sell a sequel by leaving the story line open, but it feels more like she fell asleep while telling a boring vacation story. The last third of the book also has a lot more spelling and grammatical errors. If you venture to read this book, do yourself a favor, and stop reading once they find the kid. (You’ll know what I mean.)
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