It's a Wonderful Death
Release Date: 10/2015
Sky Pony Press
320 pages
Summary from Goodreads
Seventeen-year-old RJ always gets what she wants. So when her soul is
accidentally collected by a distracted Grim Reaper, somebody in the afterlife
better figure out a way to send her back from the dead or heads will roll. But
in her quest for mortality, she becomes a pawn in a power struggle between an
overzealous archangel and Death Himself. The tribunal presents her with two
options: she can remain in the lobby, where souls wait to be processed, until
her original lifeline expires, or she can replay three moments in her life in
an effort to make choices that will result in a future deemed worthy of being
saved. It sounds like a no-brainer. She’ll take a walk down memory lane. How
hard can changing her future be?
But with each changing moment, RJ’s life begins to unravel, until this
self-proclaimed queen bee is a social pariah. She begins to wonder if walking
among the living is worth it if she has to spend the next sixty years as an
outcast. Too quickly, RJ finds herself back in limbo, her time on Earth once
again up for debate.
RJ is a snarky, unapologetic, almost unredeemable, very real girl. Her story is
funny and moving, and teens will easily connect with her plight. Prepare to
meet the Grim Reaper, who’s cuter than you’d expect; Hawaiian shirt–wearing
Death Himself; Saint Peter (who likes to play Cornhole); and Al, the handler
for the three-headed hound that guards the gates of Hell. This cast of
characters accompanies RJ through her time in the afterlife and will do their
best to gently shove her in the right direction.
