Okay... this book was very... unusual - for me, at least. I've never read anything like this before.

ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The beginning was extremely interesting and promising but then... the story somehow lost the mysterious vibe. Haden Church - The Reaper with supernatural abilities who works for an organisation called Ministry of Wraith? I mean, what an idea! But unfortunately, the potential of this book was just thrown away... so i am pretty disappointed.

The overall development of the story sucked. The characters were still the same, we didn't know their past or anything, they just appeared and that was it. Yeah, we knew something about Haden's childhood but nothing significant. Haden Church, The Blood Singer, Moses, Nyah or the doctor... who were these ppl? I mean, srsly... some family history, backstories? Nothing. There was no depth to them.
The plot's development was better, but still nothing special. It was way too fast and simple.

While reading, I found some editing/grammar errors and i thought: okay, this can happen to anyone... but NOT almost on every fourth or fifth page. Soon enough i was pretty annoyed... but i kept going bc, lol, i really hoped and believed that it will get better. It did not.

In my opinion, this book is a piece of shoddiness. And that's why i am even angrier... it could have been so much better. The author could have played with the story way FUCKING more.

apart from this - I did still enjoy the book. I really liked the idea and everything. Regrettably, Patrick McNulty just didn't put much work into it.

The second half of this book was better than the first in my opinion. At first the change in narration from character to character can be jarring and awkward in the beginning. However in the second half when we are getting the perspectives of those who are involved in the action then it becomes a lot easier and flows much better. This book is a quick read once the search for Charlotte begins. Definite trigger warnings for child abuse which is graphic and within the first couple of chapters! Overall, I am giving this book 2.5 stars, not a REALLY bad read but with some changes small changes this could be a really good book which fills a gap in the market!

Written by Patrick McNulty, this novel follows Haden Church, a reaper who goes off the books. Apparently all the time? And what is a reaper in this world? Someone who can see and speak to ghosts, and can take over their recently deceased bodies.

I really wanted to like this book, but between the editing/grammar errors and the fact that the characters had no depth, I just wasn't interested. Haden was a bit interesting, but it just didn't go any where for me.

The story of the man who kidnapped his child and killed himself, his ex-wife's boyfriend, and his mother was interesting. But even then the characters were so... flat. 

I honestly don't know who I would recommend this book to. I didn't like it, and couldn't get into it.