I am utterly in love with this story and the way it's progressing. The way death is written really takes my heart on a ride. It's such a spectacular read.

“Even when I tell you to run,” Death said in a hoarse voice, “even when I’m the worst version of myself, you always stay.” He leaned his hand on the pillar beside my head and lowered his forehead slowly to mine. “Nobody ever stays.”

Death is My Ride or Die is the second book in this lovely series, in which we learn more about Death's past and Faith's powers, watch them grow closer together, hang out with The Seven Deadly Sins and a hilarious warlock, and try to stop the bad guys from winning, easy peasy.

I appreciate how much of the book was spent on Death & the Seven training Faith to use her powers, it didn't feel like a sped up training montage, we were there with her every step of the way.

As the book goes on, Faith gets stronger and more confident in her abilities, which really shone during the ending chapters. That's my girl!!

I said before that I relate to Faith a lot, this was proven to me once again with this quote:

"I felt everything so intensely, so fully, and sometimes I couldn’t help but burst into tears."

Faith honey, I'm a huge crybaby too, it's okay. I often hated this part of me, and wished I didn't have to feel things so strongly because I'd often get hurt, so seeing a character struggling with the same thing as me for once, instead of being cool and untouchable is very refreshing.

We even got to see little cracks in Death's shell, progress!! He said something I didn't think we'd hear from him till like, book five, I was so surprised. Near the end though, so you'll have to wait and see.

I feel so bad for him too, because of everything he went through. I'm glad he has Faith to essentially bring him back to life, they're like two peas in a pod. I liveeee for their will-they-won't-they dynamic and their endless banter.

I also loved Death's little jealous episodes whenever Faith and Ace would be alone together, more of that please and thank you.

And Ace is still probably my favourite character, he can truly do no wrong. But wrong was done to him!!!!! Did I like (redacted) as a character? No, they were mean to Faith. But Ace cared about (redacted) so I didn't want to see them end up like that.

There was a lot of character development in this book overall, I'm impressed. Even the side characters felt fleshed out, and I had no trouble telling the Seven apart either.

I found myself getting strangely attached to Malphas this time around, who'd have thought? I need to know where his character is going to go in book three.

Plot wise, SO MUCH happened, it hardly feels like it all went down in the same book, AND YET?? But, it didn't feel heavy at all. I actually hope the next book is even longer and even more happens in it because I can't wait to explore more of this world.

The ending was a, wouldn't you know it, cliffhanger. It felt a lil bit abrupt with how it ended, so I'm currently still on the edge of my seat, wishing there were a few more pages left to be read.

Soooooo Miss Tonks, I'm gonna need Death is My Frenemy out in say...tomorrow? Does that sound good? PLEASE GIVE IT TO ME!

*Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

I knew what I was getting myself into. I read the OG Wattpad series, I'm following the rewritten series, and I KNEW that ending was coming. But I STILL WAS NOT READY.

Death and Faith remain my comfort characters as I followed them through the sass and threats and innuendos that was Death is My Ride or Die. I want to live in their world always, even when Malphas is being a lil bit—

ANYWAY. It was so good to see Leo and the gang, and to get more Ace time. Kat really excels at creating a range of wide characters with full, well-rounded personalities. There certainly wasn't a single dull moment with any of these guys.

The pacing was fantastic. Having followed this series for so long, watching the progress and evolution of the books, seeing Kat step it up over and over again is such a treat for me. I can't wait to get my hands on the next book. Until then everyone in my life is going to have to deal with my constantly bombarding them to read and reread the first two.

A+ for Kat and A++ for Big Daddy Death because he's a drama queen.

Death is My Ride or Die is the second installment of the Death Chronicles and it brings more banter and higher stakes after the cliffhanger of Death is My Bff. It is a fast paced read and nostalgia points were there for the OG Wattpad readers! Faith and Death are begrudgingly working together to stop Malphas and his scheme but the romance between them definitely heats up from where we were in DiMBFF. What I liked about this installment is that we got to see more character development and growth with both Faith and Death, we got to meet some great new characters with the 7, and there was so much action, I could not put it down. These books are delicious brain candy and will have you flipping the pages so fast to see what happens next. We end again on a cliff hanger again, but have *faith*, because it’s worth it! I love how crudely funny death is and him and Faith foil each other so wonderfully, Tonks has created a world that is tension filled and addictive and I am itching to read the next!

I was a big fan of this series when it was in Wattpad, and I never expected that I’d encounter it again by chance as an adult.

I’m so pleased that I did!

The first book was exceptional, and the second has been almost equally as good. Everything about the book, from the pacing, to the banter, to the twists and turns, kept me gripped from beginning to end.

I’m excited to see where the rest of the series goes, and indeed where this author goes!

I was gifted an ARC in return for an honest review.

📔: Death is My Ride or Die-The Death Chronicles Book #2

✍️ By: Katarina E. Tonks-read [book: Death Is My BFF|123229391] and gave it 4⭐

📃 Page Count: 456 e-book

🗓️ Publication Date:9-17-24 | Read: 9-16-24

🙏🏾Thanks to NetGalley and Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group| Wattpad Books for this ARC 💜! I voluntarily give my honest review, and all opinions expressed are my own.

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, YA

🌏Setting: Pleasant Valley and NYC

Tropes:
😇good vs evil
😇enemies to lovers
😇forced proximity
😇touch her and die vibes
😇angels
👿demons
👿cliffhanger
👿grumpy/sunshine
👿morally grey characters
👿supernatural

POV: 1st person, dual

💭 Summary 💭 Faith is back home but Death is trapped in Limbo/Purgatory without his scythe by Malphas. Faith can read The Book of the Dead and all the evil forces are after her. She has to learn about her emerging powers while her and Death continue fighting each other.


Heroine: Faith Williams-spared by Death 10 years ago marking her soul to him.

Hero: Death/The Grim Reaper/David Star/Alexandru-over 2000 years old

Side cast:
✓Malphas-Death's father
✓Ahrimad-Death's enemy
✓Marcy-Faith's friend
✓Romeo+Leo-reapers
✓Devin Star-Lucifer
✓Sarah Pierce-Faith's aunt hooking up w/ Devin
✓Ace/Kalace- an old friend now nemesis of Death

TW: h is a virgin, SA mentioned-not H/h

My Thoughts: Another good installation from Tonks. I felt the push/pull of Faith and Death's relationship. He treated her badly but kept thinking "touch her and die." They were forced to work together to stop the "big bad" from creating an army and save the mortal realm.


Range of emotions: 😬🤔🙄
🌶️: Spice 2/5
😭: Emotion 3/5
❤️: Couple 3/5
⭐️: Rating 4/5

Thanks, wattpadbooks, for the arc!

Happy pub day, Katarina E. Tonks, on DEATH IS MY RIDE OR DIE, the second book in THE DEATH CHRONICLES! This is an excellent follow-up to the first book in the series, DEATH IS MY BFF. I was already hooked on the situationship between Death and Faith and their fantastic banter. Not to mention their extreme love/hate and enemies-to-lovers relationship is so entertaining to read.

I thought things in Faith’s life couldn’t get more twisted than in book one, but Katarina E. Tonks was like here is book two. This book is fantastic with its twists, turns, and jaw-dropping moments. At least I can reread these first two books while trying to recover and wait for book three because this book’s cliffhanger was an omg moment!

I’ve concluded that when Death is written as a hot, snarky character with good abs and tattoos, I get a crush on him. It’s fine. Katarina E. Tonks has written Death with every aspect I like in a guy, and then, you know, he’s Death, so he’s morally grey that it’s pretty much Katie catnip in a book.

Faith is one of my favorite female characters. I want to think I’m quippy like her, snapping right back at Death and other immortals fearlessly with snarky comments. But I’m the girl thinking of the comment after I overthought it hours later, lol.

I love this series and definitely recommend it. It’s unexpected and witty, and I laughed out loud a lot!

Content warnings: (per the author in the book) blood, violence, mention of death, swearing

Thank you for the ARC of Death is My Ride or Die.
Just like the first book, we follow the adventures of Faith Williams and Death.
Faith is still pissed at Death for deceiving her, which is understandable. He acted like he cared for her and she's not sure if there was any truth to it. On the other hand, she also betrayed him, so we can see their mutual dislike.
Death, however, takes that to a new level. That scene where he tells her to kneel when she asks for help, it's plain humiliation. You don't do that to someone you love. Which is one of the criticisms I have of Death. He claims to love Faith. And in some moments he does and he shows it, but then he goes and does something awful. I'm honestly not sure how this relationship can progress the way it is now.
Aunt Sarah apparently had an affair with the Devil and now he keeps her in his tower. Do they feel something for each other? Is she a prisioner? I have a lot of questions about it.
Lucifer being so worried that Faith keeps her virginity because it might affect her power is so gross. Women can have sex. Or not. It's a personal choice and no one's business. I hate the trope where virginity, which is a social construct, biologically it just doesn't matter, is related to the purity of power. It's a trope always used just for women and that is based on misogynistic ideals. This is also mentioned when Faith once mentions that "the hymen is the barrier that tears when you loose your virginity". This is mostly false and to be honest, as a biologist, I thought this misinformation was mostly gone by now. The hymen can tear from many different causes. Also, you may have sex and the hymen may not rip. Like I stated, virginity is purely a social construct with no medical or biological legitimacy.
Some parts, especially in dialogue can be quite cringey and fanfic like, though that makes sense considering this used to be a fanfic, I just think it could be more polished.
Sometimes during very tense and serious moments, the characters just say something random to try to be funny, but it doesn't work. Serious fight scenes are meant to be serious, not comedic.
Ace is objectively the best character. He keeps up the stakes and he ends up being one of the only rational characters in this book. I like him a lot.
Malphas is not as bad as he seems... I'm interested in seeing where this character goes.
The ending is promissor. They're both journeing through the Unknown, which will certainly make the next book very tense, while allowing us to further explore the fantasy elements of this series.

Two: torture, death, alcohol, mentions of sex.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me an e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved this book! I enjoyed the first book in this series, but this one stole my heart! Death and Faith are just *chef’s kiss*. The banter between them is superb and their chemistry is off the charts. Honestly the banter between all the characters was fantastic!

I don’t want to spoil anything, but all the revelations that came about in this book were so good! I loved watching Faith grow into her powers and watching Death open up more.

Sometimes the book could be a little cheesy, but it’s super endearing and somehow it just works! I got very attached to all of these characters.

The end practically had me sobbing. Of course the book was left on a cliffhanger which is my only complaint about it and I’m only complaining because I need to know what’s going to happen and I don’t want to have to wait a year again to find out! Do yourself a favor and read this series! It’s the best grim reaper romantasy series I’ve read!

I am just going to do what we teachers call a sandwich. The cover looks great! The wording and grammar make me want to rage enough that I would have written a seriously different review had I not taken a deep breath. The story idea is original.

THIS. WAS. AMAZING!!!!

I read this series years ago when it was on Wattpad. I am so happy that we are getting a newer version in print. This boom starts where book 1 left off. Faith and Death. Ugh! I love them so much. We have new characters being added. The roller coaster ride is insane. Everything that we thought we knew was wrong. So many things get revealed. That ending...... ugh. Be prepared for a cliffhanger! I need book 3 stat.

This book is nonstop. There's always something happening, and the story progression is so well done. I loved the banter between Faith and Death, and how their relationship continues to change and grow as the story goes on. The author did a great job at making me/the reader in general feel the same as Faith at times toward Death, conflicted and wondering off and on if I really do like him. He's a raging, cursed, red flag, but there's something so likeable about a morally grey man who deep down has a heart of gold for the ones he cares about.

I also loved the lore and culmination of different religious mythos. Choosing to make our main character's name Faith and having her walk hand in hand with, and at times against, Death, even running into the Devil himself, was such a chef kiss touch of symbolism. I definitely recommend this book, but with the caution that it's for mature audiences. There's a lot of sexual themes and instances that might be a bit triggering or inappropriate for younger audiences. Keep that in mind before diving into the book. Seriously looking forward to the next one in the series. Dying to see what comes next for our feisty protagonist and broody love interest.

This series is super fun! I loved reading this one Wattpad many years ago and I am loving these published versions. Such a fun an easy read!

The plot, the character development.. wow I’m so happy with this! I’m not a fan of cliffhangers and man did this have a big one! Lol so I’m now lost on what to do with myself while I wait.
I laughed way more than I thought I would, the wing thing had me DYING😂 I’ll be waiting for book 3, and I’m excited to get this for my shelf!

Death is My Ride or Die just gave me one hell of a ride! It was such an exhilarating journey from start to finish and kept me hooked with every turning events.

Death and Faith scenes are definitely spicier and you guys should look forward to!! It was a rollercoaster of emotions and took me through every possible feeling.
This one must be on your shelves!!

I struggled to put into words how impressed I am to be honest.. everything from the plot to the development of the characters has been phenomenal. I have been a long to reader of Katarina Tonks from Wattpad and followed this story for many years and I am so happy with how the published version has turned out! The tension and chemistry between Death and Faith just pulls you in on another level. I also enjoyed more inclusion of other characters that just tied it all together and added so much more to the story line.

Thank you to Wattpad Books and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Death is My Ride or Die by Katarina E. Tonks is the 2nd book in The Death Chronicles. The story revolves around Faith Williams, who has a love-hate relationship with Death, the Grim Reaper of lore. In the previous book, their relationship went through the gamut, and it continues developing in this book. Faith has to deal with saving her friend Marcy and learning about how her powers have expanded. Sinister forces are also nearby, hoping to have Faith all to themselves. With the balance between the light and dark hanging in the balance, will Faith be able to figure out her complicated feelings for Death?

Here is an atmospheric excerpt from Chapter 1:

"Tick. Tick. When I opened my eyes, the illusion that I was safe evaporated.
Across the way, Malphas, dressed in silk, lounged on a Victorian style red velvet couch. His raven-black hair was woven together in warrior brais and neatly tied back. Bathed in soft lighting, the room was bare except for a large Persian rug, a rather ornate coffee table, and the couches where we sat opposite each other.
Moments before, I had been in the corn maze in Pleasant Valley fighting for my life against hell hounds and demons. Malphas had grabbed me, and now we were... here."

Overall, Death is My Ride or Die is an action-packed romantasy that will appeal to fans of Phantasma by Kaylie Smith or the Supernatural TV show from the CW. One highlight is the original premise. When I first picked up this series, I loved reading about how Death, the Grim Reaper, was now in the modern-day world. I liked reading about modern-day things like record companies mixed with the supernatural mystery of Death and the other beings in hell. While reading the sequel, I still felt the sense of wonder that I did in the first book.

I did take off 1 star because I felt like Faith and Death's relationship just kept getting worse and worse. I thought that they were going from friends to lovers, but in this book, they annoy each other, hurt each other, lie to each other, etc. I have no idea what Faith sees in Death anymore, like what she could possibly be attracted to, and in many moments in this book, I don't think Faith found anything attractive about Death anymore. Based on the synopsis, I thought this would be a standard romantasy, but their on-again, off-again relationship got on my nerves. If you're intrigued by the excerpt above, or if you're a fan of YA fantasy in general, I recommend that you check out this book when it comes out in September!

Wow! Let's start with wow! I mean this book felt like it had everything from romance to comedy to badass action scenes. I found myself actually laughing out loud on a couple parts.
I was absolutely obsessed with the tension between Faith and Death. (Can't lie though I wish a little more happened between them) Literally could not put the book down and finished it in about 24 hours.
The character development is chefs kiss! 🤌
I absolutely loved seeing the change in Faith to becoming a stronger character and seeing (rarely) a softer side to Death.
Thank you thank you thank you to the author for letting me read this book early on NetGalley! I've never reviewed a book like this before and I felt honored to get the opportunity. Especially for a book I've loved from the very beginning.
I cannot wait for the third book to come out!!! 🙌

Thank you NetGalley, Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group, and Wattpad Books for a digital ARC of Death is My Ride or Die!

This is the second book of the Death Chronicles. I absolutely recommend this series, because they are everything you want in a romance fantasy. This book was filled with humor, enemies-to-lovers, and suspense. I really enjoyed reading about the characters from the first book as well as the new ones introduced in this book. If you want a good young adult fantasy romance book, this is the one to read. It will have you dying from laughter, blushing at the romance, and enthralled with the plot.

All the YES! This book was FANTASTIC! Faith's unique relationship is written so intriguing. I think this is going to be a fantastic PNR fans read, not just for teens but for adults too.