Dead Girl Walking was a fantastic book to read I was hooked from page one. Princess Ophelia is the main character she is killed suddenly when she escapes the castle at night to meet the boy she loves secretly as her father would not approve and the fact that she is already betrothed to someone else but she does not love him.
She comes back from the dead as Leila the Grim Reaper, this in itself is a fantastic idea as I have never read of a female Grim Reaper and she isn't the only Grim Reaper either, there is a team of them and they help her learn the ropes of what her job now entails. There is one in particular who falls for 'Leila' straight away Wynter.
Leila has so many questions about what happened and the how's and why's and will she leave her past life behind her?
Absolutely brilliant, fast pacing and well written. I look forward to reading more from Ruth Silver in the future.
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Princess Ophelia is dead, brutally murdered, her life, her legacy, ripped away in the time it takes her attacker to slice her throat.

In order to stay in this world Princes Ophelia becomes Leila, a grim reaper who helps those who have died pass on to the next world.

The rules of a reaper are simple, you can't be late, you can't prevent death and you must leave behind your old life and never look back.

Unfortunately Oph- Leila, has a knack for breaking any rules set for her.

When I first started reading this book I was very hesitant, I didn't realize it was historical fantasy when I requested it and I was sure I wasn't going to like it. However within the first chapter I forgot all the skepticism I had and tore through it as fast as I could.

I loved Leila's character and the other reapers and the twist and turns.

I loved how Ophelia's old life kept overlapping with Leila's new life and the consequences that followed.

This was my first Ruth Silver book but it most certainly will not be my last.

Until next time,
Ginger

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