When I Was Death

This book — with its creative, stunning, artsy cover — immediately drew me in, and the story inside turns out to be something truly unique within Alexis Henderson’s body of work. It blends girl power, sisterhood, LGBTQ+ energy, grief, and friendship into a darkly atmospheric fantasy touched with mag......more

I love a good codependent obsessive girl friend group. I loved an academy for liars by the same author so when I saw this relatively short book I knew I needed to read it. The concept of teenage girls doing death's work is so cool and, as I imagined, it was a great book. We had a power outage last n......more

Let me just start by saying I will read anything by Alexis Henderson after Academy for Liars. She is dark, twisty, weird, and I love it! I adore the way she deals with uncomfortable emotions and this YA novel is no different. This is a book for anyone who’s had grief written on their heart. Old or n......more

3.5⭐️ rounded-up. 💔 YA Speculative/Horror 👻 Bargain with Death 💔 Found Family 👻 Overcoming Grief 💔 Road Trip Alexis Henderson has an amazing ability to grab readers with her stories and not let go. This is the third book that I've read from her where it was easy to find myself completely immersed in h......more

I did not expect to binge this in a single day and definitely not that I would shed a tear or two! When I Was Death is an ya speculative horror about a group of girls doing Death’s bidding. When they do, their own lives are spared. A year has passed since Roslyn’s sister, Adeline, was found dead in t......more