Title: The
Reapers
Author: Ali
Winters
Genre: YA
Fantasy
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Hosted by: Lady Amber's Tours
Blurb:
The
balance of life and death must be kept at all costs.
Having been a reaper as long as she can remember, Nivian knows that what she does is essential in maintaining balance. After being assigned to a rushed mark she finds that there is more to this human than any other she has encountered.
Kain had been living an ordinary life without a second thought until he meets Nivian who turns his world upside down. He is thrust into a world of hunters and reapers. The keepers of life and death have been feuding for centuries over a reason no one can even remember.
With Kain having been marked for reaping, and Nivian being hunted, they forge a friendship and together must find the truth in order to keep balance in check. Wrong choices could destroy everything. As they journey they discover hidden histories, powers, and lies and truths that have been spun since the beginning of time. The consequence of failure, unimaginable.
Having been a reaper as long as she can remember, Nivian knows that what she does is essential in maintaining balance. After being assigned to a rushed mark she finds that there is more to this human than any other she has encountered.
Kain had been living an ordinary life without a second thought until he meets Nivian who turns his world upside down. He is thrust into a world of hunters and reapers. The keepers of life and death have been feuding for centuries over a reason no one can even remember.
With Kain having been marked for reaping, and Nivian being hunted, they forge a friendship and together must find the truth in order to keep balance in check. Wrong choices could destroy everything. As they journey they discover hidden histories, powers, and lies and truths that have been spun since the beginning of time. The consequence of failure, unimaginable.
MY REVIEW:
Nivian is a reaper. She has an ordinary enough job causing people's deaths and taking their souls. The reaper's headquarters is in an office building on another planet. Apparently the reapers are the natural order of things but they immediately came across as demonic to me. Nivian was an interesting character and the writing is very straight forward. Kain can see Nivian when no one else can and interferes in her killing her mark. This was an interesting variation on the grim reaper story. I liked the story and it kept my attention. 4 stars.
Author Bio:
Ali grew up in the Pacific North West. She attended Oregon State University for photography. After many adventures she moved to Colorado and earning second degree, she found and met and married her husband.
Ali currently lives in windy Wyoming with her husband and two dogs, Nika and Tedward. When not writing Ali is either photographing, knitting, reading, dancing or staying inside where it’s warm with a hot cup of coffee. She dreams of traveling the world someday soon.
Author Links:
You can email Ali at authoraliwinters@yahoo.com
Or you can also find her on these social platforms.
Pre Order
Link:
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Excerpt:
Nivian
jumped over the edge of the bridge, landing with a soft tap on the surface of
the water. She reached down, pulled the soul of the driver up by the collar of
his shirt, and stood him up next to her on top of the water. She took the
drivers hand palm up in hers, waving her other hand over his. She pinched the
air and pulled, lifting up and exposing his life string, his wide eyes were
hypnotized by the glowing string. She grabbed the scythe strapped to her back
and swung. With a slow deliberate movement she sliced the human’s thread. The
light formed a ball and hovered as she pulled out the small pocket watch. The
life light floated down to the watch and sunk into it, disappearing. With a
snap, she closed the watch and returned it to her pocket.
“You
really shouldn’t drink and drive; you could have seriously hurt someone,” she
said giving him an apathetic look. He gaped at her, mouth opening and closing
like a fish. “Yes, you really are dead.” She confirmed as she started to turn
away.
“Are
you … the devil?” he managed to sputter.
“No,
of course not. I am just the natural order of things,” she said, briefly
looking back at him. “Wait here; your spirit counselor will be here soon for
you to guide you to your afterlife. I have other jobs tonight,” She turned, walking
away as she pulled her hood back up over her head and vanished.
