What Am I Reading Wednesday (11 December 2024)

 It’s time for a long overdue What Am I Reading Wednesday! 

Today we’re talking about The Marbhaven Reaper, the debut novel of my friend and fellow writer Maile Starr.

We’re also changing up the WAIRW format! I find the more involved I’ve gotten in writing and publishing my own books, the less time I have for longer blog posts, and then I end up skipping WAIRW altogether. We can't have that! 

 So I can continue to share books that I’ve read and enjoyed, I’m condensing the usual sections into one review.

Title: The Marbhaven Reaper

Author: Maile Starr

Review:

"This is the fifth time I've died this month." He shrugs. "Tell you what, I did not expect my Reaper to be this close."

I was fortunate to be a beta reader for this book and let me tell you, I can't wait to find out what happens next! I immediately fell in love with the complex relationships between the characters. Not only that, Starr was able to weave in a unique and refreshing world centered around the idea of death and what happens after a person dies. 

Without giving away any spoilers, I especially enjoyed the method in which a person in this world might enter the afterlife! 

Fun Fact: The cover for The Marbhaven Reaper was created by none other than Maldo Designs, who also happens to be my cover designer for the Kingsport Chronicles!

*****

Book Synopsis:  

Jade Zaveri’s mother is missing.

When she races home from college to ensure the safety of her younger sisters, she finds the search for her mother abandoned.

But when she witnesses the murder of a lifelong friend, Jade finds herself the newest recruit in the war between life and death. A Reaper, sworn to shepherd souls to their afterlives.

Now, everywhere she turns, she sees the cloaked figure responsible for her friend’s death: the Red Reaper. Jade just might be the next target.

Does the Red Reaper have something to do with her mother’s disappearance? And is it already too late to reach her?

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*****

About the Author: 

Maile Starr writes stories with graveyards and magic that are laced with sarcasm. She’s published several short stories around the internet and "Always the Bride, Never the Bridesmaid" in Crumpled Papers and Empty Caskets: An Anthology.

By day (and night), Maile is a bartender. By even later night, she writes her upcoming debut novel The Marbhaven Reaper. She lives in Colorado with her husband and loves hearing from readers! 

 

*****

[Image: A closeup of a white bookshelf lined with different fantasy novels. Sitting in front, leaning on the other books, is a paperback copy of The Marbhaven Reaper by Maile Starr.]