“𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨.” “𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩, 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣.” “𝙎𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨. 𝙄 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.” “𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙙.” “𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚’𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.” “𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧, 𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙖.’ 𝙄 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝. 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙮, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙮-𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙮-𝙩𝙬𝙤… ‘𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮.” Hey, so I’m not okay after this - so here’s my review but it’s just quotes that gutted me when reading them back.

“𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜.” “𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜.” Of course I cried with this one, was that even in question? Before I started this one, I found myself thinking that this might be repetitive, but I’m happy to say I was wrong. This was a completely different take on the death-cast world, getting to see it from day one. I really enjoyed following Valentino and Orion around on the death-day adventures. I really love how they fit so much life into 24 hours. I was so happy that we got cameos from young Rufus and Mateo, their families and lives before their book - that was such a nice touch. Also, seeing how all the side characters lives were connecting was so interesting.