Graveyard Shift (Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc., #1)

by Angela Roquet

It's a hard-knock afterlife…

Lana Harvey is a reaper, and a lousy one at that. She resides in Limbo City, the modern capital of the collective afterlives, where she likes to stick it to the man (the legendary Grim Reaper himself) by harvesting the bare minimum of souls required of her. She’d much rather be hanging out with Gabriel, her favorite archangel, at Purgatory Lounge. But when a shocking promotion falls in Lana's lap, she learns something that could unravel the very fabric of Eternity. If the job isn’t completed, there could be some real hell to pay.

• ISBN10: 1951603028
• ISBN13: 9781951603021
• Publish Date: 12 November 2019 (first published 28 September 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Violent Siren Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 320
• Language: English

Reviews

[kalventure]

Series recommended on Reader Voracious blog.

I have read this book a handful of times and always find myself gravitating toward it when I want something light and entertaining. The Reapers Inc series definitely fits that bill.

You may think that all the work and bull you have to deal with during life is over when you die... but the Afterlife is just as bustling of a business. Lana Harvey is a low risk and low ambition reaper, one of less than 100 that escort the dead to the Afterlife to free up Grim for administrative responsibilities... because running Eternity is a tough business. but the peace in place for hundreds of years is at risk due to the ambition of others, and to everyone's chagrin Lana is promoted in charge of solving the problems. But not without a lot of adventure, griping, and demon guts.

I love the world that Roquet built in this series. LOVE. Her imagining of the Afterlife is one that satiates my curiosity in such a satisfactory way, and the issues Eternity faces serve as an important allegory are timeless: power, ambition, secrets.

Self published titles often get a bad rap, but this series (despite a few typos) is really a diamond in the rough. I cannot recommend it more... if you like urban fantasy, religious themes, humorous characters, and a strong AF female lead you will love this book and series.