The Sweet Dead Life (Sweet Dead Life, #1)

by Joy Preble

After dying in a car accident, fourteen-year-old Jenna's older brother returns as an angel to help Jenna solve a mystery that not only holds the key to her survival, but also to their mother's mysterious depression and their father's disappearance.

• ISBN10: 1616951508
• ISBN13: 9781616951504
• Publish Date: 9 May 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 13 March 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Soho Press Inc
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 248
• Language: English

Reviews

[Suz @ Bookish Revelations]

Joy Preble has done it again! She's managed to write such a wonderfully entertaining and intriguing young adult novel, full of mystery and wonder. It's full of fascination and wickedy delicious dialouge, catapulting readers into such a fun story. The characters are quirky and interesting, with their own complexities that make them stand out and shine on the pages. The style and sense of humor is also another great element about this book.

Preble manages to give it such incredible pinache. The great thing about The Sweet Dead Life is that it's a book that is easily relatable to MG and even slightly older young adults, as well. It's fast paced, full of fantastic wit and humor, that doesn't feature a lot of questionable content for younger readers. The fact that the characters come across so real and relatable, makes them even more extremely likable. The voice Joy Preble brings to this book is fresh and wonderfully captivating.

It's simply unputdownable and such a fun book to read. It takes the basic "angel book" genre in the young adult market and gives it a clever spin, full of mystery and suspense. The Sweet Dead Life will simply not disappoint! It's a delightful and amazing read that's super fast and will have reader's glued to the pages. Definitely one of my favorite reads this year.