Death Sworn (Death Sworn, #1)

by Leah Cypess

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I adore this book! The writing is nice and straight forward but not bitingly simple. It's wonderfully descriptive because she doesn't try too hard and doesn't try to physically describe an expression but gets the emotion and the moment across clearly. I like the characters because they're well developed and complex.

But mostly I love the way this book thinks! I adore [a:Leah Cypess|2915782|Leah Cypess|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1271641014p2/2915782.jpg] because here stories and worlds are always so unique. And this one could have so easily been full of "life is precious!" cliches. But instead it takes a very unconventional and well reasoned approach to life and death. It asks interesting questions and offers unexpected answers and I so enjoyed that! And it dies all of that in a way that makes the characters really compelling.

The plot is structured really well - like a good movie from the nineties where all the little elements come into play at some point. And there's a bluntness in this world of people who don't pull punches and who don't apologize; whose stark honesty is so appealing.