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Arc of a Scythe #1
Man, I was not expecting that! This book was so deliciously dark and twisted and unique, and so much better than I could have hoped for. In a post-mortality society, where people never die, someone needs to glean the population so it doesn’t get out of hand. And so the Scythedom was born, a self-governing group of licensed murderers, going around and killing people on society’s behalf.
This unique premise was what attracted me to the book, but what I got was way more than I expected. Scythe is an intense look at the human psyche, about the difference between doing something fundamentally wrong versus doing something that is necessary, even when the outcome is the same. As I read, I found myself glued to the page, fascinated by the workings of the post-mortality society. And in a lot of ways, the society is pretty perfect. And while gruesome, everyone accepts the Scythedom as necessary. But a dark side is emerging within the Scythedom, and I quickly became caught up in its intrigue.
This book threw surprises at me again and again, things I never would have seen coming! And our characters, Citra and Rowan, go through such monumental and fundamental transformations in this novel. And not all of them may be for the better…
I really can’t wait to see where this series goes from here!