Reviews with content warning for Chronic illness - Seduction of a Psychopomp: Erogenous Hand Holding and Other Ways to Tame your Reaper

This is a sweet, cozy slow burn romance. Victor (Grim) is an introverted, quiet, thoughtful immortal who chooses to marry a high fae woman who has been suffering from a genetic disease that has her close to dying. If you like a magical, powerful male who cares about consent and takes care of his wife no matter what, then you should enjoy this.

I have been looking forward to Grim's book ever since I read about him in Leviathan's Song, and I enjoyed finally getting to see him fall in love. Celeste is such a sweetheart, and I loved the way the attraction between the two of them grew and they got to know each other.

I do think it's helpful to have read the other books in the series because the second half of the book has several characters that are from those books, and you may feel a little lost if you don't know who they are.

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Been dying to know what's going on behind that cool, calm, collected, downright stoic façade Grim has? He is a man of few words, fewer facial expressions, but many thoughts. After agreeing to an arranged marriage (because who has time to date with you're a painfully shy guardian of souls), Victor finds himself quickly married because his bride-to-be is unfortunately dying and his Reaper magic is her last hope.

Celeste finds herself waking up from her magically induced coma to walk down the aisle for her wedding to a tall, gloomy stranger but she knows it's her last hope. When said tall, gloomy stranger turns out to be her knight in shadow armor, she quickly realizes this marriage is going to more than just a marriage of convenience and that suits her just fine.

Elsie is a slow burn queen! There a reason the subtitle is "Erogenous Hand Holding and Other Ways to Tame your Reaper." For being married for almost 3/4 of the book, the mooning over each other while Celeste's health recovers has Celeste nearly crawling out of her skin. I was cheering her on as she hatched "Operation Seduce Victor" and celebrated as she started to win him over with every small gesture of physical affection she could encourage from the stoic Grim. As always, Elsie's dual POV makes everything more enjoyable when you get to see Celeste trying to puzzle Victor out for a few chapters and then get the hilariously formal other side of the story from Victor himself.

And how could I forget the rest of the HILARIOUS Boundlands gang?? We may only get them for a few chapters, but oh my goddess how I missed Elara & Levi (and now their little boy Lysander!!) and Sidney, Jordan, Huck, & Pidgey!! Well and truly, gang is al here and I love those ridiculous weirdos so much.

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