A review by patelyne
Casket Case by Lauren Evans

Did not finish book. Stopped at 45%.
Nora’s parents died a year ago, leaving her to return to their small town and run the family casket shop. It’s a life with a dependable but dull routine, waiting for customers and watching tv alone.
Garrett works for Death, a ‘logistics coordinator’ making sure people get where they’re going. While in town to ‘move on’ the local restaurant owner, he stops at the casket store for directions and Nora catches his attention. 
The two start dating. Even though she doesn’t know much -well anything - about what his job is, it doesn’t really come up as an issue until the town starts losing other people and it’s noted he’s been around.

At the start, it is like if The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy had all its whimsy replaced with depression. (CW - Nora does a not insignificant amount of drinking in attempt to cope with her mental health) 
And when the two begin dating, the dialog felt stilted, which made the instalust less than believable. And then instalust while taking things slow felt off. They somehow talk a lot with actually communicating. There are arguments that feel weird, and there’s a lot of them. 
Basically, this one just isn’t for me. Dnf at 45%

Thanks to Ballantine/Dell for the arc 
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