A review by ashfault76
Cat's Claw by Amber Benson

3.0

This is book 2 in Amber Benson's first series. It's a light, mostly-enjoyable read following the (mis)adventures of Calliope Reaper-Jones, a.k.a. Death's Daughter (i.e. the literal daughter of the grim reaper). The Underworld-as-a-business-conglomerate world that Benson has set up is novel and fun. But the story itself is...not great. While the plot is better than in some other recent things I've read, it's still thin and disjointed. Plus the writing style was getting on my nerves. Calliope, as the narrator, is highly sarcastic (which i appreciate)...but Benson overplays the sarcasm to the point where it just gets annoying. There's also a tendency to over-explain things that don't need it, and under-explain things that need more. Still an interesting series and I'll likely continue with Book 3...eventually.