A review by kaje_harper
Managing Death by Trent Jamieson

4.0

This is the second book in a new urban fantasy series with a fresh trope (psychopomps for the dead, with management infighting, Stirrers who want to take over dead bodies, etc.) The hero and his friends and enemies are engaging characters. The author is not afraid to include big events and changes (characters died right and left in the first one, and came to life -quite a range of surprises.) The main character, Steven, is interesting, unusual in the degree to which he is a slacker and not ready or willing to step up to the plate when he should, but not to where you don't like and sympathize with him. There is a lot of dry humor in the books, interesting creations (a cherub tattoo on the hero's arm that comes independently alive only in the Underworld, for example,) and a plot that will keep you guessing. I didn't get as emotionally engaged in this book as some of my favorite 5-star reads, for some reason, but I found it enjoyable, entertaining, and will read the next one.