Thank you so much to Albatross Book Co. and NetGalley for providing me with an e-ARC; it is greatly appreciated. 

This starts out with a fantastically dark and surprising introduction, but then it goes down hill from there. The concept of Death being able to finally rest and choose a successor is always interesting,  but it didn't feel fully fleshed out here. The ending came off rushed, and the chapters are so short it's a bit difficult to tell the passage of time between each one, or what day it's supposed to be. It ends up reading more like a draft of a story, rather than a finished book. 

I do wish the author hadn't taken the obvious choice for the ending here.

There's literally a line about how the mom needs a replacement for the deceased father, and it seems like Sonnny becomes that in the end, which is not only weird, but exacerbated by the fact that the mother has disliked Sonny since he was born.

When it comes to stories about well known characters, I like to see something new, and this seemed rather par for the course. However, I do think this would make for quite a creepy movie. There were definitely some good scenes here when it comes to horror. I just wish the story could have held on to that quality throughout.