Another great mystery!
It started off with Nora trying to keep her brother from dying to unravelling a family mystery!
Nora works for S. C. Y. T. H. E. passing out case files to collections agents until she stumbles across one for her twin brother Charlie. Now she needs to protect him from Death while avoiding being caught by S. C. Y. T. H. E. agents for stealing his file and trying to save his life.
In the process of all this they discover family they didn’t know they had and a town they didn’t know existed and stumble into a mystery about both that could cost them their lives.
Now, the plot sounds very dramatic but in keeping in this authors style she keeps things light with humour and sarcasm.
This story has lots of unexpected twists and an ending I didn’t see coming.
It was a great time. A fast read. It keeps you reading and trying to figure everything out right to the end!

Nora works for SCYTHE. She's efficient, she takes her work seriously, and she takes death VERY seriously. When Nora shows up for work on her birthday she finds her twin brother's file on her desk - ready to be sorted to a Grim Reaper for his last day on Earth. Nora's never put a step wrong before, but this is too much. She grabs his file and flees, setting off a chain of events that will leave Death searching.

Can Nora and her brother outwit death? And what price will they pay if they do?

Nora is an administrative clerk for S.C.Y.T.H.E which means that she see her twin's name on the collection files, hours before he's fated to die. She ditches work, and rushes over to save him. Charlie is up for an adventure, he grabs his gift parrot and they race off to avoid death and all of Nora's co-workers.

Why I started this book: Requested the ARC because of the title alone.

Why I finished it: Book two is a standalone novel set in the same world as the first book. There are no overlaps in characters, so a new reader could pick start with this book. Nora is a walking ball of fears, that she manages by minimizing any and all risks. But she abandons all that to rescue her one surviving family member... her twin brother she hasn't talked to in months. The rescue evolves from a road trip into a quest, as they seek a way to evade fate. Dara is great at character growth, connections and story but once again, the cussing means that I will have to be careful about who I had this wonderful story too.

I read the first “grim reaper’s guide” and loved it, but this one fell a bit short for me. It felt like too much of a divergence from the first book - the concept and writing are both SO good that it feels like a miss to have this be book 2 - it feels more like a book 5 in a series. It felt disjointed from the first one and didn’t make sense to have this be its follow up.

I really enjoyed this. Readers can approach it as a standalone or part of the S.C.Y.T.H.E. series. Anxiety ridden Nora is relatable as is her goofy brother, Charlie. I adored Jessica the parrot!

road trip with a lot of near-death distractions
You will not enjoy this if you haven't read the other books in the series because this was more sentimental than clever. You'll still enjoy he twin relationship and Jessica the parrot, but overall you really need to be a fan of the S.C.Y.T.H.E. series. Which I am so I gave this 5 stars.

If you could know when and how one of your family members would die, would you want to know? Unfortunately Nora is not given a choice in knowing when she learns her twin brother is scheduled to die later that day. Even though it is her annoying brother Nora still risks her career and life trying to help her brother cheat death.

This was a fun story that while talking about a heavy topic such as death, managed to stay light and humored. I did not know that this book was part of a series when I started reading it, but that did not really matter as it stood up well enough on its own. I am certainly interested in reading more about the world of S.C.Y.T.H.E.

In the end we all have to die. The idea that our fate is sealed in a file that ends in the grim reaper’s hand adds a different perspective. This book is mostly lighthearted and funny, but has definitely a darker side. I enjoyed it very much.

This is my new favorite cozy series! I love the world of SCYTHE that is being created and the different elements of the job that we are discovering. I enjoyed this book, but hopefully the next book is back to more of the collection side of SCYTHE.

The way that this story depicts death and that everyone is destined for death based on a file that plops on your desk is very interesting. This book had humor, suspense, and a little magic ? Very lighthearted at times but in the end it was very grim.. it just goes to show that no matter how much you try to prevent it.. death is always inevitable.

This was a very nice, lighthearted read with plenty of emotions and mystery woven throughout. I enjoyed the characters and the mystery, especially the nice wrapped up ending for both twins. I was a little disappointed that this story veered away from SCYTHE and its magical mechanics because I'm super intrigued by all of that, but there was a good sprinkling of it and there just leaves room for more books this way.

This book was cute, almost cozy with just the right amount of dark humor. with just enough suspense to keep turning the pages.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for providing this book, with my honest review below.

A Grim Reaper’s Guide to Cheating Death is the sequel to the S.C.Y.T.H.E. book about catching a killer, and while it can be read as a standalone it’s set in the same world where a company exists to support death in in its retrievals. This time we are introduced to Nora who is in an odd job for someone as cautious and frankly terrified of death as she is. Nora is part of S.C.Y.T.H.E. and while she’s not a reaper she’s in the know on who is next. That’s what makes things so fraught when Nora sees her twin brother, Charlie’s, name pop up as one of those who will soon be departed. Nora finds some courage and bad bummery as she works to spare Charlie of his fate despite the seemingly boomerang way he finds himself continuing to be in the crosshairs of death. When the two decide to disappear to Virgo Bay, where their father was from, they discover some big mysteries with their family that add complications to and beyond Charlie’s conundrum. Consider this a very unique road trip and coming into oneself, overcoming your fears, and finding some humor thanks to a parrot called Jessica.