When you’re a reaper, sometimes salvation isn’t what it seems. The last year of school was supposed to move us into field training, but something big goes down in the reaper community that puts everything at risk. And my brother’s at the center of it. When my best friend, Christina, discovers there is going to be a mass prison reaping, there is no doubt in my mind I should be there. This may be … there. This may be what I need to figure out what’s wrong with me.
Just when I think we might be able to pull it off, the fates reveal they’ve been playing a cruel joke, and the end of the world may just be inevitable.
The Mortal Instruments meets Fallen in REAPER: THE BEGINNING, a paranormal read for those who love a dark twist.
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This was a good story. The characters are strong and it’s a coming of age for them. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves books like this! Definitely an author to watch!
If you haven’t read Reaper of the Earth yet then I highly recommend starting with this book. It is great to see what happened to Beth and caused the events that happened from there with Christina. This series will keep you on your toes wondering just what will happen next and this book is where the ball starts rolling.
This series is full of suspense, action, and the fight between good and evil. The problem is figuring out who is good and who is evil. Read to find out.
This was a good short read that gives some good background on the relationship between Christina and Charlie for the rest of the series. Beth is spunky and you can’t help but love her too!!
Reaper: The Beginning was an interesting prequel. It tells the story of Beth, Christina’s best friend, and what happens the eventful night often eluded to in the main Artifact Reaper series.
Beth is definitely an interesting character. She, like Christina, seems to have trouble with her reaper powers–though most likely for different reasons. She is also a bit reckless, but very loyal to her brother and best friend. Christina, on the other hand, felt a bit different to me than she did in the main series. I am not sure if this is a result of it being a 1st person account told from Beth’s point-of-view or because the events of this story change Christina so much by the time of the events in Reaper of Earth. It seems, that at one time, Christina was considered a better fighter.
Either way, it was good to read Beth’s backstory to better understand what Christina has gone through.
I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys the urban/paranormal fantasy–especially to those who have read at least Reaper of Earth. I imagine it could be read as a standalone, but I think those already familiar with the main story will get more out of it.
I really enjoyed reading this book. It tells the story from Beth’s POV, and we discover she is definitely one of a kind judging from the other reapers around her. If you are a fan of fantasy reads and stories about reapers, you’ll enjoy reading this book.
This book by Jen L Grey is an amazing book definitely worth reading. Cristina and her friend Beth tend to always find themselves in situations that could get them in a lot of trouble. When the girls sneak out to follow the reapers to a mass reaping that is one for the history books things go south pretty quickly from being caught by Beth’s brother Charlie who is furious that Cristina and Beth are there in the first place. Then things aren’t going as planned when some unlikely rival’s show up and cause total chaos.
Reaper: The Beginning by Jen L. Grey is the prequel to the Artifact Reaper Saga. In this book, the author gives us the story of Beth, Christina’s best friend, and Charlie’s little sister. This is the story of how Beth died.
I have to say that I was overjoyed to finally learn what exactly happened to Beth. When I first started reading this series that was something that I really wanted to know especially in light of the fact of how heavily Charlie blamed Christina for it. I have to say this though…I was totally wrong about Beth. It seems that Christina holds Beth up on a pedestal, a place she really doesn’t belong. In my opinion. I initially had moments of struggling to like Christina because of her attitude in the Reaper saga, but Beth is a character that I’m not too keen on at this point.
I enjoyed this story immensely, but Beth just irritated me more often than not. I honestly view Charlie’s anger at Christina completely misplaced because Beth is nothing but trouble. She puts herself and everyone around her in danger by defying the Council. For me, she’s a very selfish, self-centered character. I applaud Christina for trying to be the voice of reason in this book. Seeing how Christina handled things makes me actually like her more. I get that Beth is her “best friend” but Beth is the bad influence.
The author is absolutely linking pieces of this puzzle together between the Prequel and the main Saga because I have specific questions that are getting disturbing answers but are also making me anticipate the next book in this series. Something big is going down and there are more players involved than I originally thought.
Setting aside my overall disdain for Beth, I am rating this book 5 out of 5 stars. The story moves quickly, smoothly and gave me insight into both Beth and Christina and how Beth’s “untimely” death came about. The author points out quite a few interesting factors in this story that raises questions, answer some and make me eager for more. If you’ve enjoyed the Reaper saga so far and want to learn what happened to Beth grab this book.
This is Beth’s story. In this book we get to witness her relationship with Christina and her brother Charlie through her eyes. We also gain answers to questions we had from books 1 & 2. Great start to a series!