This is such a lovely book. It is short and to the point but reveals how ingrained death is in our lives. This is not a depressing book but a love story. Lord death comes to collect the young Keturah and admires her spunk when she tries to trick him into letting her live. She manages to play "A Thousand and One Nights" with him to live another day. The story she tells is her own story. The love story she'd wish to have. Lord death, so enraptured by her silver tongue, declares he will let her live one more day but when he comes for her in the evening he will take her as his bride. I just love a Persephone themed story. Leavitt makes you sympathize with Lord death and sigh in relief when Keturah sincerely falls in love with him. The message is that life is painful but death is rest and we shouldn't fear it. When I learned that Leavitt wrote this for his terminal little sister I cried. The words from Keturah's epiphany were much more deep and comforting when I realized they were Leavitt's words to his dying sister. The writing was just lovely. A true English major.

A short and sweet read with a charming and atypical romance. I absolutely adored the ending as well, though it did have me in tears. Definitely recommended.

Winner of the Ontario Library Association White PIne aware in 2008. Personally, I thought it was good, but not great - engaging in terms of the atmosphere, but stilted in terms of plot.

A must-read for all romance lovers! I couldn't put it down.

I really enjoyed this book. The author's treatment of the storyline and the characters is classic - and classy!

This book reminded of a folk tale with a mix of Greek mythology.

I really enjoyed this book- I couldn't put it down.

omg i loved it i wish i had my own personal death prince to sweep me off me feet

so GOOD!!!! omg i thought this would be a bad book! (don`t ask) but it turned out to be fantastic! i love, love , love the ending and who kenturah ends up with!!!! (who i wanted her to end up with)

Between the title and the cover, I had already figured out what the ending of the book was. However, Leavitt did an adequate (although not stellar) job at keeping my attention through the entire novel. It was short and slightly lacking of interesting plot until the end, reading more like a fable than a novel.