
by Pip Paisley
ParanormalAdded on March 22, 2026
Trixie D’Vita didn’t scythe. That was Mom’s gig.Then the Angel Investigative Bureau (AIB) turned up at Aunt Harry’s bar. Seemed the hottest afterlife gameshow in the Mystical Realms was misappropriating newly-departed souls. And Death was a person of interest. When the AIB can’t find Death, they come looking for Trixie, Death’s estranged daughter.Soon Trixie's best friend is in dire peril. An AIB trainee is traipsing towards trouble. And Trixie, armed with nothing but a pocket-scythe, is plunging headfirst into the gaping maw of a trans-dimensional vortex. So not the evening she’d planned.Skittle-colored demons. Werewolf drag queens. Hellhound-doodle puppies. Lots of scythe. All in this rollicking, whimsical, empowering adventure."...a winning combination that will surely have fans eagerly awaiting a sequel. GET IT" Kirkus Reviews
4.5★sAlways Carry Your Scythe is the first novel by British author, Pip Paisley. While her mother carries a scythe and is known to all as Death, Trixie d’Vita has been, since the age of seven, in the care of her Aunt Harry and his husband, Dave. For years she has been rejecting overtures from her mother to follow in her footsteps and take up her scythe. Trixie is quite happy waitressing at Harry’s Chanters Pub, Quandars, watching the antics of the witches, demons, zombies, vampires, were-people,
3.75⭐️This was such a fun, light, and quick read. All the supernatural beings were so cute and I got serious True Blood meets Soul Eater vibes from this book. I loved this take on Death as a character. The representation in this book is next level! The absolute level of LGBTQIA+ rep in this novel made me feel all kinds of warm and fuzzy inside. And it wasn’t done in a way that would overly draw attention to the characters like “hey I’m an author including these groups praise me!” the rep is natu
*******Pre-review - how could I not nab this for FREE from amazon.com on 10/10/24. Thanks to the Fussy Librarian email blast putting it on my radar 🙃Part of their blurb that caught my eye:Afterlife gameshows. Skittle-colored demons. Werewolf drag queens. Hellhound-doodle puppies. And lots of scythe.This cover is also adorbs...but check out the fab b&w paperback editions 🤩

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