I’ve come across Leigh Parker on Goodreads a couple times, so when I saw her book on the Amazon free list back in June I nabbed it. Boy I’m glad I did.

Description from Amazon:
Three years after becoming a Cupid, the normally cheeky and cheerful Leigh has to question her work ethics when her next assignment happens to be the woman who killed her. 

Meet Natalie McIntyre, actually, no, you wouldn’t want to meet Natalie McIntyre, the foul mouthed, anti social Senior Manager at her father’s cardboard box factory who really isn’t in the mood to spend the next 7 days with a weird blonde haired girl who just will not go away. 

Over the course of a week Leigh has her work cut out when she learns that not only is Natalie hell bent on being stubborn, cranky and incredibly hard to pair but the appearance of the blue spark puts everything she’s ever learnt as a Cupid in jeopardy.

Oh man did I laugh while reading this book. The one-liners simply never stop. Yes, it starts off a little slow with Leigh giving the reader the run down on the rules and such of being dead and a cupid. But once she meets Natalie the fun really starts. Yes the language is deplorable. They curse like sailers, but there really couldn’t be a better way to express the supreme frustration of some of the characters. Yes, some of the antics are simply over the top, but if you just suspend your judgement and roll with the punches it is a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it.

I really liked Leigh and Natalie (even though Leigh was possibly the most unlikeable person alive…and really Leigh wasn’t that far behind). They took chunk after chunk out of each-other, but you could relate to their situation. They are the odd couple and stuck with each other. They made the best of it by taking it out on one another. Despite their extreme dislike for each-other their emotional shift was easy to follow and didn’t feel too abrupt. Then the whole thing wrapped up on and incredible AWWW moment. As an aside I liked Sam and God too. I’m just saying.

I don’t usually like books told in the first person, but Leigh’s voice was so conversational (bubbly even…she was a blond) that I’ll make an exception for it. The POV worked well. I’m told that there is a sequel due out by the end of the year (10 Ways To P*** Off A Reaper). I’m eagerly awaiting it’s release and can’t wait to read it.