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Dead Girl Walking (Royal Reaper)

Forget everything you know about grim reapers. Princess Ophelia Dacre sneaks out of the castle to visit her boyfriend in secret. A perfect night cut short when she's brutally murdered. Ophelia is given the rare chance to become a grim reaper. She must become Leila Bele, cut ties with her old life, and follow the rules of the reapers. Her greatest adventure begins with death. Recommended: Ages 14+

Published: April 27, 2014

Pages: 242

ISBN: 9780692202531

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Rachel S.

Apr 6, 2026

Dead Girl Walking was a fantastic book to read I was hooked from page one. Princess Ophelia is the main character she is killed suddenly when she escapes the castle at night to meet the boy she loves secretly as her father would not approve and the fact that she is already betrothed to someone else but she does not love him.
She comes back from the dead as Leila the Grim Reaper, this in itself is a fantastic idea as I have never read of a female Grim Reaper and she isn't the only Grim Reaper either, there is a team of them and they help her learn the ropes of what her job now entails. There is one in particular who falls for 'Leila' straight away Wynter.
Leila has so many questions about what happened and the how's and why's and will she leave her past life behind her?
Absolutely brilliant, fast pacing and well written. I look forward to reading more from Ruth Silver in the future.