Wildly inventive -- Buzzfeed
* Buzzfeed *
Cooney's prose is beautiful and intricate and glowing -- The Colorado Sun
* The Colorado Sun *
Saint Death's Daughter exemplifies what fantasy can do in the best of ways. -- Strange Horizons
Grisly, dark, lovely, funny, heartfelt. -- Kirkus Reviews
I can usually predict story beats long before they happen but the author managed to surprise me with the depth and complexity of the characters, especially the antagonists. -- The Southern Bookseller Review
Strange and magical adventures in a colorful world where most people are gender fluid, the gods are strange and death is not an ending. -- Thornwell Books
This is the weirdest book I have read in a long time - and yet it's weirdness is charming. Somewhat reminiscent of What We Do in the Shadows or The Addams Family. -- Booknest
The novel complicates and recomplicates, always to its benefit. There's a puppy! And there is suspense, and twists, and a satisfying resolution that gives no one all they want. -- Black Gate
I don't want to tell you much about this book. I want you to experience it the way I did; a cake whose every layer is more delicious than the last; a gemstone that always has another glittering facet when you turn it over in your hands; a gift that never stops giving. This is a book you should go into unprepared - and unarmed. -- Every Book A Doorway
The broad aesthetic here is 'whimsical gothic': early chapters have a real Ghormengast-y vibe, which Cooney balances with a story that builds increasing nuance. Saint Death's Daughter has gone straight to the favourites list, and I can't wait to see where the adventures of Lanie take her. -- Nerds of a Feather
A beautiful, stunning work of literature, more art than words, and something that I recommend everyone reads. -- Just Geeking By
Lanie's journey from a young woman to adulthood is compelling; the rise of her necromantic power and how she learns to wield it is enthralling. The world the author has built around Lanie is intricate and beautifully realised. It is a story that rewards the time invested in it. -- British Fantasy Society
I've never met a book that is so completely sure of itself. Cooney could have gone off on any tangent and I would have completely believed it. I loved Saint Death's Daughter for its complexities and characters and chaos and I think this will remain one of my top reads of the year. -- FanFiAddict
