In a world where death has been conquered, scythes have been given the ability to take a person's life to keep the population size under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to be apprentices for a scythe, but neither of them want to be one. Soon they realize that perhaps the reason they should be a scythe is because they don’t want to be…

I loved every second of this book. I can’t believe I have gone this long in my life and never knew this book even existed! I don’t think I have ever thought so much about a book. I love the moral dilemmas of each main character and how they each cope with the challenge of taking a person’s life. Basically, I love the whole concept of this book! As soon as I finished I went ahead and ordered the other two in the series. That’s how good it was! So I hope Neal Shusterman doesn’t let me down and the rest of the series is as good as this one.