My first read book in 2016! 
 After reading the blurb and people's reviews of it, I went in expecting to love every single part of it. See, I love fairy tales; I love their plots, the way they are written, and I love their usually exaggerated characters. And to be fair, Keturah and Lord Death had all of these elements (plot was good even though predictable, the prose was so beautiful to read, and I really like the characters even though we don't really get an in depth look into any of them) - but something was missing, and I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe because I felt that the story dragged right up until the very end (the end though, was angst-y and epic), but I didn't really enjoy getting to point B from point A (even though yes, the writing was beautiful, yes, the characters were good, yes, the plot was interesting). 
 And can somebody please explain the ending ending because I don't quite get it. The book began with Keturah telling her story of meeting Lord Death around a campfire to the characters we later find in her story as well, but the ending (I guess back to the campfire), it was her but wasn't really her? And seeing how she actually ended the story she was telling, it didn't seem to fit with the beginning or the ending around the campfire? Please help, because I've looked all over the internet and no one has really discussed it (making me feel all kinds of stupid because I think I'm one of the little few who didn't get it). 
 "Tell me what it is like to die," I answered. 
 He dismounted from his horse, looking at me strangely the whole while. "You experience something similar every day," he said softly. "It is as familiar to you as bread and butter." 
 "Yes," I said. "It is like every night when I fall asleep." 
 "No. It is like every morning when you wake up." 
 It is beautifully written though.