Praise for The A-Word: A Sweet Dead Life Novel "Light, snarky, and heartfelt...
The A-Word rolls along cheerfully through Halloween pranks, high school football, investigative reporting, angel-powered action, and a very realistic amount of aimless driving around."
--School Library Journal
"Sassy, smart-mouthed, cowboy-boot fan Jenna Samuels is back once again, fighting evildoers with the aid of her angelic cohorts..... has many of the elements that made its predecessor, [
The Sweet Dead Life], so much fun."
--Kirkus Reviews "[
The Sweet Dead Life series] presents a fresh and humorous look at angels, sibling relationships, romance and the paranormal."
--The Woodlands Online "The earthbound angels are as authentic as the down-to-earth people in The A-Word, but where the book really spreads its wings is in the interaction between the two. Resourceful teens and heavenly beings team up to get to the roots of a very modern mystery, and the big questions of the universe share space with first dates and football games. The result: a smart, original (and slightly celestial) mystery with a distinctly Texan flavor."
--Michael Northrop, author of Trapped and Surrounded by Sharks "Joy Preble gives it all! Humor, wit, emotion, and romance! Fabulous fun!"
--New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan "Romance, sassy humor, and a pain-in-the-rear brother ... Who knew having a guardian angel could be so hard and so much fun to read?"
--New York Times Bestselling Author C.C. Hunter
Praise for The Sweet Dead Life "A smart, sassy, supernatural mystery chock-full of heart, hope and fun."
--New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith "
The Sweet Dead Life is mischief and mayhem, zippy one-liners, mystery and a tiny bit of tragedy. A-word: Awesome."
--E. Lockhart, author of Fly On The Wall "There's a whole lot going on here: poisonings, blackmail, sibling relationships, romance, and abandonment, in addition to angels, but the unifying thread is Jenna's clever, bitter, self-aware, and loving voice ... Preble's lively descriptions and unusually well-drawn, caring sibling relationship (a topic not usually explored in teen fiction) are especially noteworthy."
--Booklist "Bizarre? Yes, very. Fun to read? Yes, very."
--The Examiner "Hallelujah! A paranormal tale of angels that's not a romance, making it a novel that breaks the mold."
--Kirkus Reviews