First to Die at the End: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution: An Emotional Journey about Love, Fate, ... 2 (They Both Die at the End Series, 2)

Book quality- Paperback book, page's are of good quality. Readable font size. Book review- This story is set to happen seven years before They both die at the end. Deathcast is to make its debut on the 31st of July 2010. Orion Pagan, an 18 year old writer, who is dealing with a heart condition, has always been in constant fear of untimely death thinks that Death cast might call him today. On the eve of the Death cast premiere, he decides to attend the inaugural function with his best friend, Dalma. Valentino Prince on the other hand is a handsome model who moved to New York City to make his modelling career with his twin sister and believes that Death cast won't be calling him today as he feels reborn. He too decides to take a tour and attend the Death cast premiere. Where he meets Orion and Dalma, and they decide to spend their time together and get to know about each other. As the midnight rolls around, Joaquin Rosa, the creator of Death cast gets ready to call the first Decker. As he picks up the phone and dials to first Decker, the phone begins to ring among the group of three just met friends. And soon gunshots can be heard echoing and chaos unleashes. I won't give any spoilers because it is an experience that you won't understand until and unless to yourself go through it. For me it was way better than they both die at the end, in terms of emotions. I felt everything deeply and was having a hard time healing from the tragedy. A must read!!

I loved they both die at the end. So I was waiting for this book. I was kind of scared it wouldn't live up to the first book but I was wrong. This is equally amazing. I got really attached to Valentino and Orian and their story is sooo beautiful but more than that it was soo heartbreaking 😭. It wrecked my heart. I balled my eyes out in the end. I will always love this book and Valentino and Orian ❤️❤️. Please read it. Just buy it. You won't be disappointed. In the product details it's given that this book has 368 pages but the book was actually 550 pages.

Finally finally done with this book, an anticipated read since so long and I’ve honestly never been happier. I read the other book, “They Both Die At The End” some 2 years back, and that was like a very impulsive read to be honest, which I ended up loving. When I got to know about the prequel of that book i.e. The first to die at the end, I was on cloud nine. I mean who wouldn’t be??? The first book broke my heart and I expected something similar from the prequel too, but it wasn’t THAT sad tbh. The book basically starts with the inauguration of the whole Death Cast thing and that’s when the two protagonists meet each other for the first time in Times Square, NY and they immediately click. However, the first call from Death Call is made to one of the two protagonists and that bit was pretty ironic. However, the two protagonists set out to make the most of their remaining time together and they go around the city celebrating and creating several firsts together. I love the detailing and the sentiments and all the emotions attached to the scenes where they captured their first moments together. The best part about this book is that the story doesn’t revolve alone around the two protagonists, but it also has multiple POVs. I love how all the characters were intertwined in a way without even knowing and if you’ve read They Both Die At The End, you’ll love this – cuz there have been mentions of Rufus and Emeterio. The best part of so many characters is how the author goes into the details of all their lives and doesn’t solely focus on the two main protagonists. All in all I loved this book, not as much as I loved They Both Die At The End, but loved it nevertheless. Also, took me awfully long to finish this cuz law school isn’t easy y’all. Thank you so much simon and schuster India for sending across this review copy and being this patient all along, grateful !!

This book made me cry, and it's the first book to do so (excluding the first book in this series). It came in wonderful condition and it's such a sad and beautiful story. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in romance books, or specifically lgbtq romance!

Fue un regalo y le encantó :)

A heart-wrenching prequel to They Both Die at the End, this novel dives into the origin of Death-Cast and explores the emotional rollercoaster of love, fate, and loss. Orion and Valentino’s story is tender, deeply human, and gut-punching—Silvera masterfully reminds us how precious every moment can be. Themes: Love, mortality, destiny, and the beauty of fleeting time.

I absolutely loved this book, just as much as I loved "They both die at end" and any other book written by Adam!

Set at the start of Death-Cast this story follows Orion and Valentino who meet at the Death-Cast launch party - a day which will change both of their lives forever, unfortunately only one of them get out of the story with a forever. I especially enjoyed how the incidental characters are weaved into the story - even though it's not immediately obvious how important they may be. I did shed a tear at the little cameo appearance of the young Mateo and Rufus (from the first book), a lovely little moment. As with the first book, the ending was heartbreakingly beautiful and I genuinely hope to get more tales set in the world of Death-Cast.