Short Story Sunday: Dalma Does Not Die at the End
Dalma Does Not Die at the End
Series: Death-Cast short story
Author: Adam Silvera
Published: October 4, 2022
40 pages
Reviewed By: Jessica
Date Read: July 7, 2025
Jessica’s Rating: 4 stars
Jessica’s Review:
Dalma Does Not Die at the End is a short story taking place directly after The First to Die at the End. If you have read They Both Die (which you should have if you are then reading this shirt story) then you know that Dalma created The Last Friend app where Rufus and Mateo met. Dalma is a main character in First to Die and also Orion’s best friend. We see Orion and him having to come to terms with what happened in First to Die. The reader also gets to experience the up and down journey that Alma goes and through to eventually create The Last Friend app. And a journey it is. We see several characters returning in this short story.
This short story just did not have as much magic as the two full length novels, I think ironically it may be because no one was going to die. I enjoyed seeing the app come to creation knowing what Alma wants it to become in this short story and actually seeing it in full bloom in They Both Die at the End.
This short story comes in the Barnes and Noble exclusive edition of The First to Die at the End. I wanted this version for the short story. A love reading anything in this Death Cast world! This edition is now out of print so it is not available new, only used if you can find it.
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