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I enjoyed this a lot! Sweet, interesting characters and concept, some nuanced depictions of substance abuse/recovery, adhd & autistic characters, divorce (but being on good terms & having a kid), which I feel like I don’t see a ton of in romance (though clearly I don’t read a ton lol)

The scifi element is cool also, I like metatron very much.

It did take me a couple chapters to figure out what's going on. but I picked things up after that. I think this is related to other works by the author?

Also I can't help but think a little about like. Ok this company is resurrecting people and it's large scale and normal enough that people of all classes have this, and resurrected people are commonplace, but also at the time of it being paused there were only 7 people in limbo???? huh???

but also like. the worldbuilding and background plot is there to serve the romance because it is a Romance. so looking at it from that perspective I think it works fine.

also I wouldn’t hold this up and promote it as an ace book but at the end the angel does say they don’t think they feel sexual attraction! So there's that.

mx_t_books's review against another edition

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5.0

Soft, sweet, brilliant

Why not more people are gushing about this little gem is something I do not understand. This book was a brilliant and made me feel all the feels. There's no bleakness in this world, everything is colourful and nicely technological. The characters are what make you FEEL and hope. You want them to be happy and at ease and to hold them and hug them and tell them everything is going to be alright. I LOVED the rainbow rep we get, and as an enby person the use of they/them as default was like a balm to my soul.
Read this now, you won't regret it.

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funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed the amount of representation in one book I saw the about me the author called it a trippy portal through as the author puts it "hope punk" to distinguish it from cozy fantasy. And I can see why he makes this distinction.

Need to discuss the level of respect to pronouns and nuerodivergency. It was wonderfully done. There were levels of representation. It is not long revealed that a main character is autistic, which I am not tagging as a spoiler because it is simply a matter a fact, which is great start for representation. The way he falls and expresses love, the way he understands life, is different - but not pointed out. Shown, not told. Very much how queer aware books do, which this one definitely represents in spades.

The characters were all lovely. I would've liked to have known a bit about the side characters they felt a little far away from the narrative but the core group is excellent.