Summary
My Sin? Falling in love.
People say, “Go to Hell,” like it’s a place. It is. But it’s also a state of existence, one with which I’m intimately familiar.
What else would you expect for one of the damned, though? You know, those of us who’ve been cast out. The Fallen Ones.
We’re all doomed to an existence of absolute suffering for daring to piss off the Big Guy.
So what’s my hell?
Knowing what true love is and being forced to spend the rest of my immortal life without it.
Review
(audiobook) If you’re looking for a beautiful love story that breaks your heart and only kind of make it whole again at the end, that’s the one. Just know that it isn’t your regular happily ever after–mostly the promise of one.
The book is set in two periods–three with the epilogue–and in two worlds. In another time, Maisie and Sawyer met, fell in love, and had a tragic ending: it was a forbidden romance between a human and an angel. Now Maisie is a fallen angel charged with signing away souls, and Sawyer wishes to sell his in exchange for his life, as he’s terminally ill. Though Sawyer has no memory of his other life, Maisie remembers and knows that if Sawyer forfeits his soul, they can never be together again.
We get some scenes in the other realm where we learn what Maisie’s job entails, meet with other creatures, and the scenes from the past reveal the depth of Maisie and Sawyer’s feelings for each other–and explain what happened to them. But mostly, the story revolves around a series of dates where she wants to convince him not to sign away his soul.
The general mood of the book is bittersweet. There are cute scenes, funny scenes, some with some sexual tension, and of course there are some really sad moments. And the thing is that, by spending time together, they fall in love again, and Sawyer wants to live even more so. The weight of Fate is almost tangible, and it’s even more tragic when it keeps separating two souls that obviously belong together.
The narration brings the story to another level. Maisie’s helplessness is undeniable in the female narrator’s voice, and the male narrator acts Sawyer’s illness perfectly. This audiobook is full of emotions. I had just one frustration: to have this male narrator in particular playing a singer, and not having him sing anything.
Quickie
- Series: standalone (but linked to another series by the author)
- Hashtags: #paranormal romance #soulmates #fallen angel #angst #flashbacks
- Triggers: illness
- Main couple: Maisie & Sawyer
- Hotness: 2/5 (not a lot of steam)
- Romance: 5/5
- + a beautiful love story about soulmates
- – I would have loved a real HEA
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