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Small Miracles
Gadriel owes a gambling debt. Paying it means persuading Holly Harker, a woman devoted to denying herself pleasure, to indulge a little. For a fallen angel, encouraging small sins ought to be straightforward work.
From the author’s blurb
“A little bit of sin is good for the soul.”Read the full description at Author description, Olivia Atwater
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What makes it funny?
Chocolate and compliments get entered into celestial accounts. Footnotes keep track of moral arithmetic, giving small pleasures the administrative attention usually reserved for far weightier affairs.
The comedy at work
Atwater uses supernatural power on the scale of an irritating cafe queue. Rules about virtue and temptation have to accommodate ordinary human needs, with the bookkeeping supplying a running commentary.
Try this if…
Gentle supernatural comedy and elaborate footnotes are the attractions here. Readers who enjoy celestial bureaucracy may welcome a story concerned with everyday pleasures and personal troubles.
Good to know
Grief and self-denial matter to the story. Its angelic characters can change gender.
A few distinguishing details
- A fallen angel assigned to encourage pleasure
- Celestial accounts for petty sins
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Sources & further reading
- Small Miracles by Olivia Atwater on Apple Books
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